Births on 25 December
2000s
Wilfried Singo
2000
Ivorian footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Adut Akech
1999
South Sudanese-Australian model (born 1999)
Emiliano Buendía
1996
Argentine footballer (born 1996)
Emi Takei
1993
Japanese actress and model
Mitakeumi Hisashi
1992
Japanese professional sumo wrestler
Avu-chan
1991
Musical artist
Eric Gordon
1988
American-Bahamian basketball player (born 1988)
Lukas Hinds-Johnson
1988
German rugby union player
Joãozinho (footballer, born 1988)
1988
Brazilian-Russian footballer
Ceyhun Gülselam
1987
Turkish footballer (born 1987)
Demaryius Thomas
1987
American football player (1987–2021)
Martin Mathathi
1985
Kenyan long-distance runner
Rusev (wrestler)
1985
Bulgarian-American professional wrestler (born 1985)
Chris Cahill
1984
Australian-Samoan footballer
Alastair Cook
1984
English cricketer (born 1984)
Chris Richard (basketball)
1984
American basketball player (born 1984)
Shawn Andrews (American football)
1982
American football player (born 1982)
Rob Edwards (footballer, born 1982)
1982
Welsh footballer and manager (born 1982)
Ethan Kath
1982
Canadian musician (born 1977)
Chris Rene
1982
American musician
Rhaka Khan
1981
American professional wrestler (born 1981)
Camille Herron
1981
American ultramarathon runner
Christian Holst
1981
Danish-Faroese footballer (born 1981)
Willy Taveras
1981
Dominican baseball player (born 1981)
Laura Sadler
1980
English actress (1980–2003)
Marcus Trufant
1980
American football player (born 1980)
Ferman Akgül
1979
Musical artist
Laurent Bonnart
1979
French footballer (born 1979)
Rob Huff
1979
British racing driver (born 1979)
Hyun Young-min
1979
South Korean footballer
Simon Jones (cricketer)
1978
Welsh cricketer
Joel Porter
1978
Australian soccer player (born 1978)
Jeremy Strong
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Ali Tandoğan
1977
Turkish footballer and manager
Israel Vázquez
1977
Mexican boxer (1977–2024)
Tuomas Holopainen
1976
Finnish songwriter, producer and keyboardist
Atko Väikmeri
1976
Estonian footballer
Armin van Buuren
1976
Dutch DJ and producer (born 1976)
Hideki Okajima
1975
Japanese baseball player (born 1975)
Choi Sung-yong
1975
South Korean footballer (born 1975)
Marcus Trescothick
1975
English cricketer (born 1975)
Robbie Elliott
1973
English footballer (born 1973)
Chris Harris (wrestler)
1973
American professional wrestler (born 1973)
Daisuke Miura
1973
Japanese baseball player (born 1973)
Alexandre Trudeau
1973
Canadian filmmaker and journalist (born 1973)
Qu Yunxia
1972
Chinese middle-distance runner
Justin Trudeau
1971
Prime Minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
Emmanuel Amunike
1970
Nigerian football player and manager
Rodney Dent
1970
American basketball player (born 1970)
Nicolas Godin
1969
French musician (born 1969)
Noel Goldthorpe
1969
Australian rugby league footballer
Frederick Onyancha
1969
Kenyan middle-distance runner
Jim Dowd (ice hockey)
1968
American ice hockey player (born 1968)
Andreas Haitzer
1967
Austrian politician (born 1967)
Jason Thirsk
1967
American bassist (1967–1996)
Toshi Arai
1966
Japanese rally driver (born 1966)
Ed Davey
1965
British politician (born 1965)
Dmitri Mironov
1965
Russian ice hockey player (born 1965)
David Rath
1965
Czech politician
Ian Bostridge
1964
English tenor (born 1964)
Gary McAllister
1964
Scottish football player and manager (born 1964)
Bob Stanley (musician)
1964
British musician (born 1964)
Francis Dunnery
1962
Musical artist
Íngrid Betancourt
1961
Colombian politician and anti-corruption activist
Michael P. Anderson
1959
American astronaut and scientist (1959–2003)
Ramdas Athawale
1959
Indian politician (born 1959)
Cheryl Chase (actress)
1958
American voice actress (born 1958)
Rickey Henderson
1958
American baseball player (1958–2024)
Konstantin Kinchev
1958
Russian musician (born 1958)
Alannah Myles
1958
Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1958)
Mansoor Akhtar
1957
Pakistani former cricketer
Chris Kamara
1957
Former English football player and manager (born 1957)
Annie Lennox
1954
Scottish musician (born 1954)
Kaarlo Maaninka
1953
Finnish former long-distance runner (born 1953)
Tolossa Kotu
1952
Ethiopian long-distance runner and coach
Desireless
1952
French singer
Warren Robinett
1951
American video game designer (born 1951)
Peter Boardman
1950
English mountaineer
Karl Rove
1950
American political consultant and policy advisor (born 1950)
Manny Trillo
1950
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1950)
Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira
1949
Musical artist
Nawaz Sharif
1949
