Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.

Actors Born on July 25

  • 1890 Julian Rivero, American actor (Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1976)
  • 1890 Tom O'Brien, American actor (Physical Evidence), born in San Diego, California (d. 1947)
  • 1893 Dorothy Dickson, American actress and dancer (Paying The Piper; Danny Boy), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1995)
  • 1894 Walter Brennan, American actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point), born in Lynn, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
  • 1895 Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (Paris Waltz; Voyage to America), born in Ermont, France (d. 1977)
  • 1896 Jack Perrin, American actor, born in Three Rivers, Michigan (d. 1967)
  • 1899 Arthur Lubin, American film director and producer (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr Ed), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1995)
  • 1899 Ralph Dumke, American actor (Movieland Quiz), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1964)
  • 1901 Lila Lee, American actress (Midnight Girl, Blood & Sand), born in Union Hill, New Jersey (d. 1973)
  • 1908 Jack Gilford, American actor (Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2), born in New York City (d. 1990)

Woody Strode (1914-1994)

American football end (LA Rams, Calgary Stampeders) and actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream), born in Los Angeles, California

Whipper Billy Watson (1917-1990)

Canadian professional wrestler, born in East York, Ontario, Canada

  • 1918 Nan Grey [Eschal Miller], American actress (Three Smart Girls, Dracula's Daughters), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1993)

Estelle Getty (1923-2008)

American actress (The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace), born in New York City

  • 1923 Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor (The Given Word), born in Piracicaba, Brazil (d. 2020)
  • 1925 Jerry Paris, American director (Happy Days) and actor (Dick Van Dyke Show - "Jerry"), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1986)
  • 1926 Teodor Grigoriu, Romanian classical music and film score composer, born in Galați, Romania (d. 2014)
  • 1927 Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board), born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France (d. 2003)
  • 1928 Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (The Rites of May), born in Pagsanjan, Philippines (d. 1988)
  • 1930 Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Twisted") and actress, born in London (d. 2020)
  • 1930 Mitzi Shore [Lillian Saidel], American owner of The Comedy Store and founder of The Comedy Channel, born in Menominee, Michigan (d. 2018)
  • 1934 Claude Zidi, French film director and screenwriter (My New Partner), born in Paris
  • 1934 Don Ellis, American avant garde jazz trumpeter, and Grammy Award-winning film score composer (The French Connection), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1978)
  • 1935 Barbara Harris, American Tony Award-winning actress (Plaza Suite; Family Plot), born in Evanston, lllinois (d. 2018)
  • 1941 Donna Theodore, American actress and singer (Hollywood Talent Scouts), born in Pleasanton, California
  • 1941 Peter Suschitzky, Polish-British cinematographer and photographer, born in London
  • 1941 Raúl Ruiz, Chilean filmmaker (Three Sad Tigers), born in Puerto Montt, Chile (d. 2011)
  • 1943 Janet Margolin, American actress (Annie Hall, Take the Money and Run; David and Lisa), born in New York City (d. 1993)
  • 1944 Mijanou van Baarzel, Dutch actress (Klaverweide-Alicia)
  • 1948 Ray Wheatley, Australian boxer (NSW featherweight champion), official (IBF supervisor, referee & judge; VP IBF 2000-12) and broadcaster (Sky Channel, ESPN, 9 Network), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2023)
  • 1951 Vanessa [Connie Witteman], Dutch model and singer, born in Voorburg, Netherlands
  • 1954 Lynne Frederick, English actress (Schizophrenia), born in Middlesex, England (d. 1994)
  • 1955 Iman [Abdulmajid], Somali-American model and actress (Star Trek 6), born in Mogadishu, Somalia
  • 1957 Roger Clinton Jr., American actor and lounge singer, President Clinton's half-brother, born in Hot Springs, Arkansas
  • 1961 Bobbie Eakes, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Warner Robins, Georgia
  • 1961 Illeana Douglas [Hessellberg], American actress (Picture Perfect; To Die For; Six Feet Under), born in Quincy, Massachusetts [some sources give birth year as 1965, some New Haven as birthplace]
  • 1961 Katherine Kelly Lang, American actress (Bold & Beautiful - "Brooke"), born in Los Angeles, California

Matt LeBlanc (56 years old)

1967 American actor (Joey Tribbiani-Friends), born in Newton, Massachusetts

  • 1967 Wendy Raquel Robinson, American actress (The Steve Harvey Show), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1973 David Denman, American actor (The Office), born in Newport Beach, California
  • 1974 Jay R. Ferguson, American actor (Evening Shade, Mad Men), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1974 Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler, born in Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
  • 1982 Brad Renfro, American actor (The Client), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2008)
  • 1985 James Lafferty, American actor (One Tree Hill-Nathan Scott), born in Hemet, California
  • 1985 Jasmine Lennard, British model and reality TV star (Big Brother), born in Belgravia, Westminster, England
  • 1985 Shantel VanSanten, American model and actress (For All Mankind), born in Luverne, Minnesota
  • 1987 Michael Welch, American actor (Joan of Arcadia-Luke Girardi), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1988 Heather Marks, Canadian model, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • 1988 Sarah Geronimo, Filipino pop singer ("Tala") and actress (You Changed My Life), born in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines
  • 1989 Noel Callahan, Canadian actor (Romeo!), born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada