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December 25 Birthdays in History - December 25 Deaths - December 25 Events
December 25, 1976 Scott Vermillion, Independence, Missouri, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
December 25, 1976 Yazmin Fiallos, Miss Universe-Honduras 1996
December 25, 1974 Chris Naeole, guard for the New Orleans Saints
December 25, 1974 Grayson Shillingford, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
December 25, 1972 Fantasia, [Tonya Manley], born in Detroit, Michigan, dancer/actress, Pump it Up
December 25, 1971 Marlon Forbes, safety for the Chicago Bears
December 25, 1971 Noel Hogan, musician, Cranberries
December 25, 1971 Terry Vaughn, CFL receiver for the Calgary Stampeders
December 25, 1971 Dido Armstrong, British Musician
December 25, 1970 Azhar Saeed, UAE cricketer, opening batsman 1996 World Cup
December 25, 1970 Ghalid Salamat, soccer player, MVV
December 25, 1970 Stu Barnes, Spruce Grove, NHL center for the Florida Panthers
December 25, 1969 Bernhard, Jr., Prince of Netherlands
December 25, 1968 Corey Widmer, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants
December 25, 1968 Don Silvestri, NFL/WLAF kicker, New York Jets, London Monarchs
December 25, 1968 Helena Christensen, Copenhagen Denmark, model/actress, Inferno
December 25, 1968 Jim Dowd, Brick, NHL center, Vancouver Canucks
December 25, 1968 Scott Bullett, Martinsburg, West Virginia, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs
December 25, 1967 Kathleen Franey, born in Brooklyn, New York, 1.5k runner
December 25, 1966 Craig Veasey, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end for the Houston Oilers
December 25, 1966 Javier Frana, Rafaela Argentina, tennis star
December 25, 1966 Sandy Corn, model/Penthouse Pet, March, 1991
December 25, 1965 Dmitri Mironov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman, Pitts Penguins, Anaheim
December 25, 1965 Kathleen Luciano, Munich Ger, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-17th-1993
December 25, 1964 Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics
December 25, 1964 Janet Soulsby, Corbridge Australia, golfer, Curtis Cup 1982
December 25, 1964 Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor, Darling How Could You
December 25, 1964 Raymond Libregts, soccer player, MVV
December 25, 1963 Joop Gall, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
December 25, 1962 Dean Cameron, Morrison, Illinois, actor, Herbie-Spencer
December 25, 1962 Mary Ellen Clark, Abington, Pennsylvania, diver, Olympics-2 bronze-92, 96
December 25, 1961 Storm Davis, baseball player
December 25, 1960 Amy Grant, vocalist, That's What Love Is, Baby Baby
December 25, 1959 Chris Spice, Australian field hockey coach 1996 Olympics
December 25, 1959 Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh, New York, major USAF/astronaut, STS 89
December 25, 1959 Missy Cleveland, Jackson, Mississippi, playmate, April, 1979
December 25, 1959 Ton Lokhoff, Dutch soccer player, NAC
December 25, 1958 Joop Hiele, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Go Ahead Eagles
December 25, 1958 Rickey Henderson, Chic, baseball player, stolen base king, A's, Yanks
December 25, 1957 Jan Rot, Dutch composer/writer, Wrong Nights
December 25, 1957 Jillie Mack, Mrs. Tom Selleck/actress, Magnum PI
December 25, 1957 Shane McGowan, rock vocalist, Pogues-Red Roses For Me
December 25, 1956 Mansoor Akhtar, cricketer, Pakistani batsman early 80's
December 25, 1955 Claus Strigel, director, Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God
December 25, 1955 William Andrews, actor, Sealed Cargo
December 25, 1954 Annie Lennox, Aberdeen, Scotland, vocalist, Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Why
December 25, 1954 Robin Campbell, British reggae vocalist and guitarist, UB40-Red Red Wine
December 25, 1954 Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer, Small Town Girl
December 25, 1953 Arnella Flynn, Rome, Italy, Errol Flynn's daughter
December 25, 1953 Dave Wasick, NFLer
December 25, 1951 Ria Thielsch, Dutch singer, Luv
December 25, 1950 Barry Pearson, NFLer
December 25, 1950 Manny Trillo, baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
December 25, 1949 Sissy Spacek, born in Quitman, Texas, Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter
December 25, 1948 Barbara Mandrell, born in Houston, Texas, singer/TV host, Mandrell Sisters
