March 25th Birthdays

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, was born on this day in 1942 in Memphis, TN. She passed away on August 16, 2018 at age 76 in Detroit, MI. From 1967, this was Aretha’s first single on Atlantic Records, a No. 1 on the R&B charts.

Also born on March 25th

• 1932
  Gene Shalit, American film critic
• 1934
  Gloria Steinem, American feminist and publisher
• 1940
  Anita Bryant, American singer
• 1942
  Richard O’Brien, English actor, writer
  Kim Woodburn, English television personality
• 1943
  Paul Michael Glaser, American actor
• 1947
  Elton John, English singer, songwriter
• 1948
  Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
• 1955
  Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player
• 1958
  James McDaniel, American actor
• 1960
  Peter O’Brien, Australian actor
  Haywood Nelson, American actor
  Brenda Strong, American actress
• 1961
  Fred Goss, American actor, comedian, writer
• 1962
  Marcia Cross, American actress
• 1964
  Lisa Gay Hamilton, American actress
• 1965
  Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress
  Avery Johnson, American basketball player, coach
• 1966
  Tom Glavine, American baseball player
• 1967
  Doug Stanhope, American comedian
• 1969
  Dale Davis, American basketball player
  Cathy Dennis, English singer, songwriter, actress
  Jeffrey Walker, British Musician
• 1970
  Kari Matchett, Canadian actress
  Teri Moïse, American singer
• 1971
  Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player
• 1973
  Bob Sura, American basketball player
• 1974
  Lark Voorhies, American actress
• 1976
  Juvenile, American rapper
  Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• 1979
  Lee Pace, American actor
• 1982
  Danica Patrick, American race car driver
  Sean Faris, American actor, model
  Jenny Slate, American comedienne
• 1984
  Katharine McPhee, American singer, actress
• 1985
  Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer
• 1986
  Kyle Lowry, American basketball player
• 1988
  Big Sean, American musician
  Erik Knudsen, Canadian actor
• 1989
  Aly Michalka, American actress, singer
• 1990
  Kiowa Gordon, American actor
• 1990
  Seychelle Gabriel, American actress

March Birthday Calendar

Died on March 25th:

• 1914
  Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer, poet (age 83)
• 1918
  Claude Debussy, French composer (age 55)
• 1956
  Robert Newton, English actor (age 50)
• 1969
  Billy Cotton, English singer, bandleader (age 69)
• 1975
  Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (age 68)
• 1986
  Gloria Blondell, American actress (age 70)
• 1988
  Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer (age 57)
• 1992
  Nancy Walker, American actress, singer (age 69)
• 2000
  Helen Martin, American actress (age 90)
• 2006
  Buck Owens, American singer, guitarist (age 76)
• 2009
  Dan Seals, American musician (age 61)
• 2012
  Edd Gould, English animator, founded Eddsworld (age 23)
• 2016
  Shannon Bolin, American actress, singer (age 99)
• 2020
  Mark Blum, American actor (age 69)
• 2021
  Beverly Cleary, American author (age 104)
  Larry McMurtry, American author (age 84)
• 2022
  Taylor Hawkins, American drummer, Foo Fighters (age 50)