Famous Personalities Born In May - 25
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
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 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 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 May - 25.
1661 Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on May - 25.
1688 On May - 25 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 May - 25.
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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
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 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International) was born on this day in history.
1839 On May - 25 birth of john Eliot, English meteorologist
1845 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL) was born on May - 25.
1845 Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883) was born on May - 25.
1846 Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923) was born on May - 25.
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 John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist was born on May - 25.
1852 William Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.
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 May - 25 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)