Prime Minister of Pakistan (1990–1993; 1997–1999; 2013–2017)
Merry Clayton
1948
American soul and gospel singer (b. 1948)
Kay Hymowitz
1948
American author (born 1948)
Barbara Mandrell
1948
American country music singer (born 1948)
Joel Santana
1948
Brazilian footballer and coach
Jimmy Buffett
1946
American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)
Rick Berman
1945
American television producer and screenwriter
Mike Pringle (politician)
1945
British politician (born 1945)
Noel Redding
1945
English musician (1945–2003)
Ken Stabler
1945
American football player (1945–2015)
Kenny Everett
1944
English radio DJ and comedian (1944–1995)
Jairzinho
1944
Brazilian footballer (born 1944)
Sam Strahan
1944
New Zealand rugby union player (1944–2019)
Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior
1943
Brazilian racing driver (1943–2024)
Ravish Malhotra
1943
Indian Air Force pilot
Eve Pollard
1943
English journalist and author (born 1943)
Hanna Schygulla
1943
German actress and chanson singer (born 1943)
Jacqui McShee
1943
British folk singer (born 1943)
Françoise Dürr
1942
French tennis player
Barbara Follett (politician)
1942
British Labour Party politician (born 1942)
Barry Goldberg
1942
American musical artist (1942–2025)
Enrique Morente
1942
Spanish singer (1942–2010)
Kenneth Calman
1941
Scottish doctor and cancer researcher (1941–2025)
Hilary Spurling
1940
British writer (born 1940)
Ghulam Ahmad Bilour
1939
Pakistani politician
Bob James (musician)
1939
American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer
Akong Rinpoche
1939
Tibetan Buddhist tulku (1940–2013)
Duane Armstrong
1938
American painter (born 1938)
Noel Picard
1938
Canadian ice hockey player
Maung Aye
1937
Burmese army general (born 1937)
O'Kelly Isley Jr.
1937
American musical artist (1937–1986)
Princess Alexandra (born 1936)
1936
British princess
Ismail Merchant
1936
Indian film producer (1936–2005)
Sadiq al-Mahdi
1935
Prime Minister of Sudan (1966–1967, 1986–1989)
Stephen Barnett
1935
American lawyer (1935–2009)
Jeanne Hopkins Lucas
1935
American politician from North Carolina
Basil Heatley
1933
British long-distance runner (1933–2019)
Mabel King
1932
American actress and singer (1932–1999)
Mike Agassi
1930
Armenian and Iranian boxer (1930–2021)
Armenak Alachachian
1930
Armenian-Soviet basketball player and coach
Mary Rose Tuitt
1930
Montserrat politician
Christine M. Jones
1929
American politician (1929–2013)
China Machado
1929
Chinese-American fashion model (1929 - 2016)
Chris Kenner
1929
American singer and songwriter (1929–1976)
Irish McCalla
1928
American actress and artist (1928–2002)
Dick Miller
1928
American actor (1928–2019)
Nellie Fox
1927
American baseball player (1927–1975)
Ram Narayan
1927
Indian classical sarangi player (1927–2024)
Enrique Jorrín
1926
Cuban charanga violinist, composer and music director (1926–1987)
Carlos Castaneda
1925
American anthropologist (1925–1998)
Ned Garver
1925
American baseball player (1925–2017)
Sam Pollock
1925
Canadian sports executive (1925–2007)
Rod Serling
1924
American screenwriter (1924–1975)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1924
Prime Minister of India (1996; 1998–99, 1999–2004)
René Girard
1923
French anthropologist and philosopher (1923–2015)
Louis Lane
1923
American conductor (1923–2016)
William Demby
1922
African-American writer (1922–2013)
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
1921
Pakistani writer
Steve Otto
1921
Canadian politician
Naushad
1919
Indian composer (1919–2006)
Paul David (cardiologist)
1919
Canadian politician
Noele Gordon
1919
English stage, film, television actress (1919–1985)
Arseny Mironov
1917
Russian scientist, aerospace engineer and aviator
Lincoln Verduga Loor
1917
Ecuadorian journalist and politician
Ahmed Ben Bella
1916
President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965
Pete Rugolo
1915
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915–2011)
James Fletcher Jnr
1914
New Zealand businessman
Oscar Lewis
1914
American anthropologist
Candy Candido
1913
American actor (1913–1999)
Tony Martin (American singer)
1913
American actor and singer (1913–2012)
Louise Bourgeois
1911
French-American artist (1911–2010)
Zora Arkus-Duntov
1909
American engineer
Quentin Crisp
1908
English raconteur (1908–1999)
Ernest L. Massad
1908
United States Army general
Jo-Jo Moore
1908
American baseball player (1908-2001)
Cab Calloway
1907
American jazz singer, songwriter and bandleader (1907–1994)
Mike Mazurki
1907
American actor and professional wrestler
Glenn McCarthy
1907
American oil tycoon (1907–1988)
Lew Grade
1906
British media proprietor and impresario (1906–1998)
Ernst Ruska
