On this day · Gemini

May 25 birthdays

309 notable historical figures were born on May 25, and 195 died on this day. Everyone born on May 25 is a Gemini.

17% of May 25 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (91) than any other country.

Born on May 25

• Cillian Murphy (born 1976. Irish actor (born 1976))
• Ian McKellen (born 1939. English actor (born 1939))
• Anne Heche (1969 to 2022. American actress (1969–2022))
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 to 1882. American philosopher (1803–1882))
• Errol Musk (born 1946. South African businessman (born 1946))
• François Bayrou (born 1951. Prime Minister of France from 2024 to 2025)
• Igor Sikorsky (1889 to 1972. Russian-American aviation pioneer (1889–1972))
• Keiko Fujimori (born 1975. Peruvian politician (born 1975))
• Toghon Temür (1320 to 1370. Emperor of Yuan dynasty from 1333 to 1368)
• Robert Ludlum (1927 to 2001. American novelist (1927–2001))
• Julian Clary (born 1959. English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter (born 1959))
• Yahya Jammeh (born 1965. President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017)
• Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848 to 1916. Chief of the German General Staff (1848–1916))
• Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846 to 1923. British princess, daughter of Queen Victoria (1846–1923))
• Al-Saadi Gaddafi (born 1973. Libyan footballer and son of Muammar Gaddafi (born 1973))
• Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 to 1873. British statesman and writer (1803–1873))
• Lesley J. McNair (1883 to 1944. United States Army officer (1883–1944))
• Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949. Antiguan-American writer (born 1949))
• John Stuart (1713 to 1792. Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763)
• King Frederick Augustus III (1865 to 1932. King of Saxony from 1904 to 1918)
• Günther Lütjens (1889 to 1941. German admiral (1889–1941))
• Princess Deokhye (1912 to 1989. Last princess of the Korean Empire (1912–1989))
• Hal David (1921 to 2012. American lyricist (1921–2012))
• U Nu (1907 to 1995. 1st Prime Minister of Burma)
• Jacob Burckhardt (1818 to 1897. Swiss historian (1818–1897))
• Vladimir Voronin (born 1941. Moldovan politician (born 1941))
• Robbie Baldwin Ross (1869 to 1918. British journalist and art critic; lover of Oscar Wilde (1869–1918))
• Heng Samrin (born 1934. Cambodian politician (born 1934))
• Camillus de Lellis (1550 to 1614. Italian Catholic saint (1550–1614))
• Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967. American author (born 1967))
• Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857 to 1918. Russian mathematician (1857–1918))
• Theodore Roethke (1908 to 1963. Pulitzer Prize winning American poet (1908–1963))
• Rana Bahadur Shah (1775 to 1806. King of Nepal from 1777 to 1799)
• Pieter Zeeman (1865 to 1943. Dutch physicist (1865–1943))
• Basdeo Panday (1933 to 2024. Trinidadian politician (1933–2024))
• Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882 to 1951. German diplomat (1882–1951))
• Raymond Smullyan (1919 to 2017. American mathematician and logician (1919–2017))
• Jack Steinberger (1921 to 2020. German-American physicist, Nobel laureate (1921–2020))
• Naim Frashëri (1846 to 1900. Albanian poet, writer and activist (1846–1900))
• Sonia Rykiel (1930 to 2016. French fashion designer and writer (1930 - 2016))
• Danilo II (1826 to 1860. Prince of Montenegro from 1852 to 1860)
• Ludovic Orban (born 1963. Prime Minister of Romania from 2019 to 2020)
• Louis Franchet d'Espèrey (1856 to 1942. French general during World War I (1856–1942))
• Uta Frith (born 1941. German developmental psychologist (born 1941))
• Mike Myers (born 1963. Canadian-American actor, comedian, filmmaker, musician, and singer (born 1963))
• Petar Stoyanov (born 1952. President of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2002)
• Madeleine Thien (born 1974. Canadian short story writer and novelist)
• Michael Spivak (1940 to 2020. American mathematician (1940–2020))
• Barry Windsor-Smith (born 1949. British graphic novelist (born 1949))
• John Mott (1865 to 1955. American ecumenical Christian awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1865–1955))
• George Hickenlooper (1963 to 2010. American film director (1963–2010))
• Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816 to 1886. American military leader (1816–1886))
• Roman Reigns (born 1985. American professional wrestler (born 1985))
• Karl Hess (1923 to 1994. American journalist, writer and libertarian (1923–1994))
• Padre Pio (1887 to 1968. 20th-century Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic (1887–1968))
• Alec Smith (1949 to 2006. Zimbabwe National Army chaplain)
• Lucy Sante (born 1954. American writer, critic, and artist (born 1954))
• Heinrich Rickert (1863 to 1936. German philosopher (1863–1936))
• Catherine of Cleves (1417–1479) (1417 to 1476. Duchess of Guelders (lived 1417 to 1479))
• Jean Wahl (1888 to 1974. French philosopher (1888–1974))

Died on May 25

• Phil Robertson (1946 to 2025. American hunter, businessman and reality television star (1946–2025))
• Gustav Holst (1874 to 1934. English composer (1874–1934))
• Pope Gregory VII (1020 to 1085. Head of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085)
• Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923 to 2014. Leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989)
• Idris of Libya (1889 to 1983. King of Libya from 1951 to 1969)
• Symon Petliura (1879 to 1926. Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926))
• Mieszko I (Duke of Poland (ruled c. 960–992))
• Alexander IV (1200 to 1261. Head of the Catholic Church from 1254 to 1261)
• Rosa Bonheur (1822 to 1899. French painter and sculptor (1822–1899))
• Richard M. Sherman (1928 to 2024. American songwriter (1928–2024))
• Peter III of Portugal (1717 to 1786. King of Portugal from 1777 to 1786)
• Kay Williams (1916 to 1983. American actress (1916-1983))
• Alberto Korda (1928 to 2001. Cuban photographer (1928–2001))
• Henry II of Navarre (1503 to 1555. King of Navarre from 1517 to 1555)
• Prince Marko (1335 to 1395. King of Serbia from 1371 to 1395)
• Ashutosh Mukherjee (1864 to 1924. Bengali lawyer and mathematician (1864-1924))
• John Scott Harrison (1804 to 1878. American politician (1804–1878))
• Stephen Tomašević (1438 to 1463. King of Bosnia)
• Joe Brainard (1942 to 1994. American poet (1942–1994))
• Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903 to 986. Persian astronomer (903–986))
• Ferdinand von Wrangel (1796 to 1870. Baltic German explorer and Russian admiral (1797–1870))
• Beatrice Sparks (1917 to 2012. American writer and hoaxer (1917–2012))
• Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904 to 1977. Soviet writer who served an 18-year sentence in the Kolyma Gulag)
• Edmund Dulac (1882 to 1953. French-British illustrator (1882–1953))
• Lyubov Popova (1889 to 1924. Russian artist (1889–1924))
• Christopher Dawson (1889 to 1970. British Catholic historian and independent scholar (1889–1970))
• George Floyd (1973 to 2020. African American man murdered by law enforcement (1973–2020))
• Alistair Horne (1925 to 2017. British writer and historian)
• Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894 to 1971. US Army general and Secretary of War and Army (1894–1971))
• Maria, Queen of Sicily (1363 to 1401. Sicilian monarch from 1377 to 1401)

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