January 25th, 1916

Born on January 25th, 1916

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 39,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 471 days, exactly on July 31st, 2025, people who were born on January 25th, 1916 will be 40,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 25th?

January 25th, 1944

Representatives of the Chetnik movement began a four-day congress to organise political opposition to the Allied support of the communist-led Yugoslav Partisans in Yugoslavia.

January 25th, 2011

The Egyptian revolution began with protests (protester pictured) on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule.

January 25th, 2010

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, en route to Addis Ababa, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon, killing all 90 people on board.

January 25th, 2006

Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza was arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.

January 25th, 2004

Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.

January 25th, 1998

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonated a truck bomb at the sacred Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, killing 17.

January 25th, 1995

A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a Trident missile.

January 25th, 1993

Pakistani national Mir Aimal Kansi shot five people outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, killing two.

January 25th, 1990

Avianca Flight 52 ran out of fuel on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport and crashed into the village of Cove Neck, New York, resulting in the deaths of 73 people.

January 25th, 1971

Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a coup d'état, beginning eight years of military rule.

January 25th, 1967

South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Cao Kỳ fired his rival Nguyễn Hữu Có while the latter was overseas on a diplomatic visit.

January 25th, 1917

Serving as a British armed merchant cruiser, Laurentic (pictured) was sunk by German naval mines off the northern coast of Ireland, resulting in 354 deaths.

January 25th, 1890

American journalist Nellie Bly completed a circumnavigation of the globe by land and sea in a then-record 72 days.

January 25th, 1792

Thomas Hardy founded the London Corresponding Society to seek a "radical reform of parliament", later influencing the reform movements of early-19th-century England.

January 25th, 1704

English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their native allies began a series of raids against the largely peaceful population of Apalachee in Spanish Florida.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 25th

Born on January 25th, 1916

87

Pop Ivy

American football player and coach (1916-2003)

*January 25th, 1916, Skiatook †May 17th, 2003, Norman

26

Hans Coppi

German resistance fighter killed by Nazis (1916-1942)

*January 25th, 1916, Berlin †December 22nd, 1942, Plötzensee Prison

86

Frederick Valentine Atkinson

Mathematician (1916-2002)

*January 25th, 1916, Middlesex †November 13th, 2002, Toronto

85

Sixto Marco

Spanish painter and sculptor (1916-2002)

*January 25th, 1916, Elche †January 13th, 2002, Elche

87

Resortes

Mexican actor and comedian (1916-2003)

*January 25th, 1916, Mexico City †April 4th, 2003, Mexico City

89

Paula Laurence

American actress

*January 25th, 1916, Brooklyn †October 29th, 2005, Morningside Heights

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Who's birthday is on January 25th?

61

Martin Brygmann

Danish composer, comedian and actor

*January 25th, 1963, Kølvrå

31

Huang Yuxiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1993, Hangzhou

29

Mark Caljouw

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1995, Rijswijk

96

Ted White

American stuntman and actor

*January 25th, 1926, Texas †October 14th, 2022

67

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927-1994)

*January 25th, 1927, Rio de Janeiro †December 8th, 1994, New York City

69

King Donovan

Actor and director (1918-1987)

*January 25th, 1918, Manhattan †June 30th, 1987, Branford

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

74

Ewan MacColl

British folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915–1989)

*January 25th, 1915, Salford †October 22nd, 1989, Beckenham

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

24

Johanita Scholtz

South African badminton player

*January 25th, 2000, Cape Town

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

86

Eduard Shevardnadze

Georgian politician and diplomat (1928–2014)

*January 25th, 1928, Mamati †July 7th, 2014, Tbilisi

75

Eduard Meyer

German historian (1855–1930)

*January 25th, 1855, Hamburg †August 31st, 1930, Berlin

73

Paul-Henri Spaak

Belgian politician (1899-1972)

*January 25th, 1899, Schaerbeek †July 31st, 1972, Braine-l'Alleud

77

Elizabeth Allen

American actress (1929-2006)

*January 25th, 1929, Jersey City †September 19th, 2006, Fishkill

45

Pi Hongyan

French-Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1979, Chongqing

85

Tranquilo Cappozzo

Argentine rower

*January 25th, 1918, United States of America †May 14th, 2003, Valle Hermoso

59

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

*January 25th, 1882, Hyde Park Gate †March 28th, 1941, Lewes

38

Kazuteru Kozai

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1986, Kumamoto Prefecture

46

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine since 2019

*January 25th, 1978, Kryvyi Rih

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Born in 1916

89

Phil Brown

American actor (1916–2006)

*April 30th, 1916, Cambridge †February 9th, 2006, Woodland Hills

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

*July 8th, 1916, St. Louis †March 24th, 2017, Dover

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

101

Harry Huskey

American computer design pioneer (1916-2017)

*January 19th, 1916, Whittier †April 9th, 2017, Santa Cruz

79

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995

*October 26th, 1916, Jarnac †January 8th, 1996, 7th arrondissement of Paris

71

Jackie Gleason

American comedian and actor (1916-1987)

*February 26th, 1916, Brooklyn †June 24th, 1987, Fort Lauderdale

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

*December 9th, 1916, Amsterdam †February 5th, 2020, Beverly Hills

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

*March 13th, 1916, Brooklyn †May 18th, 2017, Sebring

88

Francis Crick

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

*June 8th, 1916, Northampton †July 28th, 2004, La Jolla

107

Friedrich Grade

German engineer and naval officer

*March 29th, 1916, Büdelsdorf †October 13th, 2023, Bornheim

101

Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township

79

Harold Wilson

British politician

*March 11th, 1916, Huddersfield †May 24th, 1995, London

104

Olivia de Havilland

English and American actress (1916–2020)

*July 1st, 1916, Tokyo †July 26th, 2020, 16th arrondissement of Paris

93

Vitaly Ginzburg

Russian physicist

*September 21st, 1916, Moscow †November 8th, 2009, Moscow

84

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

*April 17th, 1916, Baḷangoḍa †October 10th, 2000, Colombo

87

Maurice Wilkins

New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist

*December 15th, 1916, Pongaroa †October 5th, 2004, Blackheath

101

Sam Beazley

British actor

*March 29th, 1916, Kensington †June 12th, 2017, London

100

João Havelange

Brazilian businessman and athlete (1916-2016)

*May 8th, 1916, Rio de Janeiro †August 16th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

89

Edward Heath

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974

*July 9th, 1916, Broadstairs †July 17th, 2005, Salisbury

77

Mark Stevens

American actor (1916–1994)

*December 13th, 1916, Cleveland †September 15th, 1994, Spain

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Public holidays on January 25th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 25th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1916 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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