1906
German physicist (1906–1988)
Gerhard Herzberg
1904
German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904–1999)
Philip Vera Cruz
1904
American labor leader (1904–1994)
Antiochos Evangelatos
1903
Greek composer and conductor
William John Bell
1902
American tuba player (1902–1971)
Barton MacLane
1902
Actor, playwright, screenwriter (1902–1969)
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
1901
Member of the British royal family (1901–2004)
1800s
Humphrey Bogart
1899
American actor (1899–1957)
Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)
1891
British Army general (1891–1959)
Clarrie Grimmett
1891
Australian cricketer (1891–1980)
Noel Odell
1890
British geologist and mountain climber (1890–1987)
Lila Acheson Wallace
1889
American magazine publisher and philanthropist (1889-1984)
Conrad Hilton
1887
American hotel tycoon and politician (1887–1979)
Malak Hifni Nasif
1886
Egyptian feminist (1886 – 1918)
Kid Ory
1886
American jazz trombonist (1886–1973)
Samuel Berger (boxer)
1884
American boxer (1884–1925)
Evelyn Nesbit
1884
American model and actress (1884–1967)
Hugo Bergmann
1883
Israeli philosopher (1883–1975)
Hana Meisel
1883
Israeli agronomist (1883-1972)
Louis Chevrolet
1878
American racing driver (1878–1941)
Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes
1878
British philanthropist and social leader
Joseph M. Schenck
1878
Film studio executive (1876–1961)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1876
Founder and 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (1876–1948)
Adolf Windaus
1876
German chemist (1876–1959)
Francis Aveling
1875
Canadian psychologist and Catholic priest
Theodor Innitzer
1875
Austrian cardinal and politician
Lina Cavalieri
1874
Italian operatic soprano (1874–1944)
Otto Frederick Hunziker
1873
American dairy educator (1873–1959)
Helena Rubinstein
1872
Polish and American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist
Charles Finger
1869
American writer (1869–1941)
Evangeline Booth
1865
British General of the Salvation Army (1865–1950)
Francis Buzzacott
1861
American explorer, hunter, inventor and soldier (1861–1947)
Madan Mohan Malaviya
1861
Indian independence activist, scholar, educator, politician (1861–1946)
Pud Galvin
1856
American baseball player (1856–1902)
Patrick Gilmore
1829
Irish-American composer and bandmaster (1829–1892)
Stephen F. Chadwick
1825
5th Governor of Oregon
Clara Barton
1821
American Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross (1821–1912)
L. L. Langstroth
1810
American apiarist (1810–1895)
Before 1800
Sydney, Lady Morgan
1776
Irish novelist
Dorothy Wordsworth
1771
English author, poet, and diarist (1771–1855)
Christmas Evans
1766
Welsh nonconformist minister
Benjamin Pierce (governor)
1757
American politician (1757–1839)
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
1745
French musician (1745–1799)
Philip Mazzei
1730
Italian physician, winemaker, philosopher, diplomat and author
Johann Adam Hiller
1728
German musical artist (1728–1804)
Pope Pius VI
1717
Head of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799
Johann Jakob Reiske
1716
German scholar and physician (1716–1774)
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville
1711
French composer and violinist (1711-1772)
Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
1700
Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700–1751)
Giovanni Battista Somis
1686
Italian composer
Thomas Halyburton
1674
17th/18th-century Scottish divine
Lady Grizel Baillie
1665
Scottish songwriter (1665–1746)
Archibald Pitcairne
1652
Scottish physician (1652–1713)
Isaac Newton
1642
English polymath (1642–1727)
Noël Coypel
1628
French painter (1628–1707)
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
1601
Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain
1584
Queen of Spain and Portugal from 1599 to 1611
Orlando Gibbons
1583
English composer and keyboard player (1583–1625)
Johannes Buxtorf
1564
German Calvinist theologian (1564–1629)
Christine of Saxony
1505
Landgravine consort of Hesse
Antoinette of Bourbon
1493
Duchess of Guise (1494–1583)
Francesco Marinoni
1490
Italian Roman Catholic priest
Christina of Saxony
1461
Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (1461–1521)
Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France
1424
Dauphine of France
John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley
1400
15th-century English nobleman and royal councillor
Alice de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln
1281
4th Countess of Lincoln; born in Wales
John IV Doukas Laskaris
1250
Emperor of Nicaea from 1258 to 1261