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Birthdays of Personalities on May 25

1494 : Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)
1550 : Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint
1713 : John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63)
1729 : Jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war)
1779 : Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician
1781 : Ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily)
1803 : Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
1818 : Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian
1830 : Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)
1839 : John Eliot, English meteorologist
1847 : John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist
1852 : Louis FMF Franchet d'EspŠrey, [Desperate Frankey], Fren marshal (WW I)
1865 : Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18)
1865 : John Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946)
1865 : Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902)
1879 : W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker
1882 : Harry Fox, entertainer
1886 : Philip Murray, founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
1889 : Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter
1891 : Robert W P Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper)
1894 : Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence)
1896 : Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink, theologist/church historian
1898 : Bennett Cerf, publisher (Random House) panelist (What's My Line)
1898 : Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)
1898 : Gustav Regler, writer
xxxx : Sue Simmons, news anchor (WNBC-TV)
1905 : Joseph C Harsch, Toledo Ohio, newscaster (Background)
1907 : Rachel Carson, conservationist/writer (silent springs)
1907 : U Nu, premier Burma (1948-58, 1960-62)
1908 : Theodore Roethke, US, poet (Words for the Wind)
1910 : Ernest Anderson, publicist
1913 : Joseph Peter Grace, businessman
1915 : Daniel Wolf, journalist
1916 : Lou van Rees, Dutch impresario [or May 29]
1917 : Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist
1919 : Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski Tn, sportscaster (NY Mets)
1921 : Hal David, lyricist (Promises Promises-Grammy 1969)
1923 : John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places)
1926 : Kitty Kallen, rocker
1926 : M von der Grn, writer
1926 : Miles D Davis, Alton Ill, jazz trumpeter (L'ascenseur pour l'‚chafaud)
1927 : Robert Ludlum, NYC, spy novelist (Bourne Identity)
1928 : Mary Tuck, social researcher/civil servant
1929 : Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Bkln NY, soprano
1932 : Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14)
1932 : John Grogery Dunne, US writer (Up Close & Personal, True Confessions)
1934 : David J Burke, Liverpool England, writer
1934 : Ron Nesson, press secretary (Gerald Ford)
1938 : Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season)
1942 : Bill Young, rocker
1942 : Brian "Blinky" Davison, rocker
1943 : John "Poli" Palmer, rocker (Family K)
1943 : Poli Palmer, rocker (Family)
1943 : Sally Jesse Raphael, TV talk show host (Sally) [or Feb 25]
1943 : Wynand C Malan, South African lawyer/NP/DP-politician
1944 : Frank Oz, Heresford England, puppeteer (Sesame St, Muppet Show)
1944 : Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate
1945 : Dave Lee Travis, DJ
1946 : Irnema Szewinski Kirszenstein, Poland, 200m runner (1968 Olym Gold)
1946 : Janet E[llen] Morris, US, sci-fi author (Golden Sword, Tempus)
1946 : Tommy Cecil, ferryman
1947 : Mitch Margo, Bkln, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
1949 : Jamaica Kincaid, [Elaine P Richardson], Antigua/US journalist (NYer)
1951 : Clifford Archer, bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1953 : Jane Priest, Perth Australia, Prince Charles' lover
1954 : Alison Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern (Private Parts)
1956 : Tatsutoshi Goto, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1958 : Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author (How World Begun)
1958 : Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You)
1958 : Paul Weller, guitar (Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council)
1960 : BenoŒt van Innis, Belgian cartoonist/painter/cartoonist (NY Post)
1961 : Hiro Saito, wrestler (All-Japan/NJPW/Calgary)
1965 : Mark Knight, Calif, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
1965 : Remco Prins, Dutch rock guitarist/vocalist (Burma Shave-Stash)
1965 : Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper (world record 1987)
1966 : Bill Haselman, Long Branch NJ, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
1966 : Dave Hollins, Buffalo NY, infielder (Minn Twins)
1967 : Danny Gonzales, jockey
1967 : Luc Nilis, Belgian soccer player (RSC Anderlecht/PSV)
1970 : Heather Simmons-Carrasco, Mt View Ca, synchro swimmer (Oly-alt-96)
1970 : Joey Eischen, West Covina CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1970 : Michael B Enyaer, writer (Pilot One)
1972 : Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1974 : Dennis Stallings, linebacker (Tennessee Oilers)
1976 : Tarik Glenn, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)

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