Famous Personalities Born In May - 25
Thursday, 22 May 2025
1048 Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on this day in history.
1334 Emperor SukÅ (d. 1398) was born on May - 25.
1458 On May - 25 birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
1494 On May - 25 birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)
1550 On this day in history birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint
1606 Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.
1661 Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.
1688 Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on May - 25.
1713 On this day in history birth of john Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63)
1725 On May - 25 birth of samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
1726 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer was born on May - 25.
1729 On this day in history birth of jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war)
1767 On May - 25 birth of ferdinand Franzl, composer
1767 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Philip Pendleton Barbour, Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841) was born on this day in history.
1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn) was born on May - 25.
1818 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian was born on this day in history.
1821 On May - 25 birth of diederich Krug, composer
1830 On this day in history birth of jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)
1839 On this day in history birth of john Eliot, English meteorologist
1845 On this day in history birth of william Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL)
1845 On May - 25 birth of lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883)
1846 On May - 25 birth of princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)
1846 On May - 25 birth of naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900)
1847 On this day in history birth of alphonse Goovaerts, composer
1847 On this day in history birth of john Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist
1852 William Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933) was born on May - 25.
1856 On May - 25 birth of louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
1860 On this day in history birth of james McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944)
1865 On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18)
1865 On this day in history birth of john Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946)
1865 Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902) was born on this day in history.