Famous birthdays on August 25th: Gene Simmons, Blair Underwood

– Tsar Ivan IV, “Ivan the Terrible”, of Russia, in 1530

— Musician Leonard Bernstein in 1918

– Television personality Monty Hall in 1921

— Tennis legend Althea Gibson in 1927

— Actor Sean Connery in 1930

— Television personality Regis Philbin in 1931

— Actor Tom Skerritt in 1933 (age 91)

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— Writer Frederick Forsyth in 1938 (86 years old)

– Rollie Fingers, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 (age 78)

— Writer Martin Amis in 1949

— Actor John Savage in 1949 (age 75)

— Musician Gene Simmons (Kiss) in 1949 (age 75)

— Musician Rob Halford (Judas Priest/Skid Row) in 1951 (age 73)

— Musician Elvis Costello in 1954 (age 70)

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— Filmmaker Tim Burton in 1958 (66 years old)

– Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in 1960 (64 years old)

— Musician Billy Ray Cyrus in 1961 (63 years old)

— Actor Ally Walker in 1961 (63 years old)

— Actress Joanne Whalley in 1961 (63 years old)

— Musician Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) in 1962 (age 62)

— Actor Blair Underwood in 1964 (60 years old)

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— Actor Robert Maschio in 1966 (age 58)

— Musician DJ Terminator X, born Norman Rogers (Public Enemy) 1966 (age 58)

— Musician Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) in 1967 (57 years old)

— Actor Tom Hollander in 1967 (age 57)

— TV chef Rachael Ray in 1968 (56 years old)

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— Actor and television star Cameron Mathison in 1969 (age 55)

— Musician Jo Dee Messina in 1970 (age 54)

— Supermodel Claudia Schiffer in 1970 (age 54)

— Actor Alexander Skarsgard in 1976 (48 years old)

— Actor Kel Mitchell in 1978 (46 years old)

— Actress Rachel Bilson in 1981 (43 years old)

— Actor Blake Lively in 1987 (age 37)

— Actress China Anne McClain in 1998 (age 26)

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