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History Births on December 25

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History Births on December 25

Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist

#Annie_Lennox

In 1954

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

#Ahmed_Ben_Bella

In 1916

Nicolas Godin, French musician (Air)

#Nicolas_Godin

In 1969

Robbie Elliott, English footballer and coach

#Robbie_Elliott

In 1973

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

#Jimmy_Buffett

In 1946

Chris Kamara, English footballer and sportscaster

#Chris_Kamara

In 1957

Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player

#Hideki_Okajima

In 1975

Konstantin Kinchev, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Konstantin_Kinchev

In 1958

Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager

#Gene_Lamont

In 1946

Chris Richard, American basketball player

#Chris_Richard_(basketball)

In 1984

Ferman Akgül, Turkish singer-songwriter

#Ferman_Akgül

In 1979

Christian Holst, Danish-Faroese footballer

#Christian_Holst

In 1981

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

#Lady_Grizel_Baillie

In 1665

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

#Pud_Galvin

In 1856

Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Tuomas_Holopainen

In 1976

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

#Robert_Ripley

In 1890

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

#Francesco_Marinoni

In 1490

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

#Arseny_Mironov

In 1917

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

#Kid_Ory

In 1886

Shawn Andrews, American football player

#Shawn_Andrews

In 1982

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

#L._L._Langstroth

In 1810

Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer

#Jessica_Origliasso

In 1984

Willy Taveras, Dominican baseball player

#Willy_Taveras

In 1981

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

#Enrique_Jorrín

In 1926

Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer

#Jairzinho

In 1944

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

#Akong_Rinpoche

In 1939

Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)

#Pope_Pius_VI

In 1717

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

#Thomas_Halyburton

In 1674

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

#Noel_Redding

In 1945

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

#Michael_P._Anderson

In 1959

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

#Rod_Serling

In 1924

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

#Jo-Jo_Moore

In 1908

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

#Candy_Candido

In 1913

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

#Zaib-un-Nissa_Hamidullah

In 1921

Barbara Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Barbara_Mandrell

In 1948

Barry Goldberg, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Barry_Goldberg

In 1942

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004)

#Princess_Alice,_Duchess_of_Gloucester

In 1901

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

#Barton_MacLane

In 1902

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

#Benjamin_Pierce_(governor)

In 1757

Conrad Hilton, American entrepreneur (d. 1979)

#Conrad_Hilton

In 1887

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

#Stephen_F._Chadwick

In 1825

Alastair Cook, English cricketer

#Alastair_Cook

In 1984

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

#Bob_Stanley_(musician)

In 1964

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

#Evelyn_Nesbit

In 1884

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

#Pete_Rugolo

In 1915

Choi Sung-yong, South Korean footballer and manager

#Choi_Sung-yong

In 1975

Tony Martin, American singer (d. 2012)

#Tony_Martin_(American_singer)

In 1913

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

#Ernest_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Gotha

In 1601

Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian political scientist and politician

#Íngrid_Betancourt

In 1961

Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player

#Jim_Dowd_(ice_hockey)

In 1968

Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player

#Ram_Narayan

In 1927

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

#Philip_Mazzei

In 1730

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

#Otto_Frederick_Hunziker

In 1873

Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian race car driver and businessman

#Wilson_Fittipaldi_Júnior

In 1943

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

#Louis_Chevrolet

In 1878

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

#Noel_Odell

In 1890

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

#Quentin_Crisp

In 1908

Johannes Buxtorf, German Calvinist theologian (d. 1629)

#Johannes_Buxtorf

In 1564

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

#Sydney,_Lady_Morgan

In 1776

Christine of Saxony, German noblewoman (d. 1549)

#Christine_of_Saxony

In 1505

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

#Christine_M._Jones

In 1929

Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer

#Joãozinho_(footballer,_born_1988)

In 1988

Hanford Dixon, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

#Hanford_Dixon

In 1958

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

#Helena_Rubinstein

In 1870

Rusev, Bulgarian professional wrestler

#Rusev_(wrestler)

