Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 25:
Actor Tom Skerritt is 92.
Movie director John Badham is 86.
Jazz bassist Michel Donato is 83.
Actor Anthony Heald ("Boston Public") is 81.
Singer Henry Paul of BlackHawk (and The Outlaws) is 76.
Actor John Savage is 76.
Bassist Gene Simmons of KISS is 76.
Singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest is 74.
Keyboardist Geoff Downes of Asia is 73.
Musician Elvis Costello is 71.
Director Tim Burton is 67.
Actor Christian LeBlanc is 67.
Actress Ashley Crow is 65.
Country singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus is 64.
Actress Ally Walker ("Profiler") is 64.
Actress Joanne Whalley is 64.
Guitarist Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard is 63.
Actor Blair Underwood is 61.
Actor Robert Maschio ("Scrubs") is 59.
DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy is 59.
Singer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is 58.
TV chef Rachael Ray is 57.
Actor David Alan Basche is 57.
Actor Cameron Mathison is 56.
Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 55.
Model Claudia Schiffer is 55.
Country singer Brice Long is 54.
Actor-writer-director Ben Falcone is 52.
Actor Eric Millegan ("Bones") is 51.
Actor Alexander Skarsgard ("Big Little Lies," ''True Blood") is 49.
Actor Jonathan Togo ("CSI: Miami") is 48.
Actor Kel Mitchell ("Kenan and Kel") is 47.
Actress Rachel Bilson ("The O.C.") is 44.
Actress Blake Lively ("Gossip Girl") is 38.
Actress Stacey Farber is 38.
Actor Josh Flitter is 31.
Actress-singer China Anne McClain is 27.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1530, Ivan the Terrible, Czar of Muscovy. (March 28, 1584)
In 1910, Canadian actress-singer Ruby Keeler. (Feb. 28, 1993)
In 1915, Afro-Cuban music pioneer Graciela Perez Grillo. (April 6, 2010)
In 1916, Canadian violinist and conductor Ethel Stark. (Feb. 16, 2012)
In 1916, actor Van Johnson. (Dec. 12, 2008)
In 1917, actor-film director Mel Ferrer. (June 2, 2008)
In 1918, conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein. (Oct. 14, 1990)
In 1921, Canadian politician Bryce Mackasey. (Sept. 5, 1999)
In 1921, game show host Monty Hall. (Sept. 30, 2017)
In 1930, Canadian actor Graham Jarvis. (April 16, 2003)
In 1930, actor Sean Connery. (Oct. 31, 2020)
In 1931, talk show host Regis Philbin. (July 24, 2020)
In 1933, jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. (Mar. 2, 2023)
In 1936, singer Walter Williams of The O'Jays. (Dec. 2, 2020)
In 1936, movie director Hugh Hudson. (Feb. 10, 2023)
In 1938, actor David Canary. (Nov. 16, 2015)
In 1938, author Frederick Forsyth. (June 9, 2025)
In 1939, filmmaker Marshall Brickman. (Nov. 29, 2024)
In 1949, author Martin Amis. (May 19, 2023)
In 1953, rock singer Willy DeVille (real name William Borsey). (Aug. 6, 2009)
In 1963, Shock-G (born Greg Jacobs) of the rap group Digital Underground. (Apr. 22, 2021)
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