August 25th, 1924

Born on August 25th, 1924

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 36,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 597 days, exactly on December 13th, 2025, people who were born on August 25th, 1924 will be 37,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 25th?

August 25th, 1227

Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, died after a lengthy illness during the Mongol conquest of Western Xia.

August 25th, 2012

The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.

August 25th, 2011

Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people are killed in an arson at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.

August 25th, 2001

American singer Aaliyah (pictured) and several members of her record company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas.

August 25th, 1989

The NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings (pictured).

August 25th, 1975

Bruce Springsteen released his commercial breakthrough album, Born to Run.

August 25th, 1942

World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.

August 25th, 1875

Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.

August 25th, 1758

Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.

August 25th, 1537

The Honourable Artillery Company, now the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII.

August 25th, 1270

Philip III became King of France following the death of his father Louis IX during the Eighth Crusade.

August 25th, 2012

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.

August 25th, 2011

Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.

August 25th, 2006

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.

August 25th, 2005

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.

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

Born on August 25th, 1924

82

Zsuzsa Körmöczy

Hungarian tennis player

*August 25th, 1924, Budapest †September 16th, 2006, Budapest

82

Samuel Bowers

American white supremacist (1924-2006)

*August 25th, 1924, New Orleans †November 5th, 2006, Mississippi State Penitentiary

78

Sergio Bergonzelli

Italian actor, film director and screenwriter (1924-2002)

*August 25th, 1924, Alba †September 24th, 2002, Rome

62

Yasuzō Masumura

Film director and screenwriter.

*August 25th, 1924, Kofu †November 23rd, 1986, Japan

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Who's birthday is on August 25th?

81

Erich Honecker

Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)

*August 25th, 1912, Neunkirchen †May 29th, 1994, La Reina

90

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

*August 25th, 1930, Edinburgh †October 31st, 2020, Lyford Cay

23

Nadie por pendejo

Argentine singer-songwriter (born 2000)

*August 25th, 2000, Rosario

72

Leonard Bernstein

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

*August 25th, 1918, Lawrence †October 14th, 1990, New York City

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

69

Elvis Costello

English singer-songwriter

*August 25th, 1954, London

79

Klaus Wildbolz

Swiss actor (1937–2017)

*August 25th, 1937, Vienna †January 5th, 2017, Vienna

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

95

Herbert Kroemer

Nobel laureate in physics

*August 25th, 1928, Weimar

87

Roswitha Doerig

Swiss painter

*August 25th, 1929, Appenzell †February 27th, 2017, 15th arrondissement of Paris

74

John Savage

American actor

*August 25th, 1949, Old Bethpage

76

Althea Gibson

American tennis player (1927-2003)

*August 25th, 1927, Silver †September 28th, 2003, East Orange

35

Jung Jae-sung

South Korean badminton player

*August 25th, 1982, Jeonju †March 9th, 2018, Hwaseong

65

Tim Burton

American filmmaker and artist

*August 25th, 1958, Burbank

102

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)

*August 25th, 1911, Lộc Thủy †October 4th, 2013, Hanoi

82

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Iranian politician

*August 25th, 1934, Nuq District †January 8th, 2017, Tehran

74

Ayyā Khemā

German Buddhist nun

*August 25th, 1923, Berlin †November 21st, 1997, Oy-Mittelberg

81

Hans-Jürgen Otto

German forester and forestry scientist (1935-2017)

*August 25th, 1935, Świdnica †March 16th, 2017, Berkhof

79

George Wallace

45th Governor of Alabama (1919–1998)

*August 25th, 1919, Clio †September 13th, 1998, Montgomery

86

Frederick Chapman Robbins

American doctor

*August 25th, 1916, Auburn †August 4th, 2003, Cleveland

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Born in 1924

80

Marlon Brando

American actor (1924–2004)

*April 3rd, 1924, Omaha †July 1st, 2004, Los Angeles

94

George H. W. Bush

President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*June 12th, 1924, Milton †November 30th, 2018, Houston

99

Jimmy Carter

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*October 1st, 1924, Plains

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

*July 20th, 1924, Akron †March 23rd, 2017, Toluca Lake

90

Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014)

*March 9th, 1924, Bochum †August 16th, 2014, Rhöndorf

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

*January 7th, 1924, Leeds †May 10th, 2017, London

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

92

Gustavo Rojo

Uruguayan-Mexican actor (1923-2017)

*September 5th, 1924, Atlantic Ocean †April 22nd, 2017, Mexico City

92

Paul Hébert

Canadian actor

*May 28th, 1924, Thetford Mines †April 20th, 2017, Quebec City

92

Sofía Ímber

Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist

*May 8th, 1924, Soroca †February 20th, 2017, Caracas

98

Leslie Phillips

British actor (1924–2022)

*April 20th, 1924, Tottenham †November 7th, 2022, Minneapolis

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

80

Erik Balling

Danish film director

*November 29th, 1924, Nyborg †November 19th, 2005, Copenhagen

91

Karl Heinz Oppel

German actor and voice actor

*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, Berlin

92

David Rubinger

Israeli photojournalist and photographer (1924-2017)

*June 24th, 1924, Vienna †March 1st, 2017, Jerusalem

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

87

Rauf Denktaş

Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)

*January 27th, 1924, Paphos †January 13th, 2012, North Nicosia

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

84

Pat Hingle

American actor (1924–2009)

*July 19th, 1924, Denver †January 3rd, 2009, Carolina Beach

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Public holidays on August 25th

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

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Leap year

Yes: 1924 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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