Celebrities born on August 25

Willy DeVille, born William Paul Borsey Jr., was an American singer/songwriter and actor. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. A fourteen year old kid has just settled in on the roof of a building on MacDougal Street. We’re in the early sixties, New York. The West Village. Sounds of the raucous and throaty voice of Fred Neil, of Bob Dylan's unbridled folk hymns and of the electroshock guitar of Jimi Hendrix waft out of the clubs on the street. And the kid living on the roof, he takes it all in. Willy DeVille's introduction to music contains within it the true and complete character of an urban tale.

Vijayaraj Azhagarswami Naidu, professionally known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is a Tamil film actor and politician in Tamil Nadu, India. He is the founder of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and a Member of Legislative Assembly representing Virudhachalam, Tamil Nadu, India.

Guy Gilles born Guy Chiche (25 August 1938 - 3 February 1996) was a French film director. His first feature film, L'Amour à la mer (1962), starred Juliette Greco, Romy Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud. Patrick Jouan featured in many of his films. He also worked for television with productions such as Dim, Dam, Dom and Pour le plaisir. His latest films include Le Crime d'amour (1982), with Richard Berry and Jacques Penot, and Nuit docile (1987). He caught AIDS in the late 1980s, and in experiencing difficulties with production, he struggled to complete Néfertiti, la fille du soleil in 1994 which was released in 1996 on the year of death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Gilles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Timothy Floyd Burchett is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, based in Knoxville, serving since 2019. A Republican, Burchett was formerly mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.

Nico Panagio is a South African actor, presenter and producer of Greek descent. He has starred in various theatre productions, television dramas and big-screen feature films. He is also the host of the popular reality show Survivor SA.

Nicki Nicole, a key figure of urban latin music, rose to fame in 2019 with "Wapo Traketero", garnering more than 154M views and 91M streams. That same year she released her first collaboration with Bizarrap, "Music Sessions Vol. 13", reaching #1 in Argentina and positioning itself in the Global Top for weeks. Since then, she has won awards like two Spotify Awards and a Premio Lo Nuestro, and was nominated for the Latin Grammys. With her album "Parte de Mi" and collaborations with artists like Rauw Alejandro and Mon Laferte, she has surpassed 630M streams on Spotify. Internationally, she was the first Argentinian in "The Tonight Show" and festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza Paris. She released "ALMA" in 2023, being the most listened album in Argentina for 8 weeks straight and garnering 480M streams globally. "ALMA" has collaborations with artists like Young Miko, Rels B, Milo J and YSY A, and continued its rise with tours across Latin America and Europe. International shows like the Wizink Center in Spain and remarkable collaborations like "Una Foto Remix" consolidate her as an influential force in urban latin music.

Benjamín Morales was born in the Cubuy neighborhood of Canóvanas on August 25, 1926. He married Ana María Morales with whom he fathered two children, Jaime E. and Ana Carmen, from whom he was born five grandchildren. He began his artistic career in 1953. He has worked as an actor, declamator and announcer for more than fifty years. In theater he has performed more than forty works for the festivals sponsored by the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, such as "La Zorra y las Uvas" (G. Figueiredo), "Crime on the Island of Las Cabras" (H. Betti), "The Heroic of Buenos Aires" (O. Dragún), "The Man in the Skin of a Viper", "Our People" (Thorton Myler), "Dress Naked" (Pirandelo), "The House without a Clock" (René Marqués). He has also participated in works in New York, such as "Welcome Don Goyito" (M. Ballester) and "The Son of Angela Maria" (Jarnés). He has made more than a hundred soap operas and specials, on local channels, among which are some hits such as: "El Hijo de Angela María", "Tomico", "Cristina Bazán", "La Gata", "El Regreso" and "El Cuarto Mandamiento". On the radio he has worked as a narrator and actor for more than fifty years. In the cinema he has participated in films in local and foreign productions, such as "El Hijo de Angela María", in which he is a co-star; in "Dios los Cría", as a co-star and in "El año terrible del 87", protagonist; among which he won an award in "Linda Sara" by Jacobo Morales. Other recognitions and awards he has received are Agueybaná de Oro in 1974 at the "Codazos Festival" as a Character Actor. In 1971, for three consecutive years, he received the Golden Lamb Award at the "Grewardity Festival", as a Theater Actor. In 1970 he was awarded a Golden Agueybaná at the "Codazos Festival" as Actor of the Year.