December 25 - Births

Births

• 1250 – John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. c. 1305)
• 1461 – Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)
• 1583 – Orlando Gibbons, English composer (d. 1625)
• 1584 – Margaret of Austria, queen of Spain and Portugal (d. 1611)
• 1628 – Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)
• 1642 – Isaac Newton, English scientist (d. 1727)
• 1652 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (d. 1713)
• 1665 – Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)
• 1667 – Ehrengard von der Schulenburg, English royal mistress (d. 1743)
• 1674 – Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)
• 1700 – Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758)
• 1711 – Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (d. 1772)
• 1716 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (d. 1774)
• 1730 – Philip Mazzei, Italian physician and friend of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1816)
• 1742 – Charlotte von Stein, German friend of Goethe (d. 1827)
• 1745 – Chevalier de Saint-Georges - "Black Mozart", African–French Swordsman, Soldier of Fortune, and Composer (d. 1799)
• 1757 – Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d. 1839)
• 1763 – Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (d. 1805)
• 1771 – Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and sister of William Wordsworth (d. 1855)
• 1810 – Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (d. 1892)
• 1821 – Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)
• 1829 – Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer (d. 1892)
• 1856 – Hans von Bartels, German painter (d. 1913)
• 1856 – Pud Galvin, American professional baseball pitcher (d. 1902)
• 1860 – Manwel Dimech, Maltese philosopher and social reformer (d. 1921)
• 1861 – Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)
• 1864 – Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (d. 1951)
• 1865 – Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1950)
• 1870 – Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics industrialist (d. 1965)
• 1873 – Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-born American dairy educator (d. 1959)
• 1874 – Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (d. 1944)
• 1875 – Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (d. 1955)
• 1876 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (d. 1948)
• 1876 – Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, Nobel laureate (d. 1959)
• 1878 – Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941)
• 1883 – Hugo Bergmann, German and Israeli Jewish philosopher (d. 1975)
• 1884 – Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (d. 1967)
• 1886 – Kid Ory, American musician (d. 1973)
• 1887 – Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)
• 1889 – Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (d. 1984)
• 1890 – Noel Odell, British mountaineer (d. 1987)
• 1890 – Robert Ripley, collector of odd facts (d. 1949)
• 1891 – Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)
• 1901 – Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004)
• 1902 – Barton MacLane, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1904 – Gerhard Herzberg, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 1906 – Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born film producer (d. 1998)
• 1906 – Ernst Ruska, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Cab Calloway, American bandleader (d. 1994)
• 1907 – Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-born actor (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Quentin Crisp, English author (d. 1999)
• 1908 – Jo-Jo Moore, baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1908 – Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American automotive engineer (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Ernest L. Massad, U.S. Army general (d. 1993)
• 1911 – Louise Bourgeois, sculptor (d. 2010)
• 1912 – Tony Martin, American singer and actor
• 1912 – Natalino Otto, Italian singer (d. 1969)
• 1913 – Henri Nannen, German journalist (d. 1966)
• 1914 – James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Pete Rugolo, Italian-born composer
• 1918 – Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
• 1918 – Ahmed Ben Bella, politician, first President of Algeria
• 1919 – Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Paul David, French Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)
• 1919 – Noele Gordon, English actress (d. 1985)
• 1921 – Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Rene Girard, French historian, literary critic and philosopher
• 1924 – Rod Serling, American television writer (d. 1975)
• 1924 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India
• 1925 – Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born author (d. 1998)
• 1926 – Enrique Jorrín, Cuban composer and musician (d. 1987)
• 1927 – Nellie Fox, baseball player (d. 1975)
• 1927 – Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player
• 1928 – Dick Miller, American actor
• 1929 – Stuart Hall, British radio and television presenter
• 1929 – Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (d. 1976)
• 1930 – Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian boxer and father of Andre Agassi
• 1930 – Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (d. 1986)
• 1932 – Mabel King, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1935 – Stephen Barnett, American legal scholar who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Al Jackson, baseball player
• 1935 – Anne Roiphe, American author and feminist
• 1936 – HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent
• 1936 – Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer (d. 2005)
• 1937 – O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer (The Isley Brothers) (d. 1986)
• 1938 – Noel Picard, Quebec ice hockey player
• 1938 – Duane Armstrong, American painter
• 1939 – Bob James, American composer and musician
• 1940 – Pete Brown, English poet and lyricist
• 1940 – Phil Spector, American music producer
• 1942 – Francoise Durr, French Number 1 Tennis Player of the 60s and 70s.