In 1985

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

#Cab_Calloway

In 1907

Ali Tando?an, Turkish footballer

#Ali_Tando?an

In 1977

David Rath, Czech physician and politician

#David_Rath

In 1965

Ethan Kath, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer

#Ethan_Kath

In 1982

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

#1642

In 1642 (OS)

Simon Jones, Welsh cricketer

#Simon_Jones_(cricketer)

In 1978

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

#Nawaz_Sharif

In 1949

Jeremy Strong, American actor

#Jeremy_Strong_(actor)

In 1978

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

#Lincoln_Verduga_Loor

In 1917

Chris Harris, American wrestler

#Chris_Harris_(wrestler)

In 1973

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

#Archibald_Pitcairne

In 1652

Bob James, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Bob_James_(musician)

In 1939

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

#Evangeline_Booth

In 1865

CCH Pounder, Guyanese-American actress

#CCH_Pounder

In 1952

Kaarlo Maaninka, Finnish runner

#Kaarlo_Maaninka

In 1953

Daisuke Miura, Japanese baseball player and coach

#Daisuke_Miura

In 1973

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

#Jean-Joseph_de_Mondonville

In 1711

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

#Orlando_Gibbons

In 1583

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

#Noël_Coypel

In 1628

Manny Trillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager

#Manny_Trillo

In 1950

Emmanuel Amunike, Nigerian footballer and manager

#Emmanuel_Amunike

In 1970

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

#Noel_Picard

In 1938

Eric Gordon, American basketball player

#Eric_Gordon

In 1988

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

#Ernst_Ruska

In 1906

Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer

#Ceyhun_Gülselam

In 1987

Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (d. 1955)

#Theodor_Innitzer

In 1875

Robert Huff, English race car driver

#Robert_Huff

In 1979

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

#Enrique_Morente

In 1942

Duane Armstrong, American painter

#Duane_Armstrong

In 1938

Ramdas Athawale, Indian poet and politician

#Ramdas_Athawale

In 1959

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

#Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges

In 1745

Sissy Spacek, American actress

#Sissy_Spacek

In 1949

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

#Malak_Hifni_Nasif

In 1886

Rickey Henderson, American baseball player and coach

#Rickey_Henderson

In 1958

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

#Anwar_Sadat

In 1918

Dido, English singer-songwriter

#Dido_(singer)

In 1971

Samuel Berger, American boxer (d. 1925)

#Samuel_Berger_(boxer)

In 1884

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

#Hugo_Bergmann

In 1883

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

#Sadiq_al-Mahdi

In 1935

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

#Patrick_Gilmore

In 1829

Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer

#Lisa_Origliasso

In 1984

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

#Leopold_II,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Dessau

In 1700

Ned Garver, American baseball player (d. 2017)

#Ned_Garver

In 1925

Shane MacGowan, English-Irish singer-songwriter

#Shane_MacGowan

In 1957

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

#Margaret_of_Austria,_Queen_of_Spain

In 1584

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

#Lina_Cavalieri

In 1874

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

#Dorothy_Wordsworth

In 1771

Hyun Young-min, South Korean footballer

#Hyun_Young-min

In 1979

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

#Ken_Stabler

In 1945

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

#Clarrie_Grimmett

In 1891

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

#Ernest_L._Massad

In 1908

Ian Bostridge, English tenor

#Ian_Bostridge

In 1964

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

#Mike_Mazurki

In 1907

Helena Christensen, Danish model and actress

#Helena_Christensen

In 1968

Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)

#Humphrey_Bogart

In 1899

Larry Csonka, American football player and sportscaster

#Larry_Csonka

In 1946

Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and record producer

#Armin_van_Buuren

In 1976

Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (d. 1445)

#Margaret_Stewart,_Dauphine_of_France

In 1424

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

#Johann_Adam_Hiller

In 1728

Françoise Dürr, French tennis player and coach

#Françoise_Dürr

In 1942

John IV Laskaris, Byzantine emperor (d. 1305)

