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Famous people born on May 25
Short answer
Well-known people born on May 25 include Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Pieter Zeeman (1865), Ian McKellen (1939) and Cillian Murphy (1976). Our list below has 97 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives May 25 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1616 (Carlo Dolci) and the most recent is 2000 (Arthur Theate). The most common fields on this date: football, actress, actor.
Who was born on May 25?
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 American philosopher
- Pieter Zeeman 1865 Dutch physicist
- Ian McKellen 1939 British actor
- Cillian Murphy 1976 Irish actor
- Mike Myers 1963 Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker
- Keiko Fujimori 1975 67th President of Peru
- Jack Steinberger 1921 German-American physicist, Nobel laureate
- Octavia Spencer 1970 American actress
- Dixie Carter 1939 American actress
- Jacob Burckhardt 1818 Swiss historian
- Roman Reigns 1985 American professional wrestler
- Daniel Passarella 1953 Argentine footballer
- Ibrahima Konaté 1999 French footballer
- Padre Pio 1887 Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
- François Bayrou 1951 Former Prime Minister of France
- Raymond Carver 1938 Penman, poet, screenwriter, novelist, prose writer, teacher, short story writer
- Anne Heche 1969 American actress
- Robert Ludlum 1927 American novelist
- Frank Oz 1944 British and American director, actor, and puppeteer
- John Mott 1865 American Methodist and founder of the YMCA
- Helmuth von Moltke the Younger 1848 Chief of the German General Staff
- Naim Frashëri 1846 Albanian poet, writer and activist
- John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute 1713 British nobleman, art collector, and Prime Minister of Great Britain
- Vladimir Voronin 1941 Moldovan politician, former President of Moldova
- Karan Johar 1972 Indian film director and producer
- Gaetano Scirea 1953 Italian footballer
- Amy Klobuchar 1960 American politician and lawyer
- Klaus Meine 1948 German singer
- Enrico Berlinguer 1922 Italian politician
- Demba Ba 1985 Senegalese-French footballer
- José Luis Gayà 1995 Spanish association football player
- Beverly Sills 1929 American operatic soprano
- Kamil Stoch 1987 Polish ski jumper
- Petar Stoyanov 1952 Bulgarian politician and jurist
- Rosario Castellanos 1925 Mexican writer
- Jeanne Crain 1925 American actress
- U Nu 1907 Burmese nationalist and political figure
- Jón Daði Böðvarsson 1992 Icelandic footballer
- Geraint Thomas 1986 Welsh racing cyclist
- Friedrich August III of Saxony 1865 King of Saxony
- Jacki Weaver 1947 Australian actress
- Tite 1961 Brazilian football manager
- Emma 1984 Italian singer-songwriter and actress
- Ethan Suplee 1976 American actor
- Carlos Bocanegra 1979 American soccer player
- Ray Stevenson 1964 British actor
- Kaoru Kadohara 1970 Japanese association football player
- Georgy Grechko 1931 Soviet cosmonaut
- Ludovic Orban 1963 68th Prime Minister of Romania
- Sonia Rykiel 1930 French fashion designer
- Johann Friedrich von Brandt 1802 German naturalist
- Alberto Del Rio 1977 Mexican professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Minh Mạng 1791 Vietnamese emperor
- Jamie Kennedy 1970 American actor and comedian
- Roger Guerreiro 1982 Brazilian-Polish footballer
- Ezekiel Kemboi 1982 Kenyan runner
- Eve Ensler 1953 American playwright, performer, feminist, activist and artist
- Jamaica Kincaid 1949 Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer
- Arthur Theate 2000 Belgian footballer
- Theodore Roethke 1908 American poet
- Heinrich Rickert 1863 German philosopher
- Aliona Moon 1989 Moldovan singer
- Raymond Smullyan 1919 American mathematician
- Martin Jiránek 1979 Czech footballer
- Paul Weller 1958 English recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician
- Stefano Baldini 1971 Italian athlete
- James McKeen Cattell 1860 American psychologist
- Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook 1879 Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer
- Luc Nilis 1967 Belgian association football player
- Günther Lütjens 1889 German admiral
- Stefan Holm 1976 Swedish high jumper
- Brec Bassinger 1999 American actress
- Leslie Uggams 1943 American actress and singer
- Heng Samrin 1934 Cambodian politician
- Molly Sims 1973 American actress
- Aly Raisman 1994 American artistic gymnast
- Jonny Wilkinson 1979 English rugby union footballer
- Marion Raven 1984 Norwegian singer
- Isidro Lángara 1912 Spanish footballer
- Yoan Gouffran 1986 French footballer
- Larry Hogan 1956 Governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023
- Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir 1984 Icelandic model
- Carlo Dolci 1616 Italian painter
- Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro 1826 Prince of Montenegro; ruled 1851–1860
- Yasser Al-Shahaaan 1992 Saudi Arabian footballer
- Aïssa Maïga 1975 Senegalese actress, director, writer, producer, and activist
- Blaise Nkufo 1975 Swiss footballer
- Justin Henry 1971 American actor
- Éder Aleixo 1957 Brazilian footballer
- Adam Gontier 1978 Canadian rock musician
- Jorge Carrascalle 1998 Colombian football player
- Peguy Luyindula 1979 French footballer
- Go Hatano 1998 Japanese association football player
- Takao Oishi 1964 Japanese association football player
- Daniel Braaten 1982 Norwegian association football player
- Cameron van der Burgh 1988 South African Olympic swimmer
- Samed Yeşil 1994 Turkish-German association football player
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on May 25 share the 25th of May as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.