Famous people born on 25 June

19 of the people we track were born on 25 June, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. George Orwell 1903British writerdied aged 46
2. Antoni Gaudí 1852Spanish architectdied aged 73
3. Nicholas I of Russia 1796Emperor of all the Russiasdied aged 58
4. George Michael 1963British singerdied aged 53
5. JJJean-Joseph Sanfourche 1929French painterdied aged 80
6. Anthony Bourdain 1956American chefdied aged 61
7. Walther Nernst 1864German chemist and physicistdied aged 77
8. Alexei Abrikosov 1928Soviet physicistdied aged 88
9. B. J. Habibie 1936Indonesian politician who served as President of Indonesiadied aged 83
10. J. Hans D. Jensen 1907German nuclear physicistdied aged 65
11. Vladimir Kramnik 1975Russian chess playerliving, 51
12. Sidney Lumet 1924American director and producerdied aged 86
13. JCJean Castex 1965French statesperson who served as Prime Minister of Franceliving, 61
14. Waleed Al-Husseini 1989Palestinian essayistliving, 37
15. Lord Mountbatten 1900British naval officerdied aged 79
16. Ricky Gervais 1961British comedianliving, 65
17. Willard Van Orman Quine 1908American philosopher and logiciandied aged 92
18. Sonia Sotomayor 1954American judgeliving, 72
19. Karisma Kapoor 1974Indian actorliving, 52