Famous Personalities Born In May - 25
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
1048 Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on this day in history. 

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

1458 On May - 25 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 On May - 25 birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint 

1606 On this day in history birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) 

1661 On May - 25 birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) 

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 Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776) was born on this day in history. 

1726 On this day in history birth of giuseppi Paolucci, composer 

1729 On this day in history birth of jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war) 

1767 Ferdinand Franzl, composer was born on this day in history. 

1767 On this day in history birth of friedrich Johann Eck, composer 

1779 Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician was born on May - 25. 

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 May - 25. 

1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn) was born on this day in history. 

1818 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian was born on May - 25. 

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

1830 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International) was born on May - 25. 

1839 On this day in history birth of john Eliot, English meteorologist 

1845 On May - 25 birth of william Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL) 

1845 Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883) was born on May - 25. 

1846 On this day in history birth of princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923) 

1846 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of william Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933) 

1856 Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942) was born on May - 25. 

1860 James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944) was born on this day in history. 

1865 On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18) 

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 this day in history. 

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