History Births on December 25

Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist

#Annie_Lennox

Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (d. 2012)

#Ahmed_Ben_Bella

Nicolas Godin, French musician (Air)

#Nicolas_Godin

Robbie Elliott, English footballer and coach

#Robbie_Elliott

Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

#Jimmy_Buffett

Chris Kamara, English footballer and sportscaster

#Chris_Kamara

Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player

#Hideki_Okajima

Konstantin Kinchev, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Konstantin_Kinchev

Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager

#Gene_Lamont

Chris Richard, American basketball player

#Chris_Richard_(basketball)

Ferman Akgül, Turkish singer-songwriter

#Ferman_Akgül

Christian Holst, Danish-Faroese footballer

#Christian_Holst

Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish-English poet and songwriter (d. 1746)

#Lady_Grizel_Baillie

Pud Galvin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1902)

#Pud_Galvin

Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Tuomas_Holopainen

Robert Ripley, American anthropologist and publisher (d. 1949)

#Robert_Ripley

Francesco Marinoni, Italian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1562)

#Francesco_Marinoni

Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing

#Arseny_Mironov

Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader (d. 1973)

#Kid_Ory

Shawn Andrews, American football player

#Shawn_Andrews

L. L. Langstroth, American apiarist, clergyman and teacher (d. 1895)

#L._L._Langstroth

Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer

#Jessica_Origliasso

Willy Taveras, Dominican baseball player

#Willy_Taveras

Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (d. 1987)

#Enrique_Jorrín

Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer

#Jairzinho

Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (d. 2013)

#Akong_Rinpoche

Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)

#Pope_Pius_VI

Thomas Halyburton, Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1712)

#Thomas_Halyburton

Noel Redding, English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2003)

#Noel_Redding

Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)

#Michael_P._Anderson

Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone (d. 1975)

#Rod_Serling

Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (d. 2001)

#Jo-Jo_Moore

Candy Candido, American singer, bass player, and voice actor (d. 1999)

#Candy_Candido

Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (d. 2000)

#Zaib-un-Nissa_Hamidullah

Barbara Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Barbara_Mandrell

Barry Goldberg, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Barry_Goldberg

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004)

#Princess_Alice,_Duchess_of_Gloucester

Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1969)

#Barton_MacLane

Benjamin Pierce, American general and politician, 17th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1839)

#Benjamin_Pierce_(governor)

Conrad Hilton, American entrepreneur (d. 1979)

#Conrad_Hilton

Stephen F. Chadwick, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Oregon (d. 1895)

#Stephen_F._Chadwick

Alastair Cook, English cricketer

#Alastair_Cook

Bob Stanley, English keyboard player, songwriter, producer, and journalist

#Bob_Stanley_(musician)

Evelyn Nesbit, American model and actress (d. 1967)

#Evelyn_Nesbit

Pete Rugolo, Italian-American composer and producer (d. 2011)

#Pete_Rugolo

Choi Sung-yong, South Korean footballer and manager

#Choi_Sung-yong

Tony Martin, American singer (d. 2012)

#Tony_Martin_(American_singer)

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (d. 1675)

#Ernest_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Gotha

Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian political scientist and politician

#Íngrid_Betancourt

Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player

#Jim_Dowd_(ice_hockey)

Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player

#Ram_Narayan

Philip Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (d. 1816)

#Philip_Mazzei

Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator (d. 1959)

#Otto_Frederick_Hunziker

Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian race car driver and businessman

#Wilson_Fittipaldi_Júnior

Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Chevrolet (d. 1941)

#Louis_Chevrolet

Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer (d. 1987)

#Noel_Odell

Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator (d. 1999)

#Quentin_Crisp

Johannes Buxtorf, German Calvinist theologian (d. 1629)

#Johannes_Buxtorf

Sydney, Lady Morgan, Irish author and poet (d. 1859)

#Sydney,_Lady_Morgan

Christine of Saxony, German noblewoman (d. 1549)

#Christine_of_Saxony

Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (d. 2013)

#Christine_M._Jones

Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer

#Joãozinho_(footballer,_born_1988)

Hanford Dixon, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

#Hanford_Dixon

Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1965)

