Famous Personalities Born In May - 25
Thursday, 06 November 2025
1048 On May - 25 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) 

1334 Emperor SukÅ (d. 1398) was born on this day in history. 

1458 On May - 25 birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) 

1494 Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ) was born on May - 25. 

1550 Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on May - 25. 

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 On May - 25 birth of john Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63) 

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

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 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Franzl, composer 

1767 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer was born on May - 25. 

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 On May - 25 birth of ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn) 

1818 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian was born on this day in history. 

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

1845 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL) was born on this day in history. 

1845 Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883) was born on this day in history. 

1846 Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923) was born on this day in history. 

1846 Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900) was born on May - 25. 

1847 On this day in history birth of alphonse Goovaerts, composer 

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 May - 25. 

1860 On May - 25 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 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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