Famous Personalities Born In May - 25
Thursday, 18 September 2025
1048 On May - 25 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)
1334 On May - 25 birth of emperor SukÅ (d. 1398)
1458 On this day in history birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
1494 On this day in history birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)
1550 Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on this day in history.
1606 Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.
1661 On this day in history birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
1688 On this day in history birth of christian August Jacobi, composer
1713 John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63) was born on this day in history.
1725 Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.
1726 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer was born on this day in history.
1729 On May - 25 birth of jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war)
1767 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Franzl, composer
1767 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer was born on May - 25.
1779 On May - 25 birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician
1781 Ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily) was born on this day in history.
1783 Philip Pendleton Barbour, Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841) was born on May - 25.
1803 On this day in history birth of ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
1818 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian was born on May - 25.
1821 Diederich Krug, composer was born on this day in history.
1830 On this day in history birth of jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)
1839 John Eliot, English meteorologist was born on May - 25.
1845 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL) was born on this day in history.
1845 On May - 25 birth of lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883)
1846 On this day in history birth of princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)
1846 Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900) was born on May - 25.
1847 On May - 25 birth of alphonse Goovaerts, composer
1847 On May - 25 birth of john Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist
1852 On May - 25 birth of william Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933)
1856 Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.
1860 On this day in history birth of james McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944)
1865 Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18) was born on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history birth of john Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946)
1865 On this day in history birth of pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902)