Famous Births on 25 May

Famous Births on 25 May

1048 - Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)
1334 - Emperor Sukō (d. 1398)
1458 - Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
1606 - Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1661 - Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
1713 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
1725 - Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
1783 - Philip Pendleton Barbour, Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841)
1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
1803 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
1818 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (d. 1897)
1845 - Lip Pike, baseball player (d. 1883)
1846 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)
1846 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900)
1852 - William Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933)
1856 - Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
1860 - James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944)
1865 - Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
1865 - John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
1877 - Billy Murray, American singer (d. 1954)
1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer (d. 1949)
1879 - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born publisher (d. 1964)
1880 - Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
1882 - Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
1886 - Philip Murray, U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader (d. 1952)
1886 - Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945)
1887 - Pio of Pietrelcina, Catholic saint (d. 1968)
1888 - Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969)
1889 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian inventor (d. 1972)
1892 - Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav resistance leader and later president (d. 1980)
1897 - Gene Tunney, American heavyweight champion (d. 1978)
1898 - Bennett Cerf, American publisher, TV personality (d. 1971)
1899 - Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (d. 1976)
1900 - Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (d. 1975)
1903 - Binnie Barnes, British actress (d. 1998)
1907 - U Nu, Burmese politician (d. 1995)
1908 - Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
1909 - Alfred Kubel, German politician (d. 1999)
1909 - Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (d. 1970)
1912 - Princess Dukhye of Korea (d. 1989)
1913 - Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965)
1917 - Theodore Hesburgh, American educator and theologian
1917 - Steve Cochran, American actor (d. 1965)
1918 - Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
1921 - Hal David, American lyricist and songwriter
1921 - Jack Steinberger, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1922 - Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984)
1922 - Kitty Kallen, American big band singer
1924 - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
1925 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (d. 1974)
1925 - Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
1925 - Don Liddle, baseball player (d. 2000)
1926 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1991)
1927 - Robert Ludlum, American writer (d. 2001)
1929 - Beverly Sills, American soprano (d. 2007)
1929 - Warren Frost, American actor
1931 - Georgi Grechko, cosmonaut
1931 - Aili Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter
1931 - Irwin Winkler, American film producer and director
1932 - John Gregory Dunne, American writer (d. 2003)
1933 - Ray Spencer, English footballer
1935 - Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (d. 1988)
1935 - Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
1936 - Tom T. Hall, American singer and songwriter
1938 - Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988)
1939 - Dixie Carter, American actress
1939 - Ian McKellen, English actor
1943 - Jessi Colter, American singer
1943 - John "Poli" Palmer, British rock musician (Family)
1944 - Robert MacPherson, American mathematician
1944 - John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality
1944 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
1944 - Frank Oz, English-born puppeteer and director
1946 - David A. Hargrave, RPG designer
1948 - Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
1948 - Klaus Meine, German musician (Scorpions)
1949 - Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-born novelist
1951 - Bob Gale, American screenwriter
1952 - Jeffrey Bewkes, American media executive
1952 - Gordon Smith, American politician
1952 - Al Sarrantonio, American writer
1953 - Eve Ensler, American playwright
1953 - Daniel Passarella, Argentine football player
1953 - Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist (Usagi Yojimbo)
1955 - Alistair Burt, British politician
1956 - Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer
1956 - David P. Sartor, American music composer
1956 - Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
1957 - Robert Picard, French Canadian ice hockey player
1957 - Edward Lee, American writer
1958 - Paul Weller, British musician
1959 - Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
1959 - Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player
1959 - Julian Clary, British television personality
1960 - Amy Klobuchar, American politician, junior senator from Minnesota
1962 - Rick Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
1964 - David Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Ivan Bella, Slovak cosmonaut
1965 - George Hickenlooper, American documentary film-maker
1966 - Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
1967 - Poppy Z. Brite, American author
1968 - Kendall Gill, American basketball player
1969 - Glen Drover, Canadian guitar player (Megadeth)
1969 - Stacy London, American fashion consultant
1969 - Anne Heche, American actress
1970 - Satsuki Yukino, Seiyuu
1970 - Jamie Kennedy, American actor
1970 - Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, American actresses
1970 - Joey Eischen, baseball player
1971 - Marco Cappato, Italian politician
1971 - Justin Henry, American actor
1972 - Octavia Spencer, American actress
1973 - Demetri Martin, American comedian
1973 - Molly Sims, American supermodel and actress
1973 - Daz Dillinger, American hip-hop performer
1974 - Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player
1974 - Frank Klepacki, American musician
1975 - Lauryn Hill, American singer
1976 - Tarik Glenn, National Football League offensive lineman
1976 - Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
1976 - Ethan Suplee, American actor
1977 - Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ
1978 - Brian Urlacher, American football player
1979 - Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer
1979 - Caroline Ouellette, French Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Jonny Wilkinson, English international and Newcastle Falcons rugby player
1979 - Carlos Bocanegra, American soccer player
1980 - Jae Hee, South Korean actor
1980 - David Navarro, Spanish footballer
1982 - Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
1982 - Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
1982 - Adam Boyd, English footballer
1983 - Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
1984 - Kostas Martakis, Greek singer
1984 - Shawne Merriman, American football Player for the San Diego Chargers
1984 - Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, 2005 Miss World
1984 - Marion Raven, Norwegian Singer-Songwritter (M2M)
1985 - Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
1986 - Yoan Gouffran, French football player
1986 - Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
1987 - Timothy Derijck, Belgian football player
1993 - Dilley sextuplets, American sextuplets
1999 - Maisy McLeod-Riera, New Zealand actress