Aldiss, Brian (August 18)
The author of 'Frankenstein Unbound'
Famous People Born in 1925
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Altman, Robert (February 20)
The director of M*A*S*H and The Player -
Amin, Idi (January 1)
The dictator of Uganda, 1971-79 -
Berra, Yogi (May 12)
The Yankee catcher who said "It ain't over 'til it's over" -
Blackman, Honor (August 22)
Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger -
Bruce, Lenny (October 13)
Edgy, arrest-prone 1960's comedian -
Burton, Richard (November 10)
The Welsh actor who was Liz Taylor's husband twice -
Bush, Barbara Pierce (June 8)
U.S. First Lady, 1989-93 -
Carpenter, Scott (May 1)
The astronaut who also lived on Sealab -
Carson, Johnny (October 23)
Longtime host of TV's The Tonight Show -
Carter, Asa Earl (September 4)
Author of The Education of Little Tree -
Castaneda, Carlos (December 25)
Author of The Teachings of don Juan -
Curtis, Tony (June 3)
The star of Some Like it Hot -
Davis, Sammy Jr. (December 8)
Singer of "The Candy Man" -
DeLorean, John (January 6)
Creator of the DeLorean car -
Ehrlichman, John (March 20)
Nixon aide convicted in the Watergate scandal -
Evers, Medgar (July 2)
Assassinated Mississippi civil rights leader -
Garfield, Eugene (September 16)
Founder of the Institute for Scientific Information -
Gorey, Edward (February 22)
The macabre illustrator who did the opening for the PBS show Mystery! -
Griffin, Merv (July 6)
TV host who created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! -
Haley, Bill (July 6)
The guy who sang "Rock Around the Clock" -
Holbrook, Hal (February 17)
Stage and TV actor known for playing Mark Twain -
Horton, Johnny (April 30)
Singer of 1959's "The Battle of New Orleans" -
Hudson, Rock (November 17)
The star of the film Giant -
Kennedy, George (February 18)
The con against Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke -
Kennedy, Robert F. (November 20)
The assassinated brother of John Kennedy -
King, B.B. (September 16)
The blues guitarist who did "The Thrill Is Gone" -
Lansbury, Angela (October 16)
Multiple Tony winner and star of Murder, She Wrote -
Lemmon, Jack (February 8)
Felix Ungar in the movie The Odd Couple -
Leonard, Elmore (October 11)
The author of Get Shorty and other funny crime novels -
Newman, Paul (January 26)
Blue-eyed star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
O'Connor, Flannery (March 25)
Southern author of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" -
Peckinpah, Sam (February 21)
The movie director who made The Wild Bunch -
Pennebaker, D.A. (July 15)
The documentarian who made Dylan's 'Don't Look Back' -
Peterson, Oscar (August 15)
Canadian jazz piano virtuoso -
Pol Pot
Ruthless Cambodian communist leader of the 1970s -
Roberts, Doris (November 4)
Raymond's mom on the sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond' -
Sellers, Peter (September 8)
Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther comedies -
Steiger, Rod (April 14)
Star of In the Heat of the Night -
Styron, William (June 11)
Author of Sophie's Choice -
Thatcher, Margaret (October 13)
The first woman to be prime minister of the United Kingdom -
Van Cleef, Lee (January 9)
The "bad" guy in the western The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -
Van Dyke, Dick (December 13)
Star of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show -
Verdon, Gwen (January 13)
The original Lola in Broadway's Damn Yankees -
Vidal, Gore (October 3)
The smart and sassy author of Burr and Myra Breckinridge -
Winters, Jonathan (November 11)
Improvisational comedian of the 1960s and '70s -
X, Malcolm (May 19)
Assassinated leader of the 1960s black power movement -
Yukio, Mishima (January 14)
Seppuku-committing Japanese author