1925 births

Richard Wayne Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. His work spans screen and stage, and his awards include six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, and then the Television Hall of Fame in 1995. He was recognized as a Disney Legend in 1998. He has been honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2020.

American science fiction author (1925–2012)

Brazilian association football player (1925-2013)

American entertainer (1925–1990)

Austrian footballer and manager (1925–1992)

Uruguayan association football player (1925-2002)

American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)

Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer (1925–1996)

American novelist and screenwriter (1925–2013)

American actress (1925–2013)

American soldier and actor (1925–1971)

President of Botswana (1925-2017)

British politician (1925–2014)

U.S. Secretary of State (1925-2011)

American painter and graphic artist (1925–2008)

American baseball player, manager, and coach (1925–2015)

British actress

Italian politician (1925–2023)

45th Prime Minister of Italy (1925-1994)

American actress (1925–2003)

Italian writer (1925–2019)

Czech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist

American dancer, singer, and actor (1925-2003)

Dutch astronomer (1925–2011)

Nicaraguan priest and politician (1925-2020)

German actress, singer and writer (1925-2002)

Hungarian footballer (1925-1978)

Tanzanian statesman (1925–2024)

American actress (1925–2016)

French novelist (1925–2017)

Iranian Persian poet, writer, and journalist (1925-2000)

American comedian and social critic (1925–1966)

Soviet cosmonaut (1925-1970)

German lyric baritone and conductor (1925-2012)

Congolese Prime Minister, candidate for President (1925 – 2019)

June Kathleen Lockhart was an American actress, beginning a film career in the 1930s and 1940s in films such as A Christmas Carol and Meet Me in St. Louis. She appeared primarily in 1950s and 1960s television and with performances on stage and in film. She became most widely known for her work on two television series, Lassie and Lost in Space, in which she played mother roles. Lockhart also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968–70). She was a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner. With a career spanning nearly 90 years, Lockhart was one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

German footballer (1925–1994)

French documentary filmmaker (1925–2018)

American ballerina (1925–2013)

President of Nigeria (1925-2018)

French orchestra leader (1925–2006)

90th Prime Minister of France (1925-1993)

American actress (1925–2001)

Indian agronomist (1925–2023)

Cambodian politician (1925-2013)

American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator (1925–2008)

British philosopher (1925–2011)

Soviet chess player (1925–1998)

Swedish actress and film director (1925–1994)

British mathematician (1925–2015)

English footballer (1925-2011)

French filmmaker (1925-2003)

British actor (1925–2017)

Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (1925-2005)

French businessman and politician (1925–2018)

American astronomer and principal in the Hubble Space Telescope project (1925-2018)

Austrian poet, dramatic and writer (1925–2000)

American mathematician (1925-2019)

South African politician (1925-1982)

French actor (1925–2022)