June 25: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is June 25th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on June 25th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company. June 25th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

June 25th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Francesco Domenico Araja, Italian composer (Amor prigioniero, Artaserse, La Forza dell'Amore e dell'Odio, Seleuco, Semiramide and Tsefal i Prokris), was born on June 25, 1709.

Gustave Charpentier, French operatic composer (Didon, Impressions d'Italie., Julien and Louise), was born on June 25, 1860.

Antonio Gaudi, Spanish modernist architect (Casa Battlo, Casa Mila, Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, Park Guell and Sagrada Familia),was born on June 25, 1852.

Robert Henri, American Ashcan painter (Boy With Green Cap., Girl With a Fan, Herself, Himself, La Neige,Snow in New York, Spanish Gypsy and Young Woman in Black), was born on June 25, 1865.

Rose Cecil O'Neill, illustrator and Kewpie Doll creator, was born on June 25, 1874.

Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist (Oggetti in Meno and Venus of the Rags), was born on June 25, 1933.

American architect Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. (Dartmouth's Baker/Berry Library, Harvard's Dumbarton Library, Houston Children's Museum, Mielparque Nikko Kirifuri Resort, Princeton's Frist Campus Center, Philadelphia Franklin Court, Provincial Capital Building, Sainsbury Wing - London National Gallery and San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art), was born on June 25, 1925.

June 25th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Thomas Kohler, German luger, and Olympic gold medalist (1964 and 1968), was born on June 25, 1940.

June 25th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Eric Carle, American children's author (Draw Me a Star, The Grouchy Ladybug, The Tiny Seed, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and A Very Quiet Cricket), was born on June 25, 1929.

French Martinican poet and author Aime Fernand David Cesaire (Aermes Miraculeuses, Cadastre, Corps Perdu, Discours Sur le Colonialisme, Ferrements and Moi Laminaire) was born on June 25, 1913.