Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 25

Births

 * 1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, (pictured) American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
 * 1889 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian inventor (d. 1972)
 * 1892 - Josip Broz Tito, one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement (d.1980)
 * 1939 - Ian McKellen, English actor
 * 1958 - Paul Weller, British musician
 * 1963 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
 * 1975 - Lauryn Hill, American singer
 * 1979 - Jonny Wilkinson, English international and Newcastle Falcons rugby player

Deaths

 * 1085 - Pope Gregory VII
 * 1261 - Pope Alexander IV
 * 1926 - Symon Petlura, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1879)
 * 1934 - Gustav Holst, English composer (b. 1874)
 * 1954 - Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (Killed on Assignment) (b. 1913)
 * 1996 - Bradley Nowell, American singer and guitarist (Sublime) (drug overdose) (b. 1968)
 * 2005 - Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)

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