Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 25
Births
[edit]- 1825 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899) (pictured)
- 1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
- 1869 - John Heisman, American football coach (d. 1936)
- 1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
- 1886 - Leo G. Carroll, English actor (d. 1972)
- 1888 - Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (d. 1957)
- 1912 - Minnie Pearl, American comedienne and singer (d. 1996)
- 1941 - Helen Reddy, Australian singer (d. 2020)
Deaths
[edit]- 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
- 1760 - George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
- 1921 - Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman
- 1993 - Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1999 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)