| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Georges d'Amboise |
Religion |
1460 |
25-May-1510 |
Prime Minister under Louis XII |
| Pedro Calderón de la Barca |
Playwright |
17-Jan-1600 |
25-May-1681 |
La Vida es Sueño |
| Venerable Bede |
Religion |
c. 672 AD |
25-May-735 AD |
Ecclesiastical History |
| Chester Bowles |
Politician |
5-Apr-1901 |
25-May-1986 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51 |
| Hillary Brooke |
Actor |
8-Sep-1914 |
25-May-1999 |
The Woman in Green |
| Winthrop G. Brown |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1907 |
25-May-1987 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1964-67 |
| Robert Capa |
Photographer |
22-Oct-1913 |
25-May-1954 |
War photographer |
| Donald Crisp |
Actor |
27-Jul-1880 |
25-May-1974 |
Silent film actor survived into talkies |
| Desmond Dekker |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Jul-1941 |
25-May-2006 |
Israelites |
| Edmund Dulac |
Artist |
22-Oct-1882 |
25-May-1953 |
Children's book illustrator |
| Sunil Dutt |
Actor |
6-Jun-1930 |
25-May-2005 |
Mother India |
| Frank W. Dyson |
Astronomer |
8-Jan-1868 |
25-May-1939 |
Six pips on the BBC |
| Moses Farmer |
Inventor |
9-Feb-1820 |
25-May-1893 |
Invented the fire alarm, electric trolley |
| Marie-Madeleine de la Fayette |
Novelist |
1634 |
25-May-1693 |
La Princesse de Clèves |
| Wardell Gray |
Jazz Musician |
13-Feb-1921 |
25-May-1955 |
Tenor sax bop-jazzman |
| Pope Gregory VII |
Religion |
c. 1020 |
25-May-1085 |
Lost power struggle with Henry IV |
| Joseph Grew |
Diplomat |
27-May-1880 |
25-May-1965 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1932-41 |
| Gustav Holst |
Composer |
21-Sep-1874 |
25-May-1934 |
The Planets |
| Daniel Ernst Jablonski |
Religion |
20-Nov-1660 |
25-May-1741 |
Worked to unite protestantism |
| Francis Lederer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1899 |
25-May-2000 |
Pandora's Box |
| Ismail Merchant |
Film/TV Producer |
25-Dec-1936 |
25-May-2005 |
Co-founder of Merchant Ivory Productions |
| Brad Nowell |
Musician |
22-Feb-1968 |
25-May-1996 |
Lead singer of Sublime |
| William Paley |
Religion |
1743 |
25-May-1805 |
Moral and Political Philosophy |
| Nathaniel Pitcher |
Politician |
1777 |
25-May-1836 |
Twice Congressman from New York |
| Horace Porter |
Diplomat |
15-Apr-1837 |
25-May-1921 |
US Ambassador to France, 1897-1905 |
| Charles Nelson Reilly |
Actor |
13-Jan-1931 |
25-May-2007 |
Flamboyant Match Game panelist |
| J. R. Simplot |
Business |
9-Jan-1909 |
25-May-2008 |
Fabulously wealthy Idaho potato farmer |
| Vic Tayback |
Actor |
6-Jan-1930 |
25-May-1990 |
Character actor, Papillon, etc |
| William B. Wilson |
Government |
2-Apr-1862 |
25-May-1934 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1913-21 |
