Birthday twins

People Born on November 25

November 25 is the birthday of 31 notable people we've found so far, including entrepreneurs, politicians, historical figures and athletes, and 2 of them are billionaires.

2
billionaires
joint #145 of 366 birthdays
11
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #134 of 366 birthdays
31
notable people
#365 of 366 birthdays
$14.9B
combined wealth
joint #172 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 192 years, from 1810 to 2002.
  • Entrepreneurs are the most common group among people born on November 25: 11 of 31.
  • People born on this day come from 17 countries, most often United States (11 of 31).
  • Nobutada Saji is the wealthiest person we list for November 25, with an estimated $9.3B reported as of 2026.
  • Founders born on November 25 started companies including U.S. Steel, Mercedes-Benz and Mistwalker.
  • November 25 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including billionaires, entrepreneurs, athletes and founders.
  • 65% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.

💰 Richest person born on November 25

Reported estimate as of 2026: $9.3B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How November 25 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every November birthday · battle November 25 against another date · all rankings

The November 25 wealth profile

Billionaires born on November 25

$14.9B
combined wealth
low-bound sum, newest as of 2026
2
sourced estimates
2
billionaires
joint #145 of 366
#172
of 366 for wealth
joint

Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.

Rocco Commisso
billionaire

Rocco Commisso

Entrepreneur

1949–2026 · United States

$5.6Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

Rocco Benito Commisso was an Italian and American billionaire businessman, and the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mediacom, the fifth largest cable television company in the United States. As of 2011, the company was privately owned by Commisso.

mediacom communications corporation, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (3)

Who shares November 25

What kind of people are born on November 25?

Share of the 31 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Entrepreneurs35% (11 people)
  • Politicians26% (8 people)
  • Athletes19% (6 people)
  • Authors19% (6 people)
  • Scientists19% (6 people)
  • Actors16% (5 people)
  • Creators13% (4 people)

Countries

17 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States11 (11 people)
  • Spain3 (3 people)
  • France2 (2 people)
  • Japan2 (2 people)
  • Chile1 (1 people)
  • Finland1 (1 people)
  • Georgia1 (1 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on November 25 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. ~19Xabi AlonsoJoined Real Sociedad (2000)
  2. ~17PedriJoined UD Las Palmas (2019)
  3. 21Joe DiMaggioJoined New York Yankees (1936)
  4. ~18Antonio PuertaJoined Sevilla Atlético (2002)

26 to 30

  1. ~28Xabi AlonsoJoined Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (2009)

31 to 40

  1. ~39Carl BenzFounded Benz & Cie. (1883)
  2. ~32Jeong Ju-yungFounded Hyundai (1947)
  3. ~33Gaspard UllielReceived the César Award for Best Actor (2017)
  4. ~39Nikolai VavilovReceived the Lenin Prize (1926)

41 to 50

  1. ~42Hironobu SakaguchiFounded Mistwalker (2004)
  2. ~48Jeffrey SkillingBecame CEO of Enron (2001)
  3. 44Mauno KoivistoBecame Prime Minister of Finland (1968)

After 50

  1. ~66Andrew CarnegieFounded U.S. Steel (1901)
  2. ~82Carl BenzFounded Mercedes-Benz (1926)
  3. 52Jeong Ju-yungFounded Hyundai Motor Company (1967)
  4. 65Augusto PinochetBecame President of Chile (1981)

The standouts

The most successful people born on November 25

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Xabi Alonso
athlete

Xabi Alonso

Top tier

Athlete

1981 · Spain

Xabier Alonso Olano is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Chelsea. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, he was known for his passing range and long-distance shooting.

DONOSTIA KULTURA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Christina Applegate
actor

Christina Applegate

Top tier

Actor

1971 · United States

Christina Applegate is a retired American actress. She gained recognition in the late 1980s for playing Kelly Bundy in the Fox sitcom Married. with Children (1987–1997).

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
politician

Augusto Pinochet

Top tier

Politician

1915–2006 · Chile

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer and military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He led the Chilean Army in the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in 1973 and established a military junta.

Sources (2)
Joel Kinnaman
actor

Joel Kinnaman

Top tier

Actor

1979 · United States

Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman is a Swedish-American actor. He first gained recognition for his roles in the 2010 Swedish film Easy Money and the Johan Falk crime series.

Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Pedri
athlete

Pedri

Athlete

2002 · Spain

Pedro González López, more commonly known as Pedri, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team.

Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Andrew Carnegie
founder

Andrew Carnegie

Entrepreneur · U.S. Steel · manufacturing

1835–1919 · United States

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late-19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.

Theodore C. Marceau, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)

Builders

Entrepreneurs born on November 25

Carl Benz
founder

Carl Benz

Founder · Mercedes-Benz · automotive

1844–1929 · Grand Duchy of Baden

Carl Friedrich Benz was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical, modern automobile and the first car to be put into series production.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Hironobu Sakaguchi
founder

Hironobu Sakaguchi

Founder · Mistwalker · entertainment

1962 · Japan

Hironobu Sakaguchi is a Japanese game designer, director, producer, and writer. Originally working for Square from 1983 to 2003, he departed the company and founded independent studio Mistwalker in 2004.

