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Met with critical acclaim and commercial success, the album sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won five awards at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards.
Famous Birthdays on January 25
1981 — Alicia Keys
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
January 25 has 185 recorded notable births across history, from 750 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on January 25
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- 1479 The Treaty of Constantinople ends the 16-year-long First Ottoman–Venetian War. Source
- 2015 A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines kills 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. Source
- 1961 In Washington, D.C., US President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference. Source
- 1787 Shays' Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty. Source
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Starting her career in 1954, James frequently performed in Nashville's R&B clubs, collectively known in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as the Chitlin' Circuit.
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Lee Jun-ho rose to prominence as a member of the South Korean boy band 2PM.
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J. Marion Sims's most famous work was the development of a surgical technique for the repair of vesicovaginal fistula, a severe complication of obstructed childbirth.
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Lil Mosey's 2018 single, "Noticed", became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry and preceded his debut studio album, Northsbest (2018).
More major people born on January 25
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1938
Etta James
American singer (died 2012)
Jamesetta Hawkins, known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer and songwriter.
1990
Lee Jun-ho
South Korean singer and actor
Lee Jun-ho, known mononymously as Junho, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to prominence as a member of the South Korean boy band 2PM.
1813
J. Marion Sims
American gynecologist and physician (died 1883)
James Marion Sims was an American physician in the field of surgery.
2002
Lil Mosey
American rapper
Lathan Moses Stanley Echols, known professionally as Lil Mosey, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter.
1973
Geoff Johns
American author, screenwriter, and producer
Geoffrey Johns is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash, and Superman has drawn critical acclaim.
1987
Maria Kirilenko
Russian tennis player
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open at the age of 15, she went on to become a top-ten player in both singles and doubles.
1924
Lou Groza
American football player and coach (died 2000)
Louis Roy Groza, nicknamed "the Toe", was an American professional football offensive tackle and placekicker while playing his entire career for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and…
1929
Robert Faurisson
English-French author and academic (died 2018)
Robert Faurisson was a British-born French academic who became best known for Holocaust denial.
1985
Acie Law
American basketball player
Acie Law IV is an American former professional basketball player and the Chicago Bulls vice president of player personnel.
1894
Aino Aalto
Finnish architect and designer (died 1949)
Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto was a Finnish architect and a pioneer of Scandinavian design.
1816
Anna Gardner
American abolitionist and teacher (died 1901)
Anna Gardner was an American abolitionist and teacher, as well as an ardent reformer, a staunch supporter of women's rights, and the author of several volumes in prose and verse.
1938
Shotaro Ishinomori
Japanese author and illustrator (died 1998)
Shotaro Ishinomori , né Onodera , was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, writer and director. Known as the "King of Manga", he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential manga artists of all time.
1978
Denis Menchov
Russian cyclist
Denis Nikolayevich Menshov is a former professional Russian road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 2000 and 2013.
1942
Eusébio
Mozambican-Portuguese footballer (died 2014)
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "o Rei", was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.
1957
Jenifer Lewis
American actress and singer
Jenifer Jeanette Lewis is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals and worked as a back-up singer for Bette Midler before appearing in films Beaches (1988) and Sister Act…
750
Leo IV the Khazar
Byzantine emperor (died 780)
Leo IV the Khazar was Byzantine emperor from 775 to 780 AD. He was born to Emperor Constantine V and Empress Tzitzak in 750. He was elevated to co-emperor in the next year, in 751, and married to Irene of Athens in 769.
1966
Mark Schlereth
American football player and sportscaster
Mark Fremont Schlereth is an American former professional football player who is a television and radio sportscaster.
1980
Xavi
Spanish footballer
Xavier Hernández Creus, commonly known as Xavi Hernández or simply Xavi, is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He most recently managed La Liga club Barcelona.
1913
Witold Lutosławski
Polish composer and conductor (died 1994)
Witold Roman Lutosławski was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szymanowski, and possibly…