Famous Birthdays for May 25th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1048 – Emperor Shenzong of Song (d. 1085)
• 1320 – Toghon Temür, Mongolian emperor (d. 1370)
• 1334 – Emperor Sukō of Japan (d. 1398)
• 1416 – Jakobus ("James"), Count of Lichtenburg (d. 1480)
• 1417 – Catherine of Cleves, Duchess consort regent of Guelders (d. 1479)
• 1550 – Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint and nurse (d. 1614)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1606 – Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)
• 1661 – Claude Buffier, Polish-French historian and philosopher (d. 1737)
• 1713 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
• 1725 – Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (d. 1776)
• 1783 – Philip P. Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1841)
• 1791 – Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1841)
• 1803 – Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1873)
• 1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (d. 1882)
• 1818 – Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (d. 1897)
• 1818 – Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer (d. 1882)
• 1830 – Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet (d. 1877)
• 1846 – Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator (d. 1900)
• 1848 – Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, educator, and publisher (d. 1924)
• 1852 – William Muldoon, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1933)
• 1856 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (d. 1942)
• 1860 – James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (d. 1944)
• 1865 – John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1865 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
• 1865 – Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator (d. 1936)^[11]
• 1867 – Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (d. 1950)
• 1869 – Robbie Ross, Canadian journalist and art critic (d. 1918)
• 1878 – Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (d. 1949)
• 1879 – Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1964)
• 1879 – William Stickney, American golfer (d. 1944)
• 1880 – Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist and academic (d. 1967)
• 1882 – Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
• 1883 – Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1965)
• 1886 – Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (d. 1945)
• 1886 – Philip Murray, Scottish-American miner and labor leader (d. 1952)
• 1887 – Padre Pio, Italian priest and saint (d. 1968)
• 1888 – Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1969)
• 1889 – Günther Lütjens, German admiral (d. 1941)
• 1889 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (d. 1972)
• 1893 – Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, American country musician (d. 1968)
• 1897 – Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier (d. 1978)
• 1898 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House (d. 1971)
• 1899 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author (d. 1975)
• 1900 – George Lennon, Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (d. 1991)^[12]

1901–present[edit]

• 1907 – U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
• 1909 – Alfred Kubel, German politician, 5th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 1999)
• 1912 – Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (d. 1957)
• 1913 – Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and producer (d. 1965)
• 1916 – Brian Dickson, Canadian captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower (d. 1981)
• 1917 – Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor (d. 1965)
• 1917 – Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1920 – Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner and diplomat (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Hal David, American songwriter and composer (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Kitty Kallen, American singer (d. 2016)
• 1921 – Jack Steinberger, German-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
• 1922 – Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984)
• 1924 – István Nyers, French-Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (d. 1974)
• 1925 – Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Eldon Griffiths, English journalist and politician (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (d. 2000)
• 1925 – Claude Pinoteau, French film director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1926 – William Bowyer, English painter and academic (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1926 – David Wynne, English sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Robert Ludlum, American soldier and author (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1984)
• 1929 – Beverly Sills, American soprano and actress (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (d. 2016)^[13]
• 1931 – Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Georgy Grechko, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2017)
• 1931 – Irwin Winkler, American director and producer
• 1932 – John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2003)
• 1932 – K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)
• 1933 – Sarah Marshall, English-American actress (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
• 1933 – Ray Spencer, English footballer (d. 2016)
• 1933 – Jógvan Sundstein, Faroese accountant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1935 – John Ffowcs Williams, Welsh engineer and academic (d. 2020)
• 1935 – Cookie Gilchrist, American football player (d. 2011)
• 1935 – W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 2016)
• 1935 – Victoria Shaw, Australian actress (d. 1988)
• 1936 – Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
• 1936 – Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Tom Phillips, English painter and academic
• 1938 – Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (d. 1988)
• 1938 – Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (d. 2016)
• 1938 – Geoffrey Robinson, English businessman and politician
• 1939 – Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Ian McKellen, English actor^[14]
• 1940 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photographer
• 1941 – Rudolf Adler, Czech filmmaker^[15]: 88
• 1941 – Uta Frith, German developmental psychologist^[16]
• 1941 – Vladimir Voronin, Moldovan economist and politician, 3rd President of Moldova
• 1943 – Jessi Colter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1943 – John Palmer, English keyboard player
• 1943 – Leslie Uggams, American actress and singer
• 1944 – Digby Anderson, English journalist and philosopher
• 1944 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1944 – Charlie Harper, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1944 – Robert MacPherson, American mathematician and academic
