Famous people born on 25 September

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

1. William Faulkner 1897American writerdied aged 64
2. Will Smith 1968American actor and film producerliving, 58
3. Lu Xun 1881Chinese novelist and essayistdied aged 55
4. Anatoliy Solovianenko 1932Singerdied aged 66
5. Dmitri Shostakovich 1906Soviet composer and pianistdied aged 68
6. Catherine Zeta-Jones 1969British actorliving, 57
7. Michael Douglas 1944American actor and producerliving, 82
8. Pedro Almodóvar 1949Spanish film directorliving, 77
9. Ole Rømer 1644Danish astronomerdied aged 65
10. Thomas Hunt Morgan 1866American biologistdied aged 79
11. Christopher Reeve 1952American actordied aged 52
12. Adolfo Suárez 1932Spanish politician who served as President of Liberal Internationaldied aged 81
13. Mark Hamill 1951American actorliving, 75
14. Mark Rothko 1903American painterdied aged 66
15. Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683French composer and music theoristdied aged 80
16. SPSandro Pertini 1896Italian politician and journalist who served as President of Italydied aged 93
17. Francesco Borromini 1599Swiss architect and sculptordied aged 67
18. Qianlong Emperor 1711Emperor of Chinadied aged 87
19. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1955German footballerliving, 71
20. Carlos Ruiz Zafón 1964Spanish writerdied aged 55
21. Barbara Walters 1929American broadcast journalistdied aged 93
22. Ales Bialiatski 1962Belarusian writerliving, 64
23. RKRanbir Kapoor 1982Indian actorliving, 44
24. RBRobert Bresson 1901French film directordied aged 98
25. Sergei Bondarchuk 1920Soviet film director and screenwriterdied aged 74
26. Bell hooks 1952American writerdied aged 69
27. Michael Madsen 1957American actordied aged 67