| 96511 | August 25 | Birth | 1819 – Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (d. 1884) |
| 96512 | August 25 | Birth | 1829 – Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1909) |
| 96513 | August 25 | Birth | 1836 – Bret Harte, American author and poet (d. 1902) |
| 96514 | August 25 | Birth | 1840 – George C. Magoun, American businessman (d. 1893) |
| 96515 | August 25 | Birth | 1841 – Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917) |
| 96516 | August 25 | Birth | 1845 – Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886) |
| 96517 | August 25 | Birth | 1850 – Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935) |
| 96518 | August 25 | Birth | 1867 – James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (d. 1951) |
| 96519 | August 25 | Birth | 1869 – Tom Kiely, Irish decathlete (d. 1951) |
| 96520 | August 25 | Birth | 1878 – Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (d. 1935) |
| 96521 | August 25 | Birth | 1882 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (d. 1966) |
| 96522 | August 25 | Birth | 1891 – David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956) |
| 96523 | August 25 | Birth | 1893 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (d. 1962) |
| 96524 | August 25 | Birth | 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic (d. 1975) |
| 96525 | August 25 | Birth | 1898 – Arthur Wood, English cricketer (d. 1973) |
| 96526 | August 25 | Birth | 1899 – Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author (d. 1978) |
| 96527 | August 25 | Birth | 1900 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) |
| 96528 | August 25 | Birth | 1902 – Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (d. 1972) |
| 96529 | August 25 | Birth | 1903 – Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992) |
| 96530 | August 25 | Birth | 1905 – Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (d. 1938) |
| 96531 | August 25 | Birth | 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979) |
| 96532 | August 25 | Birth | 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (d. 1971) |
| 96533 | August 25 | Birth | 1910 – George Cisar, American baseball player (d. 2010) |
| 96534 | August 25 | Birth | 1910 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993) |
| 96535 | August 25 | Birth | 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2012) |
| 96536 | August 25 | Birth | 1911 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013) |
| 96537 | August 25 | Birth | 1912 – Erich Honecker, German soldier and politician (d. 1994) |
| 96538 | August 25 | Birth | 1913 – Don DeFore, American actor and singer (d. 1993) |
| 96539 | August 25 | Birth | 1913 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (d. 1973) |
| 96540 | August 25 | Birth | 1915 – Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (d. 1997) |