#Helena_Rubinstein

Rusev, Bulgarian professional wrestler

#Rusev_(wrestler)

Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (d. 1994)

#Cab_Calloway

Ali Tando?an, Turkish footballer

#Ali_Tando?an

David Rath, Czech physician and politician

#David_Rath

Ethan Kath, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer

#Ethan_Kath

Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (d. 1726/1727)

#1642

Simon Jones, Welsh cricketer

#Simon_Jones_(cricketer)

Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan

#Nawaz_Sharif

Jeremy Strong, American actor

#Jeremy_Strong_(actor)

Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009)

#Lincoln_Verduga_Loor

Chris Harris, American wrestler

#Chris_Harris_(wrestler)

Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar (d. 1713)

#Archibald_Pitcairne

Bob James, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Bob_James_(musician)

Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1950)

#Evangeline_Booth

CCH Pounder, Guyanese-American actress

#CCH_Pounder

Kaarlo Maaninka, Finnish runner

#Kaarlo_Maaninka

Daisuke Miura, Japanese baseball player and coach

#Daisuke_Miura

Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (d. 1772)

#Jean-Joseph_de_Mondonville

Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (d. 1625)

#Orlando_Gibbons

Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (d. 1707)

#Noël_Coypel

Manny Trillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager

#Manny_Trillo

Emmanuel Amunike, Nigerian footballer and manager

#Emmanuel_Amunike

Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)

#Noel_Picard

Eric Gordon, American basketball player

#Eric_Gordon

Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)

#Ernst_Ruska

Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer

#Ceyhun_Gülselam

Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (d. 1955)

#Theodor_Innitzer

Robert Huff, English race car driver

#Robert_Huff

Enrique Morente, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2010)

#Enrique_Morente

Duane Armstrong, American painter

#Duane_Armstrong

Ramdas Athawale, Indian poet and politician

#Ramdas_Athawale

Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1799)

#Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges

Sissy Spacek, American actress

#Sissy_Spacek

Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and activist (d. 1918)

#Malak_Hifni_Nasif

Rickey Henderson, American baseball player and coach

#Rickey_Henderson

Anwar Sadat, Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

#Anwar_Sadat

Dido, English singer-songwriter

#Dido_(singer)

Samuel Berger, American boxer (d. 1925)

#Samuel_Berger_(boxer)

Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic (d. 1975)

#Hugo_Bergmann

Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan

#Sadiq_al-Mahdi

Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer and bandleader (d. 1892)

#Patrick_Gilmore

Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer

#Lisa_Origliasso

Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1758)

#Leopold_II,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Dessau

Ned Garver, American baseball player (d. 2017)

#Ned_Garver

Shane MacGowan, English-Irish singer-songwriter

#Shane_MacGowan

Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (d. 1611)

#Margaret_of_Austria,_Queen_of_Spain

Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (d. 1944)

#Lina_Cavalieri

Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and poet (d. 1855)

#Dorothy_Wordsworth

Hyun Young-min, South Korean footballer

#Hyun_Young-min

Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)

#Ken_Stabler

Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (d. 1980)

#Clarrie_Grimmett

Ernest L. Massad, American general (d. 1993)

#Ernest_L._Massad

Ian Bostridge, English tenor

#Ian_Bostridge

Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor (d. 1990)

#Mike_Mazurki

Helena Christensen, Danish model and actress

#Helena_Christensen

Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)

#Humphrey_Bogart

Larry Csonka, American football player and sportscaster

#Larry_Csonka

Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and record producer

#Armin_van_Buuren

Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (d. 1445)

#Margaret_Stewart,_Dauphine_of_France

Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (d. 1804)

#Johann_Adam_Hiller

Françoise Dürr, French tennis player and coach

#Françoise_Dürr

John IV Laskaris, Byzantine emperor (d. 1305)

#John_IV_Laskaris

Marcus Trufant, American football player

#Marcus_Trufant

Francis Dunnery, English musician

#Francis_Dunnery

Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

#Alannah_Myles

Joel Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager

#Joel_Santana

Joel Porter, Australian footballer and manager

#Joel_Porter

John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1487)

#John_Sutton,_1st_Baron_Dudley

Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian educator, lawyer, and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1946)

