Some famous birthdays today:

• Qianlong Emperor (monarch, calligrapher, born September 25, 1711)
• Charles Paul Alexander (zoologist, entomologist, born September 25, 1889)
• Thomas Hunt Morgan (zoologist, physician, university teacher, geneticist, evolutionary biologist, born September 25, 1866)
• Frederick William II of Prussia (monarch, born September 25, 1744)
• Lu Xun (novelist, writer, poet, essayist, translator, literary critic, Esperantist, short story writer, born September 25, 1881)
• Sarah Bernhardt (film actor, stage actor, dancer, born September 25, 1844)
• Will Smith (singer, actor, film producer, born September 25, 1968)
• Adolfo Suárez (politician, lawyer, born September 25, 1932)
• Michael Douglas (actor, film actor, television actor, film producer, born September 25, 1944)
• Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar (politician, born September 25, 1772)
• Christopher Reeve (playwright, film director, film actor, stage actor, television actor, film producer, born September 25, 1952)
• T.I. (singer, musician, record producer, actor, songwriter, film actor, television actor, film producer, businessperson, rapper, nightclub owner, born September 25, 1980)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones (singer, actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, dancer, spokesperson, acting, ballet dancer, born September 25, 1969)
• Mark Rothko (painter, university teacher, born September 25, 1903)
• Plutarco Elías Calles (politician, military officer, military personnel, born September 25, 1877)
• Sandro Pertini (politician, journalist, born September 25, 1896)
• Billy Hughes (politician, diplomat, born September 25, 1862)
• Sergei Bondarchuk (screenwriter, film director, actor, film actor, born September 25, 1920)
• Colin Davis (engineer, musician, conductor, university teacher, music pedagogue, music director, born September 25, 1927)
• Imre Thököly (military leader, born September 25, 1657)
• Michael Madsen (writer, poet, film director, actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, film producer, producer, photographer, born September 25, 1958)
• Henry Pelham (politician, born September 25, 1694)
• José Figueres Ferrer (politician, engineer, economist, born September 25, 1906)
• Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (engineer, born September 25, 1968)
• Moussa Traoré (politician, military personnel, born September 25, 1936)
• Barbara Walters (writer, journalist, television presenter, news presenter, born September 25, 1929)
• Fletcher Christian (sailor, born September 25, 1764)
• Heather Locklear (actor, born September 25, 1961)
• Robert Muldoon (politician, born September 25, 1921)
• Elsa Triolet (screenwriter, writer, poet, French Resistance fighter, born September 25, 1896)
• Luciano Salce (screenwriter, film director, actor, born September 25, 1922)
• Michał Kleofas Ogiński (diplomat, composer, born September 25, 1765)
• Rafael Núñez (politician, writer, lawyer, diplomat, journalist, judge, born September 25, 1825)
• Emperor Aizong of Jin (aristocrat, born September 18, 1198)
• Andrzej Stasiuk (writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, publisher, born September 25, 1960)
• Nikolay Raevsky (military officer, born September 25, 1771)
• Jonathan Motzfeldt (politician, born September 25, 1938)