September 25, 1952

1952Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor^[†]

Colin Friels is an Australian actor of stage, film and television. He has received numerous accolades, including AACTA/AFI Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama, two Helpmann Awards for Best Male Actor in a Play, and two Logie Awards.

1952Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager^[†]

James Williams is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jimmy Garvin. A member of the Fabulous Freebirds, Garvin is best known for his appearances with promotions including the American Wrestling Association, World Class Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling.

1952bell hooks, American author and activist (died 2021)^[†]

Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an American author, theorist, educator, and social critic who was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College. She was best known for her writings on race, feminism, and class. She used the lower-case spelling of her name to decenter herself and draw attention to her work instead. The focus of hooks's writing was to explore the intersectionality of race, capitalism, and gender, and what she described as their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and class domination. She published around 40 books, including works that ranged from essays, poetry, and children's books. She published numerous scholarly articles, appeared in documentary films, and participated in public lectures. Her work addressed love, race, social class, gender, art, history, sexuality, mass media, and feminism.

1952Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist^[†]

Cherríe L. Moraga is an influential Chicana feminist writer, activist, poet, essayist, and playwright. A prominent figure in Chicana literature and feminist theory, Moraga's work explores the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and class, with particular emphasis on the experiences of Chicana and Indigenous women. She currently serves as Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

1952Tommy Norden, American actor^[†]

Tommy Norden is an American businessman and retired actor, most widely-known as Bud Ricks, the red-haired, younger brother of Sandy Ricks on the television series Flipper.

1952Chris Pond, English politician^[†]

Christopher Richard Pond is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesham in Kent, from 1997 to 2005.