• 1944 – Frank Oz, English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor
• 1944 – Chris Ralston, English rugby player
• 1946 – Bill Adam, Scottish-Canadian racing driver
• 1946 – David A. Hargrave, American game designer, created Arduin (d. 1988)
• 1947 – Karen Valentine, American actress
• 1947 – Catherine G. Wolf, American psychologist and computer scientist (d.2018)
• 1948 – Bülent Arınç, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1948 – Marianne Elliott, Northern Irish historian, author, and academic
• 1948 – Klaus Meine, German rock singer-songwriter
• 1949 – Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
• 1949 – Barry Windsor-Smith, English painter and illustrator
• 1950 – Robby Steinhardt, American rock violinist and singer (d. 2021)
• 1951 – Bob Gale, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Jeffrey Bewkes, American businessman
• 1952 – Nick Fotiu, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1952 – David Jenkins, Trinidadian-Scottish runner
• 1952 – Al Sarrantonio, American author and publisher
• 1952 – Gordon H. Smith, American businessman and politician
• 1953 – Eve Ensler, American playwright and producer
• 1953 – Daniel Passarella, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1953 – Stan Sakai, Japanese-American author and illustrator
• 1953 – Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (d. 1989)
• 1954 – John Beck, English footballer and manager^[17]
• 1954 – Murali, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 2009)
• 1955 – Alistair Burt, English lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek politician
• 1956 – Larry Hogan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Maryland
• 1956 – Kevin Lynch (hunger striker), Irish Republican (d. 1981)^[18]
• 1956 – David P. Sartor, American composer and conductor
• 1957 – Alastair Campbell, English journalist and author
• 1957 – Edward Lee, American author
• 1957 – Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 – Dorothy Straight, American children's author
• 1958 – Paul Weller, English singer, songwriter and musician
• 1959 – Julian Clary, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1959 – Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
• 1959 – Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 – Amy Klobuchar, American lawyer and politician
• 1960 – Anthea Turner, English journalist and television host
• 1962 – Ric Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1963 – George Hickenlooper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
• 1963 – Mike Myers, Canadian-American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Ludovic Orban, Romanian engineer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Romania
• 1964 – David Shaw, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1965 – Yahya Jammeh, Gambian colonel and politician, President of the Gambia
• 1967 – Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1967 – Mark Rosewater, head designer of Magic: the Gathering
• 1967 – Andrew Sznajder, Canadian tennis player^[19]
• 1968 – Kendall Gill, American basketball player, boxer, and sportscaster
• 1969 – Glen Drover, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 – Anne Heche, American actress (d. 2022)
• 1969 – Karen Bernstein, Canadian voice actress
• 1969 – Stacy London, American journalist and author
• 1970 – Robert Croft, Welsh-English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1970 – Jamie Kennedy, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Octavia Spencer, American actress and author^[a]
• 1971 – Stefano Baldini, Italian runner
• 1971 – Marco Cappato, Italian politician
• 1972 – Karan Johar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Daz Dillinger, American rapper and producer
• 1973 – Molly Sims, American model and actress^[22]
• 1974 – Dougie Freedman, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1974 – Frank Klepacki, American drummer and composer
• 1974 – Miguel Tejada, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1975 – Blaise Nkufo, Congolese-Swiss footballer
• 1976 – Stefan Holm, Swedish high jumper
• 1976 – Erki Pütsep, Estonian cyclist
• 1976 – Ethan Suplee, American actor
• 1976 – Cillian Murphy, Irish actor^[23]
• 1976 – Miguel Zepeda, Mexican footballer
• 1977 – Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
• 1977 – Alberto Del Rio, Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1978 – Adam Gontier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 – Brian Urlacher, American football player
• 1979 – Carlos Bocanegra, American footballer and executive^[24]
• 1979 – Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
• 1979 – Caroline Ouellette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1979 – Sam Sodje, English-Nigerian footballer
• 1979 – Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
• 1979 – Chris Young, American baseball pitcher
• 1980 – David Navarro, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Michalis Pelekanos, Greek basketball player
• 1981 – Matt Utai, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1982 – Adam Boyd, English footballer
• 1982 – Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
• 1982 – Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
• 1982 – Roger Guerreiro, Polish footballer
• 1982 – Justin Hodges, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 – Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan runner
• 1982 – Jason Kubel, American baseball player
• 1982 – Stacey Pensgen, American figure skater and meteorologist
• 1982 – Luke Webster, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Luke Ball, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – A. J. Foyt IV, American race car driver
• 1984 – Shawne Merriman, American football player
• 1985 – Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
• 1985 – Demba Ba, French footballer
• 1985 – Gert Kams, Estonian footballer
• 1985 – Roman Reigns, American football player and wrestler
• 1986 – Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
• 1986 – Takahiro Hōjō, Japanese actor and musician
• 1986 – Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
• 1987 – Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Yves De Winter, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Moritz Stehling, German footballer
• 1987 – Kamil Stoch, Polish ski jumper
• 1988 – Dávid Škutka, Slovak footballer
• 1988 – Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer^[25]
• 1990 – Bo Dallas, American wrestler
• 1990 – Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1993 – James Porter, English cricketer
• 1994 – Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 – Aly Raisman, American gymnast
• 1995 – Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer
• 1996 – David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player
• 2000 – Claire Liu, American tennis player^[26]