May 25 - Births

Births

• 1048 – Emperor Shenzong of Song China (d. 1085)
• 1334 – Emperor Sukō, Japanese Pretender (d. 1398)
• 1458 – Sultan Mahmud Begada 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)
• 1749 – Gregorio Funes, Argentine clergyman, politician and Junta Grande figure (d. 1829)
• 1783 – Philip Pendleton Barbour, American politician and Supreme Court justice (d. 1841)
• 1803 – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
• 1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
• 1818 – Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (d. 1897)
• 1845 – Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1893)
• 1846 – Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)
• 1846 – Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer (d. 1900)
• 1848 – Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, editor and publisher (d. 1924)
• 1852 – William Muldoon, American Greco-Roman wrestler (d. 1933)
• 1856 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
• 1860 – James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944)
• 1865 – John Mott, American evangelical; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1865 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
• 1877 – Billy Murray, American singer (d. 1954)
• 1878 – Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American tap dancer and actor (d. 1949)
• 1879 – Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-born British publisher (d. 1964)
• 1880 – Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
• 1882 – Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
• 1886 – Philip Murray, Scottish-born American labor leader (d. 1952)
• 1886 – Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary (d. 1945)
• 1887 – Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1968)
• 1888 – Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969)
• 1889 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian-born American aviation designer (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav resistance leader and staesman (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Gene Tunney, American boxer(d. 1978)
• 1898 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher and TV personality (d. 1971)
• 1899 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet and musician (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 filmmaker and socialite (d. 1970)
• 1912 – Princess Deokhye of Korea (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Dean Rockwell, American wrestling and football coach (d. 2005)
• 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 – Jack Steinberger, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 – Hal David, American lyricist and songwriter
• 1922 – Enrico Berlinguer, Italian P.C.I. 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, American baseball player (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Robert Ludlum, American writer (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Beverly Sills, American soprano (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Warren Frost, American actor
• 1931 – Georgi Grechko, Russian cosmonaut
• 1931 – Aili Jõgi, Estonian anti-Soviet occupation figure
• 1931 – Irwin Winkler, American film producer and director
• 1932 – John Gregory Dunne, American writer (d. 2003)
• 1932 – K. C. Jones, American professional basketball player and coach
• 1932 – W. P. Kinsella, Canadian writer
• 1933 – Ray Spencer, English footballer
• 1933 – Basdeo Panday, Trinidad & Tobagon statesman
• 1935 – Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
• 1935 – Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (d. 1988)
• 1936 – Tom T. Hall, American singer and songwriter
• 1938 – Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988)
• 1939 – Dixie Carter, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Ian McKellen, English actor
• 1941 – Vladimir Voronin, Moldovan statesman
• 1943 – Jessi Colter, American country singer
• 1943 – John Palmer, British musician (Family)
• 1944 – Frank Oz, British-born American puppeteer and director
• 1944 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1944 – John Bunnell, American law enforcement official and TV personality
• 1944 – Robert MacPherson, American mathematician
• 1946 – David A. Hargrave, American writer and role-playing games designer (d. 1988)
• 1947 – Karen Valentine, American actress
• 1948 – Klaus Meine, German singer (Scorpions)
• 1949 – Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-born novelist
• 1951 – Bob Gale, American screenwriter
• 1952 – Al Sarrantonio, American writer
• 1952 – Gordon Smith, American politician
• 1952 – Jeffrey Bewkes, American media executive
• 1953 – Eve Ensler, American playwright
• 1953 – Daniel Passarella, Argentine footballer
• 1953 – Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist (Usagi Yojimbo)
• 1955 – Alistair Burt, British politician
• 1956 – Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek politician
• 1956 – Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1956 – Sugar Minott, Jamaican reggae singer
• 1956 – David P. Sartor, American composer
• 1957 – Edward Lee, American writer
• 1957 – Robert Picard, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 – Aikaterini Batzeli, Greek politician
• 1958 – Carrie Newcomer, American folksinger
• 1958 – Paul Weller, British musician (The Jam, The Style Council)
• 1959 – Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
• 1959 – Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1959 – Julian Clary, British television personality
• 1960 – Amy Klobuchar, American politician
• 1960 – Anthea Turner, British television personality
• 1962 – Rick Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1963 – Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower
• 1964 – Ivan Bella, Slovak cosmonaut
• 1964 – Ray Stevenson, British actor
• 1964 – David Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player
• 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 – Anne Heche, American actress
• 1969 – Stacy London, American fashion consultant
• 1969 – Glen Drover, Canadian guitarist (Megadeth)
• 1970 – Joey Eischen, American baseball player
• 1970 – Lindsay Greenbush, American actress
• 1970 – Sidney Greenbush, American actress
• 1970 – Jamie Kennedy, American actor
• 1970 – Satsuki Yukino, Japanese voice actress
• 1971 – Marco Cappato, Italian Bonino List politician
• 1971 – Justin Henry, American actor
• 1972 – Octavia Spencer, American actress
• 1973 – Demetri Martin, American comedian
• 1973 – Molly Sims, American model and actress
• 1973 – Daz Dillinger, American rapper
• 1974 – Frank Klepacki, American musician
• 1974 – Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Lauryn Hill, American singer
• 1975 – Blaise Nkufo, Swiss footballer
• 1976 – Tarik Glenn, American football player
• 1976 – Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
• 1976 – Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes)
• 1976 – Marcelo Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Ethan Suplee, American actor
• 1977 – Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ
• 1978 – Brian Urlacher, American football player
• 1979 – Carlos Bocanegra, American footballer
• 1979 – Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
• 1979 – Caroline Ouellette, French Canadian ice-hockey player
• 1979 – Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer
• 1980 – Jae Hee, South Korean actor
• 1980 – David Navarro, Spanish footballer
• 1980 – Joe King, American musician (The Fray)
• 1981 – Michalis Pelekanos, Greek footballer
• 1982 – Luke Webster, Australian rules footballer
• 1982 – Adam Boyd, English footballer
• 1982 – Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
• 1982 – Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
• 1982 – Jason Kubel, American baseball player
• 1983 – Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
• 1983 – Tiaguinho Brazilian footballer
• 1984 – Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M)
• 1984 – A. J. Foyt IV, American race car driver
• 1984 – Luke Ball, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Icelandic beauty pageant constestant (Miss World 2005)
• 1984 – Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Shawne Merriman, American football player
• 1984 – Kostas Martakis, Greek singer
• 1985 – Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
• 1986 – Lauren Crace, English actress
• 1986 – Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
• 1986 – Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
• 1986 – Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
• 1987 – Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Yves De Winter, Belgian goalkeeper
• 1988 – Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer
• 1990 – Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1995 – Gabby Soleil, American actress