Georges Seguin (Okki), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Jeong Ju-yung
founder

Jeong Ju-yung

Entrepreneur · Hyundai · automotive

1915–2001 · South Korea

Chung Ju-Yung was a South Korean entrepreneur and the founder of Hyundai Group, one of South Korea's largest chaebols.

Technical Sergeant Renee` Sitler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Jeffrey Skilling
entrepreneur

Jeffrey Skilling

Entrepreneur · Enron · energy

1953 · United States

Jeffrey Keith Skilling is an American businessman who in 2006 was convicted of federal felony charges relating to the Enron scandal.

United States Marshals Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Barbara Bush
entrepreneur

Barbara Bush

Entrepreneur

1981 · United States

Barbara Pierce Bush is an American activist and author. She co-founded and is the chair of the board of the nonprofit organization Global Health Corps. She and her fraternal twin sister, Jenna, are the daughters of the 43rd U.S. president George W.

Warren Elgort, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Stanley Ho
entrepreneur

Stanley Ho

Entrepreneur

1921–2020 · Portugal

Stanley Ho Hung-sun was a Hong Kong and Macau billionaire businessman. He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings, which owns nineteen casinos in Macau including the Grand Lisboa.

太皮, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

November 25 in history

What else happened on November 25

  1. -571Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
  2. 1755King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
  3. 1905Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
  4. 1947New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
  5. 1977Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on November 25

Joe DiMaggio
athlete

Joe DiMaggio

Athlete

1914–1999 · United States

Joseph Paul DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees.

Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Katie Cassidy
actor

Katie Cassidy

Actor

1986 · United States

Katherine Evelyn Anita Cassidy is an American actress.

Heroes & Villains, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Nodar Kumaritashvili
athlete

Nodar Kumaritashvili

Athlete

1988–2010 · Georgia

Nodar Kumaritashvili was a Georgian luge athlete who suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on the day of the opening ceremony.

Postal Administration of Georgia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Ben Stein
actor

Ben Stein

Actor

1944 · United States

Benjamin Jeremy Stein is an American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues.

Murray State, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Gaspard Ulliel
actor

Gaspard Ulliel

Actor

1984–2022 · France

Gaspard Thomas Ulliel was a French actor and model.

Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Percy Sledge
musician

Percy Sledge

Musician

1940–2015 · United States

Percy Tyrone Sledge was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, gold-certified disc from the RIAA.

Gene Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Poul Anderson
author

Poul Anderson

Author

1926–2001 · United States

Poul William Anderson was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times, and was nominated many more times for awards.

Slawomir Burzynski (burz[at]poczta.onet.pl), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Nikolai Vavilov
scientist

Nikolai Vavilov

Scientist

1887–1943 · Soviet Union

Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants. His research focused on improvement of wheat, maize and other cereal crops.

World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Antonio Puerta
athlete

Antonio Puerta

Athlete

1984–2007 · Spain

Antonio José Puerta Pérez was a Spanish professional footballer who played solely for Sevilla.

Ainara Pedroso. Cede la imagen bajo licencia GFDL a Rubén Hernandis para su publicacion en wikimedia commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Mauno Koivisto
scientist

Mauno Koivisto

Politician

1923–2017 · Finland

Mauno Henrik Koivisto was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as the country's prime minister twice, from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1979 to 1982.

Kuvasiskot, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Maurice Denis
artist

Maurice Denis

Author

1870–1943 · France

Maurice Denis was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the changing world of late 19th-century European art, Denis is associated with Les Nabis, Symbolism, and later Neo-classicism.

Henri Manuel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
José Maria de Eça de Queirós
author

José Maria de Eça de Queirós

Politician

1845–1900 · Kingdom of Portugal

José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy.

Photographia Contemporanea In O Contemporâneo, nº 108, Lisboa [1882], p. [1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit
entrepreneur

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

Entrepreneur

1978 · Thailand

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a Thai businessman and former politician who served as the leader of the Future Forward Party from 2018 to 2020. From 2002 to 2018, he was the vice president of the Thai Summit Group, Thailand's largest auto parts manufacturer.

Sirakorn Lamyai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Nikolai Pirogov
scientist

Nikolai Pirogov

Scientist

1810–1881 · Russian Empire

Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the most widely recognized Russian physicians.

Ilya Repin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Robert Mayer
scientist

Robert Mayer

Scientist

1814–1878 · Kingdom of Württemberg

Julius Robert von Mayer was a German physician, chemist, and physicist and one of the founders of thermodynamics.

Friedrich Berrer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Deogracias Savellano
politician

Deogracias Savellano

Politician

1959–2025 · Philippines

Deogracias Victor "DV" Barbers Savellano was a Filipino politician who last served as a member of the House of Representatives for Ilocos Sur's 1st district from 2016 to 2022. He was also one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022.

Department of Agriculture–Agriculture and Fisheries Information Division, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
entrepreneur

Zhang Shiping

Entrepreneur

1946–2019 · People's Republic of China

Zhang Shiping was a Chinese entrepreneur. He oversaw the rise of China Hongqiao Group to become the world's biggest aluminum producer and was dubbed China's "Aluminum King".

Sources (2)

Sources and method for this page

This page lists 31 people born on November 25, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on November 25. Read the full methodology.

Discover another birthday →

Every date is a different rabbit hole. Try a friend's, a parent's, or a random one.

Curious about November 24, November 26, January 1, August 13 or July 29?