List of Famous people who born in 1925

Willy Burgdorfer

First Name Willy
Last Name Burgdorfer
Born on June 27, 1925
Died on November 17, 2014 (aged 89)

Wilhelm "Willy" Burgdorfer was an American scientist born and educated in Basel, Switzerland, considered an international leader in the field of medical entomology. He discovered the bacterial pathogen that causes Lyme disease, a spirochete named Borrelia burgdorferi in his honor.

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Wolfgang Kaiser

First Name Wolfgang
Last Name Kaiser
Born on July 17, 1925 (age 100)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Wolfgang Kaiser is a German physicist who worked in the fields of laser and solid-state physics.

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Adolf Schmidt

First Name Adolf
Last Name Schmidt
Born on April 18, 1925
Died on November 26, 2013 (aged 88)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Adolf Schmidt was a German trade union leader and politician.

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Maxine Kumin

First Name Maxine
Born on June 6, 1925
Died on February 6, 2014 (aged 88)

Maxine Kumin was an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982.

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Jean Guiart

Jean Charles Robert Guiart
First Name Jean
Last Name Guiart
Born on July 22, 1925
Died on August 4, 2019 (aged 94)
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Albert Overhauser

First Name Albert
Last Name Overhauser
Born on August 17, 1925
Died on December 10, 2011 (aged 86)

Albert W. Overhauser was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is best known for his theory of dynamic nuclear polarization known as the Overhauser Effect in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

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Rijk de Gooyer

First Name Rijk
Born on December 17, 1925
Died on November 2, 2011 (aged 85)

Rijk de Gooyer was a Dutch Golden Calf- winning actor, writer, comedian and singer. From the 1950s until the early 1970s, he became well known in The Netherlands as part of a comic duo with John Kraaijkamp, Sr. In the United States best known for having small roles in films such as Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, Soldaat van Oranje, A Time to Die and The Wilby Conspiracy.

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Jordi Bonet i Armengol

First Name Jordi
Last Name Armengol
Born on May 12, 1925
Died on June 20, 2022 (aged 97)
Born in Spain, Catalonia

Jordi Bonet i Armengol was a Catalan architect. He was the construction director and coordinator of the Sagrada Família from 1987 to 2012.

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Alfredo Rossi

First Name Alfredo
Born on April 13, 1925
Died on October 30, 2008 (aged 83)
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Teo Macero

First Name Teo
Last Name Macero
Born on October 30, 1925
Died on February 19, 2008 (aged 82)

Attilio Joseph "Teo" Macero was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years. Macero produced Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, and Dave Brubeck's Time Out, which are two of the best-selling and most influential jazz albums of all time. Although the extent of his role has been disputed, he also has been associated with the production of Davis' 1959 album Kind of Blue, jazz's best-selling record.

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