#Madan_Mohan_Malaviya

Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Mitakeumi_Hisashi

Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (d. 1975)

#Nellie_Fox

Toshi Arai, Japanese race car driver

#Toshi_Arai

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (d. 2018)

#Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (d. 1948)

#Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah

Christopher Frayling, English author and academic

#Christopher_Frayling

Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian singer

#Simone_Bittencourt_de_Oliveira

Laurent Bonnart, French footballer

#Laurent_Bonnart

Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)

#Gerhard_Herzberg

Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer

#Marcus_Trescothick

Hanna Schygulla, German actress

#Hanna_Schygulla

Barbara Follett, English politician

#Barbara_Follett_(politician)

Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy

#Princess_Alexandra,_The_Honourable_Lady_Ogilvy

Christina of Saxony, Queen consort of Denmark (d. 1521)

#Christina_of_Saxony

Hana Meisel, Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and politician (d. 1972)

#Hana_Meisel

Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)

#Clara_Barton

Irish McCalla, American actress and model (d. 2002)

#Irish_McCalla

Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (d. 1774)

#Johann_Jakob_Reiske

Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player

#Lukas_Hinds-Johnson

Demaryius Thomas, American football player

#Demaryius_Thomas

Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada

#Justin_Trudeau

Karl Rove, American political strategist and activist

#Karl_Rove

Mac Powell, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Mac_Powell

William Demby, American author (d. 2013)

#William_Demby

Dick Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019)

#Dick_Miller

Chris Rene, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Chris_Rene

René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (d. 2015)

#René_Girard

Ed Davey, English politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

#Ed_Davey

Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer and manager

#Gary_McAllister

Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner

Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer

Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer

Trenesha Biggers, American wrestler and model

Laura Sadler, English actress (d. 2003)

Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer

Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer

Tim James, American basketball player and coach

Daniel Mustard, American singer-songwriter

Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist and director

Qu Yunxia, Chinese runner

Rodney Dent, American basketball player

Frederick Onyancha, Kenyan runner

Noel Goldthorpe, Australian rugby league player

Jason Thirsk, American bass player (d. 1996)

Kevin Simms, English rugby player

Cheryl Chase, American voice actress and singer

Mansoor Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer

Tolossa Kotu, Ethiopian runner and coach

Peter Boardman, English mountaineer and author (d. 1982)

Kay Hymowitz, American sociologist and writer

Mike Pringle, Zambian-Scottish lawyer and politician

Eve Pollard, English journalist and author

Rick Berman, American screenwriter and producer

Sam Strahan, New Zealand rugby player

Kenny Everett, British comedian and broadcaster

Kenneth Calman, Scottish physician and academic

Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author

Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani businessman and politician

O'Kelly Isley Jr., American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (d. 1986)

Ismail Merchant, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2005)

Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American educator and politician (d. 2007)

Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (d. 2009)

Basil Heatley, English runner

Mabel King, American actress and singer (d. 1999)

Armenak Alachachian, Armenian basketball player and coach (d. 2017)

Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian-American boxer and coach

China Machado, Chinese-born Portuguese-American fashion model, editor and television producer (d. 2016)

Leo Kubiak, American basketball and baseball player

Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (d. 2007)

Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (d. 1998)

Louis Lane, American conductor and educator (d. 2016)

Steve Otto, Polish-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)

Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician, founded the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)

Naushad Ali, Indian composer and director (d. 2006)

Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (d. 1970)

James Fletcher Jnr, New Zealand businessman (d. 2007)

Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (d. 2010)

Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer (d. 1996)

Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (d. 1988)

Lew Grade, Baron Grade, Ukrainian-English film producer (d. 1998)

Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1981)

William Bell, American tuba player and educator (d. 1971)

Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Indian-English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (d. 1959)

Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (d. 1984)

Joseph M. Schenck, Russian-American film producer (d. 1961)

Noël, Countess of Rothes, philanthropist, social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster (d. 1956)

Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)

Francis Aveling, Canadian psychologist and priest (d. 1941)

Charles Finger, English-American journalist and author (d. 1941)

Christmas Evans, Welsh Nonconformist preacher (d. 1838)

Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1763)

Antoinette de Bourbon, French noblewoman (d. 1583)

Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln (d. 1348)