Famous Personalities Born In May - 25
Tuesday, 06 January 2026
1048 On May - 25 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) 

1334 On May - 25 birth of emperor SukÅ (d. 1398) 

1458 Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on May - 25. 

1494 On May - 25 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 May - 25. 

1661 Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on May - 25. 

1688 Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history. 

1713 John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63) was born on May - 25. 

1725 On this day in history birth of samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776) 

1726 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer was born on this day in history. 

1729 Jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war) was born on this day in history. 

1767 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Franzl, composer 

1767 On May - 25 birth of friedrich Johann Eck, composer 

1779 On this day in history birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician 

1781 On this day in history birth of ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily) 

1783 On this day in history birth of philip Pendleton Barbour, Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841) 

1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn) was born on May - 25. 

1818 On May - 25 birth of jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian 

1821 Diederich Krug, composer was born on May - 25. 

1830 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International) was born on this day in history. 

1839 John Eliot, English meteorologist was born on May - 25. 

1845 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL) was born on May - 25. 

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 Alphonse Goovaerts, composer was born on May - 25. 

1847 John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist was born on this day in history. 

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 May - 25 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 John Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946) was born on May - 25. 

1865 Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902) was born on May - 25. 

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