Famous birthdays for May 25: Frank Oz, Aly Raisman

Frank Oz arrives on the red carpet at the 2020 National Board Of Review Gala on January 8 in New York City. The filmmaker turns 80 on May 25. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Frank Oz arrives on the red carpet at the 2020 National Board Of Review Gala on January 8 in New York City. The filmmaker turns 80 on May 25. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

May 25 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini.

They include:

-- Poet/philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1803

-- YMCA leader/Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Mott in 1865

-- Dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in 1878

Octavia Spencer arrives on the red carpet at the "Luce" premiere at the Whitby Hotel in New York City on July 24, 2019. The actor turns 52 on May 25. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Octavia Spencer arrives on the red carpet at the "Luce" premiere at the Whitby Hotel in New York City on July 24, 2019. The actor turns 52 on May 25. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

-- Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky in 1889

-- Humorist/publisher Bennett Cerf in 1898

-- Actor Claude Akins in 1926

-- Spy novelist Robert Ludlum in 1927

-- Opera singer Beverly Sills, born Belle Miriam Silverman, in 1929

-- Basketball Hall of Fame member K.C. Jones in 1932

-- Canadian writer W.P. Kinsella in 1935

-- Actor Dixie Carter in 1939

-- Actor Ian McKellen in 1939 (age 85)

File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

-- Singer/actor Leslie Uggams in 1943 (age 81)

-- Singer Jessi Colter in 1943 (age 81)

-- Director/actor/puppeteer Frank Oz, born Richard Frank Oznowicz, in 1944 (age 80)

-- Actor Karen Valentine in 1947 (age 77)

-- Actor Connie Sellecca in 1955 (age 69)

-- Comedian/actor Mike Myers in 1963 (age 61)

-- Actor Ray Stevenson in 1964

-- Actor Anne Heche in 1969

-- Actor Octavia Spencer in 1972 (age 52)

-- Actor Cillian Murphy in 1976 (age 48)

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File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

-- Actor Esme Bianco in 1982 (age 42)

-- Wrestler Roman Reigns in 1985 (age 39)

-- Gymnast Aly Raisman in 1994 (age 30)

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File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI