Birthday: 25 May
Famous people born on 25 May
29 of the best-known people in our data were born on 25 May, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Pieter Zeeman and Claudio Monteverdi. The longest life among them was Jack Steinberger's, at 99 years.
- Ralph Waldo EmersonAmerican philosopher · 1803–188278 yrs
- Pieter ZeemanDutch physicist · 1865–194378 yrs
- Claudio MonteverdiItalian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest · 1567–164376 yrs
- Edward Bulwer-LyttonBritish statesman and author · 1803–187369 yrs
- Charles IV of France ↗King of France and Navarre from 1322 to 1328 · 1294–132833 yrs
- Jack Steinberger ↗German-American physicist, Nobel laureate · 1921–202099 yrs
- Dixie Carter ↗American actress · 1939–201070 yrs
- Jacob Burckhardt ↗Swiss historian · 1818–189779 yrs
- Padre Pio ↗Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic · 1887–196881 yrs
- Raymond Carver ↗Penman, poet, screenwriter, novelist, prose writer, teacher, short story writer · 1938–198850 yrs
- Anne Heche ↗American actress · 1969–202253 yrs
- Robert Ludlum ↗American novelist · 1927–200173 yrs
- John Mott ↗American Methodist and founder of the YMCA · 1865–195589 yrs
- Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ↗Chief of the German General Staff · 1848–191668 yrs
- John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ↗British nobleman, art collector, and Prime Minister of Great Britain · 1713–179278 yrs
- Naim Frashëri ↗Albanian poet, writer and activist · 1846–190054 yrs
- Gaetano Scirea ↗Italian footballer · 1953–198936 yrs
- Enrico Berlinguer ↗Italian politician · 1922–198462 yrs
- Beverly Sills ↗American operatic soprano · 1929–200778 yrs
- Rosario Castellanos ↗Mexican writer · 1925–197449 yrs
- Jeanne Crain ↗American actress · 1925–200378 yrs
- U Nu ↗Burmese nationalist and political figure · 1907–199587 yrs
- Princess Helena of the United Kingdom ↗Member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg · 1846–192377 yrs
- Friedrich August III of Saxony ↗King of Saxony · 1865–193266 yrs
- Georgy Grechko ↗Soviet cosmonaut · 1931–201785 yrs
- Ray Stevenson ↗British actor · 1964–202358 yrs
- Johann Friedrich von Brandt ↗German naturalist · 1802–187977 yrs
- Sonia Rykiel ↗French fashion designer · 1930–201686 yrs
- Minh Mạng ↗Vietnamese emperor · 1791–184149 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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