Title: 1925 Content: == Art, music, theatre, literature == * Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush is released. == Events == *January 21 – Albania becomes a republic. *July 18 – Adolf Hitler publishes his book Mein Kampf. *October 30 – The Scottish engineer John Logie Baird creates the first television transmitter in London. *November 9 – The NSDAP builts the SS (Schutzstaffel). == Births == === January === * January 7 - Gerald Durrell, British naturalist (d. 1995) * January 15 - Ernst Benda, German politician (d. 2009) * January 17 - Robert Cormier, American writer (d. 2000) * January 26 – Paul Newman, American actor (d. 2008) === February === * February 8 – Sir Anthony Berry, British politician * February 8 - Jack Lemmon, American actor (d. 2001) * February 17 - Hal Holbrook, American actor (d. 2021) * February 20 – Robert Altman, American director and movie maker (d. 2006) * February 20 - Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician (d. 2010) * February 21 - Tom Gehrels, Dutch-born American astronomer (d. 2011) * February 21 - Sam Peckinpah, American movie director (d. 1984) === March === * March 20 - David Warren, Australian inventor (d. 2010) * March 25 – Flannery O'Connor, Irish writer === April === * April 14 - Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002) * April 14 - Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician (d. 2010) * April 29 - Iwao Takamoto, Japanese-American animator (d. 2007) === May === * May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (d. 2013) * May 11 - Max Morlock, German footballer (d. 1994) * May 16 - Robert Pierpoint, American journalist (d. 2011) * May 19 - Malcolm X, American Civil rights leader (d. 1965) * May 23 - Joshua Lederberg, American biologist (d. 2008) * May 27 - Tony Hillerman, American writer (d. 2008) * May 28 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German operatic baritone (d. 2012) === June === * June 3 – Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010) * June 8 - Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the United States (d. 2018) * June 21 - Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006) * June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, President of Italy === July === * July 1 - Farley Granger, American actor (d. 2011) * July 2 - Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician (d. 1961) * July 23 - Tajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician (d. 1975) * July 23 - Quett Masire, former President of Botswana * July 29 - Mikis Theodorakis, Greek singer and politician === August === * August 1 - Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer (d. 2000) * August 2 - Alan Whicker, British journalist and writer (d. 2013) * August 2 - Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentine military leader (d. 2013) * August 8 – Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian politician (d. 2003) * August 12 - Thor Vilhjalmsson, Icelandic writer (d. 2011) * August 15 - Oscar Peterson, Canadian musician (d. 2007) * August 27 - Nat Lofthouse, English footballer (d. 2011) === September === * September 1 - Roy J. Glauber, American scientist * September 12 - Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (d. 1975) * September 15 - Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (d. 2012) * September 16 - B. B. King, American musician * September 20 – Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (d. 1946) * September 27 - Robert Edwards, British Nobel Prize-winning physiologist (d. 2013) * September 29 - Steve Forrest, American actor (d. 2013) === October === * October 3 – Gore Vidal, American writer (d. 2012) * October 11 - Elmore Leonard, American novelist (d. 2013) * October 12 - Essie Mae Washington- Williams, American educator (d. 2013) * October 13 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian (d. 1967) * October 13 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2013) * October 16 - Angela Lansbury, British-born actress * October 17 - Harry Carpenter, German sports commentator (d. 2010) * October 18 - Ramiz Alia, last Communist leader of Albania (d. 2011) * October 21 - Celia Cruz, Cuban salsa singer (d. 2003) * October 29 - Robert Hardy, English actor === November === * November 1 - Fritz Laband, German footballer (d. 1982) * November 10 - Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984) * November 11 - Jonathan Winters, American actor and comedian (d. 2013) * November 20 - Robert F. Kennedy, American politician (d. 1968) * November 24 - Simon van der Meer, Dutch scientist (d. 2011) * November 29 - Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1992) === December === * December 2 - Julie Harris, American actress (d. 2013) * December 13 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor * December 23 - Mohammed Mzali, former Prime Minister of Tunisia (d. 2010) * December 28 – Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer and writer (d. 2002) == Deaths == *February 28 - Friedrich Ebert, President of Germany *March 12 – Sun Yat Sen, Chinese revolutionary *March 20 – George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman *November 20 – Queen Alexandra of Denmark *December 28 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet == Nobel Prize == *Nobel Prize in Physics – James Franck, Gustav Ludwig Hertz *Chemistry – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy *Literature – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright *Peace – Austin Chamberlain and Charles Gate Dawes