Birthday facts

Born on August 25.

Everyone born on August 25 is a Virgo — ruled by Mercury, you have already spotted the error. The stone is peridot, the flower gladiolus, and the day is shared with Nicki Nicole and Sean Connery.

Sun sign

Virgo ♍︎

the Maiden · ruled by Mercury · you have already spotted the error

Birthstone

Peridot

August

Birth flower

Gladiolus

& poppy

Your book

Born on August 25? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Virgo, August 23 to September 22.

The Maiden, ruled by Mercury, and the books make it the sign of the well-kept list — precise, useful, quietly indispensable. An earth sign, credited with discernment and a work ethic, and blamed for noticing the flaw in everything, including itself. Its people are said to be the ones who actually read the instructions. The tradition admires Virgo and slightly fears having its work checked by one.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on August 25.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

2000

Nicki Nicole

Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter

1930

Sean Connery

Scottish actor and producer

1987

Blake Lively

American actress and model

1976

Alexander Skarsgård

Swedish actor

1962

Taslima Nasrin

Bangladeshi author

2006

Kimi Antonelli

Italian racing driver

1949

Gene Simmons

Israeli-American singer-songwriter and actor

1958

Tim Burton

American director and producer

On this day

What August 25 has seen.

1609Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

1875Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.

1942World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.

2012The skeleton of King Richard III of England was discovered under a car park in Leicester.

The calendar

When August 25 falls.

A Tuesday in 2026, a Wednesday in 2027, a Friday in 2028, a Saturday in 2029, and a Sunday in 2030.