Famous Personalities Born In May - 25
Friday, 21 February 2025
1048 Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on this day in history.
1334 Emperor SukÅ (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.
1458 On this day in history birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
1494 Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ) was born on May - 25.
1550 On May - 25 birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint
1606 Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on May - 25.
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 Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776) was born on May - 25.
1726 On this day in history birth of giuseppi Paolucci, composer
1729 Jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war) was born on this day in history.
1767 Ferdinand Franzl, composer was born on May - 25.
1767 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer was born on this day in history.
1779 On May - 25 birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician
1781 Ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily) was born on May - 25.
1783 On this day in history birth of philip Pendleton Barbour, Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841)
1803 On this day in history birth of ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
1818 On May - 25 birth of jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian
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 John Eliot, English meteorologist was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 May - 25.
1852 William Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history birth of louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
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 May - 25.
1865 John Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946) was born on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history birth of pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902)