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September 25

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1844

Sarah Bernhardt

Would be 182

Oldest record

492nd

Clement VII

death anniversary

Famous births12

1644 · 382 yrs

Ole Rømer

Ole Christensen Rømer (Danish:; 25 September 1644 – 19 September 1710) was a Danish astronomer who, in 1676, first demonstrated that light travels at a finite speed. Rømer also invented the modern thermometer showing the temperature between two fixed points, namely the points at which water boils and freezes.

ScienceWould be 382

Photo: Jacob Coning · Public domain

1844 · 182 yrs

Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt (French:; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by…

ArtWould be 182

Photo: Nadar · Public domain

1866 · 160 yrs

Thomas Hunt Morgan

Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 – December 4, 1945) was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and embryologist. In 1933, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on the role of chromosomes in heredity.

ScienceWould be 160

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1881 · 145 yrs

Lu Xun

Lu Xun (Chinese: 魯迅; pinyin: Lǔ Xùn,; 25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), pen name of Zhou Shuren, born Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer.

LiteratureWould be 145

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1897 · 129 yrs

William Faulkner

William Cuthbert Faulkner ( FAWK-nər; né Falkner; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life.

LiteratureWould be 129

Photo: Carl Van Vechten · Public domain

1906 · 120 yrs

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.

MusicWould be 120

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1932 · 94 yrs

Anatoliy Solovyanenko

Anatoliy Borysovych Solovianenko (Ukrainian: Анатолій Борисович Солов'яненко; Russian: Анатолий Борисович Соловья́ненко; 25 September 1932 – 29 July 1999) was a Ukrainian operatic tenor, People's Artist of the USSR (1975), People's Artist of Ukraine, and Shevchenko National Prize winner.

MusicWould be 94

Photo: Published by the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the United States of America - photographer uncre · Public domain

1944 · 82 yrs

Michael Douglas

Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Honorary Palme d'Or and the AFI Life Achievement Award.

FilmAge 82

Photo: Jan Beránek · CC BY-SA 4.0

1949 · 77 yrs

Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (Spanish:; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and author. His films are distinguished by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narratives.

FilmAge 77

Photo: Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0

1952 · 74 yrs

Christopher Reeve

Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed many stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playing the title character in the Superman film series (1978–1987).

FilmWould be 74

Photo: Jbfrankel · CC BY-SA 3.0

1968 · 58 yrs

Will Smith

Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Known for his work in both the screen and music industries, his accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards.

FilmAge 58

Photo: TechCrunch · CC BY 2.0

1969 · 57 yrs

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award.

FilmAge 57

Photo: David Shankbone · CC BY 3.0

Famous deaths3

1534 · 492 yrs

Clement VII

Pope Clement VII (Latin: Clemens VII; Italian: Clemente VII; born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534.

ReligionWould be 548

Photo: Sebastiano del Piombo · Public domain

1970 · 56 yrs

Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque (German:; born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German novelist.

LiteratureWould be 128

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2011 · 15 yrs

Wangari Muta Maathai

Wangarĩ Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.

PoliticsWould be 86

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