The 145th day of the year, the 146th in a leap year
Born on 25 May
Every 25 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Gemini, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- GeminiAir, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 25 May in any year.
Which weekday 25 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 25 May falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 25 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,785 babies were born on 25 May in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 258th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 25 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 1803–1882 | American philosopher |
| Pieter Zeeman | 1865–1943 | Dutch physicist |
| Ian McKellen | 1939– | British actor |
| Cillian Murphy | 1976– | Irish actor |
| Mike Myers | 1963– | Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 1803–1873 | British statesman and author |
| Yahya Jammeh | 1965– | President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017 |
| Igor Sikorsky | 1889–1972 | American aviation pioneer from Russian Empire; born 25 May in the Julian calendar, which is 6 June in the Gregorian |
| Jack Steinberger | 1921–2020 | German-American physicist, Nobel laureate |
| Octavia Spencer | 1970– | American actress |
| Dixie Carter | 1939–2010 | American actress |
| Jacob Burckhardt | 1818–1897 | Swiss historian |
| Roman Reigns | 1985– | American professional wrestler |
| Padre Pio | 1887–1968 | Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic |
| Daniel Passarella | 1953– | Argentine footballer |
| Ibrahima Konaté | 1999– | French footballer |
| Raymond Carver | 1938–1988 | American short story writer and poet |
| Anne Heche | 1969–2022 | American actress |
Died on 25 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Pedro Calderón de la Barca | 1600–1681 | Spanish dramatist |
| Pope Gregory VII | died 1085 | Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085 |
| Wojciech Jaruzelski | 1923–2014 | Polish military and political official, leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 to 1989 |
| Pope Alexander IV | died 1261 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1254 to 1261 |
| Mieszko I | died 992 | Duke of Poland |
| Peter III of Portugal | 1717–1786 | king of Portugal |
| Symon Petliura | 1879–1926 | Ukrainian military leader |
| Robert Capa | 1913–1954 | American photographer |
| Gustav Holst | 1874–1934 | British composer |
| George Floyd | 1973–2020 | African American man murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis |
| Idris of Libya | 1890–1983 | King of Libya from 1951 to 1969 |
| Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi | 903–986 | Persian astronomer |
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