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1925: The Year in People

The Greatest Generation · Year of the Ox 🐂 · Born in 1925 turn 101 in 2026

The year in numbers

Median home

$4,366

US population

1.98B

US president

Calvin Coolidge

Top song

"Sweet Georgia Brown" — Ben Bernie

Top film

The Gold Rush

In the news: The Scopes Trial debates evolution in schools

What happened in 1925

1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1925th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 925th year of the 2nd millennium, the 25th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1920s decade.

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Born in 1925

130 people in our data · most viewed first

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

b. 1925 · December 13

American actor and comedian

Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba

1925–1961 · July 2

Congolese politician and independence leader

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

1925–2022 · October 16

British-American-Irish actress and singer

Audie Murphy

Audie Murphy

1925–1971 · June 20

American soldier and actor

Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts

1925–2016 · November 4

American actress

Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers

1925–1963 · July 2

American civil rights activist

Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush

1925–2018 · June 8

First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

1925–2021 · February 17

American actor

B. B. King

B. B. King

1925–2015 · September 16

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

1925–2003 · August 28

American film actor

Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch

1925–2014 · February 2

American actress

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Calvin Tomkins

b. 1925 · December 17

American author and art critic

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Carlos Castaneda

1925–1998 · December 25

American anthropologist

Gerald Durrell

Gerald Durrell

1925–1995 · January 7

British naturalist and writer

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Harry H. Corbett

1925–1982 · February 28

English actor

Anthony Mason (judge)

Anthony Mason (judge)

1925–2026 · April 21

Australian judge

Alija Izetbegović

Alija Izetbegović

1925–2003 · August 8

Bosnian politician

Farley Granger

Farley Granger

1925–2011 · July 1

American actor

Ananda Mahidol

Ananda Mahidol

1925–1946 · September 20

King of Thailand from 1935 to 1946

Alexander Shulgin

Alexander Shulgin

1925–2014 · June 17

American chemist and recreational drug explorer

Anastasio Somoza Debayle

Anastasio Somoza Debayle

1925–1980 · December 5

President of Nicaragua (1967–72; 1974–79)

Bill Gates Sr.

Bill Gates Sr.

1925–2020 · November 30

American attorney and civic leader

Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey

1925–2000 · February 22

American writer and illustrator

Anne Jackson

Anne Jackson

1925–2016 · September 3

American actress

Died in 1925

  • Alexandra of Denmark1844–1925 · Queen of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
  • Friedrich Ebert1871–1925 · President of Germany from 1919 to 1925
  • Boris Savinkov1879–1925 · Russian revolutionary and writer
  • Felix Klein1849–1925 · German mathematician
  • Alexander Friedmann1888–1925 · Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician
  • Félix Vallotton1865–1925 · Swiss painter and printmaker
  • Amy Lowell1874–1925 · American poet
  • Camille Flammarion1842–1925 · French astronomer and author
  • Arthur Moeller van den Bruck1876–1925 · German historian
  • Antonio Ascari1888–1925 · Italian racing driver
  • Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro1853–1925 · Italian mathematician
  • Aristide Bruant1851–1925 · French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner
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