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September 15, 1925

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1925Stanley Chapman, English architect and author (died 2009)[†]

Stanley Chapman was a British architect, designer, translator and writer. His interests included theatre and 'pataphysics. He was involved with founding the Royal National Theatre in London, became a member of Oulipo in 1961, founder of the Outrapo, and was also a member of the Collège de Pataphysique, the London Institute of Pataphysics and the Lewis Carroll Society. In the early 1950s he contributed poems and designed covers for the literary magazines Listen and Stand, and contributed translations to Chanticleer, a magazine edited by the poet Ewart Milne. His English translation of A Hundred Thousand Billion Poems was received with "admiring stupefaction" by Raymond Queneau.

Erika Köth

1925Erika Köth, German soprano (died 1981)[†]

Erika Köth was a German operatic coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the roles of Zerbinetta and Zerlina.

Carlo Rambaldi

1925Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (died 2012)[†]

Carlo Rambaldi was an Italian special effects and makeup effects artist. He was the winner of three Academy Awards: one Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1977 for the 1976 version of King Kong and two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects in 1980 and 1983 for, respectively, Alien (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). He is most famous for his work in those two last mentioned films, that is for the mechanical head-effects for the creature in Alien and the design of the title character of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. In 2017, he was inducted into the Visual Effects Society Hall of Fame.

Helle Virkner

1925Helle Virkner, Danish actress and singer (died 2009)[†]

Helle Genie Virkner née Lotinga was a Danish actress, author and spouse of Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag

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