Born on May 25

Padre Pio was an Italian Capuchin priest and friar, a major figure of 20th-century Catholicism. A mystic renowned for the stigmata he is said to have borne for half a century, he was canonized by John Paul II in 2002 and remains one of the most venerated saints in Italy.

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) was an American documentary photographer, famous for her images of the Great Depression. Her photograph “Migrant Mother” (1936) became a worldwide icon of social hardship in the United States.

Indian director, producer, and screenwriter born in 1972, a major figure in Bollywood. He is known for his grand romantic and family films, most notably Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998).