• 1942 – Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer (d. 2010)
• 1943 – Hanna Schygulla, German actress
• 1943 – Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian racing driver
• 1944 – Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1944 – Kenny Everett, British entertainer (d. 1995)
• 1944 – Henry Vestine, American musician (d. 1997)
• 1944 – Nigel Starmer-Smith, English Rugby Union commentator.
• 1945 – Noel Redding, English musician (d. 2003)
• 1945 – Rick Berman, Star Trek producer
• 1945 – Gary Sandy, American actor
• 1945 – Mike Pringle, Scottish politician
• 1946 – Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter
• 1946 – Larry Csonka, American football player
• 1946 – Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager
• 1948 – Barbara Mandrell, American singer and actress
• 1948 – Alia al Hussein, of Jordan (d. 1977)
• 1948 – Joel Natalino Santana, Brazilian soccer coach
• 1949 – Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1949 – Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Singer and icon of the Brazilian music
• 1949 – Sissy Spacek, American actress
• 1949 – Joe Louis Walker, American musician
• 1950 – Peter Boardman, British mountaineer (d. 1982)
• 1950 – Manny Trillo, baseball player
• 1950 – Yehuda Poliker, Israeli singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Karl Rove, former American presidential advisor
• 1952 – CCH Pounder, Guyana-born actress
• 1952 – Desireless, French singer
• 1954 – Annie Lennox, Scottish singer
• 1954 – Steve Wariner, American country music singer
• 1955 – Alannah Myles, Canadian singer
• 1957 – Chris Kamara, English footballer and commentator
• 1957 – Shane MacGowan, Irish musician
• 1958 – Cheryl Chase, American voice actor
• 1958 – Hanford Dixon, American football player
• 1958 – Rickey Henderson, baseball player
• 1958 – Martin Wiesner, German footballer
• 1959 – Michael P. Anderson, astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1960 – Ron Bottitta, British actor
• 1961 – Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator
• 1962 – Dean Cameron, American actor
• 1962 – Darren Wharton, British keyboardist (Thin Lizzy and Dare)
• 1964 – Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer
• 1964 – Tim Royes – Music Video Director and Editor
• 1964 – Bob Stanley, English musician (Saint Etienne), filmmaker and journalist
• 1965 – David Rath, Czech politician
• 1966 – Toshihiro Arai, Japanese rally driver
• 1967 – Jason Thirsk, American bass player (d. 1996)
• 1968 – Helena Christensen, Danish model
• 1968 – Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
• 1970 – Emmanuel Amuneke, Nigerian footballer
• 1971 – Dido, English singer
• 1971 – Justin Trudeau, Canadian media personality and politician
• 1971 – Noel Hogan, Irish musician
• 1972 – Josh Freese, American drummer
• 1972 – Mac Powell, American musician, singer/songwriter (lead singer of Third Day)
• 1973 – Robbie Elliott, English footballer
• 1973 – Chris Harris, American professional wrestler
• 1973 – Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist
• 1973 – Ewen Macintosh, English Actor
• 1974 – Nagma, Indian actress
• 1975 – Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
• 1975 – Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player
• 1975 – Rob Mariano, American reality show contestant
• 1975 – Choi Sung-Yong, South Korean footballer
• 1976 – Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboardist and songwriter (Nightwish)
• 1976 – Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ & Producer
• 1977 – Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress
• 1977 – Israel Vasquez, Current WBC Super bantamweight champion
• 1978 – Joel Porter, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Simon Jones, English cricketer
• 1979 – Hyun Young-Min, South Korean footballer
• 1979 – Rob Huff, British racing driver
• 1980 – Marcus Trufant, American football player (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1980 – Reika Hashimoto, Japanese actress
• 1980 – Locó, Angolan footballer
• 1980 – Laura Sadler, British actress (d. 2003)
• 1981 – Katie Wright, American actress
• 1981 – Willy Taveras, baseball player
• 1982 – Shawn Andrews, American football player
• 1982 – Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
• 1982 – Shystie, British rapper-songwriter
• 1982 – Trenesha Biggers, American professional wrestler
• 1984 – Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
• 1984 – Alastair Cook, English cricketer
• 1984 – Georgia Moffett, British actress
• 1984 – The Veronicas, Australian singers (twin sisters)
• 1985 – Leon Pisani, Welsh singer
• 1985 – Perdita Weeks, British actress
• 1986 – Doug Loft, English footballer
• 1987 – Justin Sweeney, Australian rules footballer
• 1988 – Eric Gordon, American basketball player
• 1988 – Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player