People born on August 25

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

Johann Gottfried Herder

German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic

Erich Honecker

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

Tim Burton

American filmmaker and artist

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)

Leonard Bernstein

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Iranian politician

Claudia Schiffer

German model

Ludwig II of Bavaria

King of Bavaria

Charles Richet

French physiologist and parapsychologist

Blake Lively

American actress (born 1987)

Maurizio Malvestiti

Italian Catholic bishop

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

Military and political leader (1767-1794)

Herbert Kroemer

German-American physics (1928–2024)

Hans Krebs

German-British biochemist (1900-1981)