Famous Births on 25 Dec

Famous Births on 25 Dec

1250 - John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)
1461 - Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)
1583 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer (d. 1625)
1587 - Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)
1628 - Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)
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)
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)
1856 - Pud Galvin, American professional baseball pitcher (d. 1902)
1856 - Hans von Bartels, German painter (d. 1913)
1860 - Manuel Dimech, Maltese philosopher and social reformer (d. 1921)
1861 - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)
1863 - Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957)
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 Cardinal Innitzer, Austrian archbishop (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)
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 - 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 - Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American automotive engineer (d. 1996)
1908 - Jo-Jo Moore, baseball player (d. 2001)
1908 - Quentin Crisp, English author (d. 1999)
1911 - Louise Bourgeois, sculptor
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 - Noele Gordon, English actress (d. 1985)
1919 - Paul David, French Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)
1919 - Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)
1921 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist (d. 2000)
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)
1928 - Dick Miller, American actor
1929 - Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (d. 1976)
1929 - Stuart Hall, British radio and television presenter
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 - Al Jackson, baseball player
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
1940 - Pete Brown, English poet and lyricist
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)
1945 - Mike Pringle, Scottish politician
1945 - Gary Sandy, American actor
1945 - Rick Berman, Star Trek producer
1945 - Noel Redding, English musician (d. 2003)
1946 - Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager
1946 - Larry Csonka, American football player
1946 - Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter
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 - Karl Rove, former American presidential advisor
1950 - Yehuda Poliker, Israeli singer-songwriter
1950 - Manny Trillo, baseball player
1952 - CCH Pounder, Guyana-born actress
1952 - Desireless, French singer
1954 - Annie Lennox, Scottish singer, from Aberdeen
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 - Rickey Henderson, baseball player
1958 - Hanford Dixon, American football player
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
1967 - Jason Thirsk, American bass player (d. 1996)
1968 - Helena Christensen, Danish model
1968 - Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
1971 - Dido, English singer
1971 - Justin Trudeau, Canadian media personality
1971 - Noel Hogan, Irish musician
1972 - Mac Powell, American musician, singer/songwriter (lead singer of Third Day)
1972 - Josh Freese, American drummer
1973 - Robbie Elliott, English footballer
1973 - Chris Harris, American professional wrestler
1973 - Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist
1974 - Nagma, Indian actress
1975 - Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
1975 - Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player
1975 - Rob Mariano, American reality show contestant
1976 - Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboardist and songwriter
1976 - Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ & Producer
1977 - Jim Greco, American skateboarder
1977 - Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress
1977 - Israel Vasquez, Current WBC Super bantamweight champion
1978 - Simon Jones, English cricketer
1978 - Joel Porter, Australian footballer
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 - Shystie, British rapper-songwriter
1982 - Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
1982 - Shawn Andrews, American football player
1984 - Lisa Origliasso, Australian Singer (The Veronicas)
1984 - Jessica Origliasso, Australian Singer (The Veronicas)
1984 - Georgia Moffett, British actress
1984 - Alastair Cook, English cricketer
1984 - Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
1985 - Leon Pisani, Welsh singer
1985 - Perdita Weeks, British actress
1986 - Doug Loft, English footballer
1988 - Eric Gordon, American Basketball Player