#John_IV_Laskaris

In 1250

Marcus Trufant, American football player

#Marcus_Trufant

In 1980

Francis Dunnery, English musician

#Francis_Dunnery

In 1962

Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

#Alannah_Myles

In 1958

Joel Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager

#Joel_Santana

In 1948

Joel Porter, Australian footballer and manager

#Joel_Porter

In 1978

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

#John_Sutton,_1st_Baron_Dudley

In 1400

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

#Madan_Mohan_Malaviya

In 1861

Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Mitakeumi_Hisashi

In 1992

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

#Nellie_Fox

In 1927

Toshi Arai, Japanese race car driver

#Toshi_Arai

In 1966

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

#Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee

In 1924

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

#Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah

In 1876

Christopher Frayling, English author and academic

#Christopher_Frayling

In 1946

Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian singer

#Simone_Bittencourt_de_Oliveira

In 1949

Laurent Bonnart, French footballer

#Laurent_Bonnart

In 1979

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

#Gerhard_Herzberg

In 1904

Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer

#Marcus_Trescothick

In 1975

Hanna Schygulla, German actress

#Hanna_Schygulla

In 1943

Barbara Follett, English politician

#Barbara_Follett_(politician)

In 1942

Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy

#Princess_Alexandra,_The_Honourable_Lady_Ogilvy

In 1936

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

#Christina_of_Saxony

In 1461

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

#Hana_Meisel

In 1883

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

#Clara_Barton

In 1821

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

#Irish_McCalla

In 1928

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

#Johann_Jakob_Reiske

In 1716

Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player

#Lukas_Hinds-Johnson

In 1988

Demaryius Thomas, American football player

#Demaryius_Thomas

In 1987

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

#Justin_Trudeau

In 1971

Karl Rove, American political strategist and activist

#Karl_Rove

In 1950

Mac Powell, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Mac_Powell

In 1972

William Demby, American author (d. 2013)

#William_Demby

In 1922

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

#Dick_Miller

In 1928

Chris Rene, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Chris_Rene

In 1982

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

#René_Girard

In 1923

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

#Ed_Davey

In 1965

Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer and manager

#Gary_McAllister

In 1964

Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner

In 1985

Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer

In 1984

Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer

In 1982

Trenesha Biggers, American wrestler and model

In 1981

Laura Sadler, English actress (d. 2003)

In 1980

Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer

In 1977

Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer

In 1976

Tim James, American basketball player and coach

In 1976

Daniel Mustard, American singer-songwriter

In 1975

Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist and director

In 1973

Qu Yunxia, Chinese runner

In 1972

Rodney Dent, American basketball player

In 1970

Frederick Onyancha, Kenyan runner

In 1969

Noel Goldthorpe, Australian rugby league player

In 1969

Jason Thirsk, American bass player (d. 1996)

In 1967

Kevin Simms, English rugby player

In 1964

Cheryl Chase, American voice actress and singer

In 1958

Mansoor Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer

In 1957

Tolossa Kotu, Ethiopian runner and coach

In 1952

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

In 1950

Kay Hymowitz, American sociologist and writer

In 1948

Mike Pringle, Zambian-Scottish lawyer and politician

In 1945

Eve Pollard, English journalist and author

In 1945

Rick Berman, American screenwriter and producer

In 1945

Sam Strahan, New Zealand rugby player

In 1944

Kenny Everett, British comedian and broadcaster

In 1944

Kenneth Calman, Scottish physician and academic

In 1941

Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author

In 1940

Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani businessman and politician

In 1939

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

In 1937

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

In 1936

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

In 1935

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

In 1935

Basil Heatley, English runner

In 1933

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

In 1932

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

In 1930

Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian-American boxer and coach

In 1930

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

In 1929

Leo Kubiak, American basketball and baseball player

In 1927

Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (d. 2007)

In 1925

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

In 1925

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

In 1923

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

In 1921

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

In 1919

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

In 1919

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

In 1914

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

In 1914

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

In 1911

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

In 1909

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

In 1907

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

In 1906

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

In 1903

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

In 1902

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

In 1891

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

In 1889

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

In 1878

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

In 1878

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

In 1876

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

In 1875

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

In 1869

Christmas Evans, Welsh Nonconformist preacher (d. 1838)

In 1766

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

In 1686

Antoinette de Bourbon, French noblewoman (d. 1583)

In 1493

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

In 1281

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