Famous people born on 25 February

• Galileo GalileiItalian polymath · 1564–1642
  77 yrs
• George HarrisonEnglish musician and member of the Beatles · 1943–2001
  58 yrs
• Pierre-Auguste RenoirFrench painter and sculptor · 1841–1919
  78 yrs
• Carlo GoldoniItalian playwright · 1707–1793
  85 yrs
• Lesya UkrainkaUkrainian poet, writer and feminist · 1871–1913
  42 yrs
• José de San MartínArgentine general and independence leader · 1778–1850
  72 yrs
• Benedetto CroceItalian philosopher · 1866–1952
  86 yrs
• Néstor KirchnerPresident of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 · 1950–2010
  60 yrs
• Philipp MelanchthonGerman reformer · 1497–1560
  63 yrs
• Anthony BurgessEnglish writer and composer · 1917–1993
  76 yrs
• Nasir al-Din al-TusiPersian astronomer · 1201–1274
  73 yrs
• Karl MayGerman writer · 1842–1912
  70 yrs
• Ahmed II21th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1643–1695
  51 yrs
• Alexei Rykov ↗Premier of Russia and the Soviet Union · 1881–1938
  57 yrs
• John Foster Dulles ↗United States Secretary of State · 1888–1959
  71 yrs
• Princess Alice of Battenberg ↗Member of the House of Battenberg · 1885–1969
  84 yrs
• Meher Baba ↗Indian spiritual master · 1894–1969
  74 yrs
• Andranik Ozanian ↗Armenian politician and military personnel · 1865–1927
  62 yrs
• Matsukata Masayoshi ↗Japanese politician · 1835–1924
  89 yrs
• Giambattista Basile ↗Italian writer · 1566–1632
  65 yrs
• George Reid ↗Australian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia and 12th Premier of New South Wales · 1845–1918
  73 yrs
• Shehu Shagari ↗President of Nigeria · 1925–2018
  93 yrs
• Paul Elvstrøm ↗Danish yachtsman · 1928–2016
  88 yrs
• Sabahattin Ali ↗Turkish novelist · 1907–1948
  41 yrs
• Aleksei Balabanov ↗Russian film director and screenwriter · 1959–2013
  54 yrs
• Divya Bharti ↗Indian actress · 1974–1993
  19 yrs
• Gert Fröbe ↗German actor · 1913–1988
  75 yrs
• Ida Noddack ↗German chemist · 1896–1978
  82 yrs
• Santiago Rusiñol i Prats ↗Catalan author and painter; · 1861–1931
  70 yrs
• Maria Margaretha Kirch ↗German astronomer · 1670–1720
  50 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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