Famous people born on July 25 — and what else happened that day
If your birthday is July 25, you share it with Rosalind Franklin, Walter Payton, Matt LeBlanc — and you were born under Leo, the sign of the warm, confident, and born for the spotlight.
Birthday basics for July 25
Leo ♌
Zodiac sign
Ruby
Birthstone
Larkspur
Birth flower
206th
Day of the year
July 25 is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years), with 159 days still to come.
Famous people born on July 25
Rosalind Franklin — English chemist whose X-ray work was key to discovering DNA's structure (born 1920).
Walter Payton — American Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears (born 1954).
Matt LeBlanc — American actor who played Joey on 'Friends' (born 1967).
Also sharing the day:
Thomas Eakins (b. 1844) — American realist painter celebrated for The Gross Clinic and his rowing scenes.
Estelle Getty (b. 1923) — American actress beloved as sharp-tongued Sophia on The Golden Girls.
Iman (b. 1955) — Somali-American supermodel, cosmetics entrepreneur, and wife of David Bowie.
July 25 in history
1909 — Louis Blériot made the first airplane flight across the English Channel.
1965 — Bob Dylan famously 'went electric' at the Newport Folk Festival.
1978 — Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization, was born in England.
1866 — Ulysses S. Grant became the first officer to hold the rank of General of the Army of the United States.
1952 — Puerto Rico became a self-governing U.S. commonwealth under its new constitution.
1984 — Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.
July 25 birthday questions
What zodiac sign is July 25?
Anyone born on July 25 is a Leo — warm, confident, and born for the spotlight.
What is the birthstone for July 25?
The birthstone for a July 25 birthday is Ruby, and the birth flower is the Larkspur.
Who is the most famous person born on July 25?
Rosalind Franklin is among the best known — English chemist whose X-ray work was key to discovering DNA's structure (born 1920).
What happened on July 25?
In 1909, Louis Blériot made the first airplane flight across the English Channel.
What day of the year is July 25?
July 25 is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years), with 159 days still to come.
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