Notable Birthdays for January 25
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1759
- soap maker and philanthropist William Colgate in 1783
- Confederate Gen. George Pickett in 1825
- author W. Somerset Maugham in 1874
- author Virginia Woolf in 1882
- Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell in 1918
- news commentator Edwin Newman in 1919
- football Hall of Fame member Lou Groza in 1924
- actor Dean Jones in 1931 (age 84)
- former Philippine President Corazon Aquino in 1933
- singer Etta James in 1938
- football Hall of Fame member Carl Eller in 1942 (age 73)
- actor Leigh Taylor-Young in 1945 (age 70)
- track star Steve Prefontaine in 1951
- actor Dinah Manoff in 1958 (age 57)
- singer Alicia Keys in 1981 (age 34).
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