December 25, 1948 Merry Clayton, rocker
December 25, 1947 Connie Petracek, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, swimmer, Olympics-92, 96
December 25, 1946 Larry Csonka, NFL running back, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants
December 25, 1946 Jimmy Buffett, born in Mobile, Alabama, vocalist, Margaritaville
December 25, 1945 Gary Sandy, Dayton Ohio, actor, Andy-WKRP in Cincinnati
December 25, 1945 Ken "The Snake" Stabler, NFL quarterback, Oak Raiders, Super Bowl XI
December 25, 1945 Kenny Everett, British TV personality, Kenny Everett Show
December 25, 1945 Noel Redding, rocker, The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze
December 25, 1945 Steve Mancha, [Clyde Wilson], U.S. singer and songwriter, Too Many Cooks
December 25, 1944 Henry Vestine, rock guitarist, Canned Heat-On the Road Again
December 25, 1944 Rick Berman, [Richard], producer, Star Trek Generations
December 25, 1943 Hanna Schygulla, Katowice Silesia, actress, Love is Colder than Death
December 25, 1943 Hedley Howarth, cricketer, brother of Geoff, NZ lefty spinner 1969-77
December 25, 1943 Ravish Malhotra, India cosmonaut, Soyuz T-11 backup
December 25, 1943 Trevor Lucas, rocker, Fairport Convention
December 25, 1942 Francoise Durr, France, tennis player, 1976 U.S. indoor Doubles
December 25, 1942 Mani Kaul, director, Idiot, Nazar, Dhrupad, Duvidha
December 25, 1941 Don Pullen, pianist/composer
December 25, 1941 Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author
December 25, 1941 Ronald Perera, composer
December 25, 1940 Frans Moor, Dutch MP, PvdA
December 25, 1940 Peter Brown, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker
December 25, 1939 Bob James, rocker
December 25, 1939 Christopher Wates, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
December 25, 1938 David Borden, composer
December 25, 1938 Wibo van de Linde, Dutch TV host/director, Avro
December 25, 1937 O'Kelly Isley, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, singer, Isley Brothers-Twist and Shout
December 25, 1936 Alexandra HEOC, English princess/daughter of sir Angus Ogilvy
December 25, 1936 Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder
December 25, 1935 Gunter Friedrichs, composer
December 25, 1934 Bob Martinez, Gov-Fl
December 25, 1934 Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist
December 25, 1934 John Ashley, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Clipper-Straightaway
December 25, 1934 McKinley Mitchell, U.S. gospel/singer, The Town I Live In
December 25, 1932 Jose Maria Capricorne, Curacaos graphically designer/painter
December 25, 1932 Peter John Swales, football club chairman
December 25, 1931 Carlos Castaneda, U.S., writer/mystic, Eagle's Gift, Fire From Within
December 25, 1931 Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker
December 25, 1929 Billy Horton, rocker, The Silhouettes-Get a Job
December 25, 1929 Chris Kenner, rocker
December 25, 1929 Irish McCalla, Pawnee City, Nebraska, actress, Sheena Queen of Jungle
December 25, 1928 Earl Brown, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Stovall-Operation Petticoat
December 25, 1927 Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder, AL MVP 1959
December 25, 1925 Christmas F Tinto, South African ANC'er/UDF-leader
December 25, 1925 Ossi Reichert, German FR, giant slalom 1956 Olympics gold
December 25, 1924 Mihaly Vaci, Hungarian poet/politician
December 25, 1923 Louis Lane, Eagle Pass Texas, conductor, Oere Orch 1968-73
December 25, 1923 Noel Vandernotte, France, cox, Olympic-bronze-1936
December 25, 1922 Kitty Kallen, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer, Judge For Yourself
December 25, 1920 Artur Agostinho, Lisbon Port, actor, Capas Negras, Leao da Estrela
December 25, 1920 Henry Charnock, oceanographer
December 25, 1918 Eddie Safranski, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Jonathan Winters Show
December 25, 1918 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian President, 1970-81, Nobel 1978
December 25, 1916 Daniel Devoto, composer
December 25, 1915 Noelle de Mosa, Neth/British dancer/teacher, Brigadoon
December 25, 1915 Nora Dunfee, actress, Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil
December 25, 1915 Pete Rugolo, bandleader/arranger, Fugitive
December 25, 1914 Tony Martin, [Alvin Morris], SF, singer, It's a Blue World, To Each
December 25, 1913 Henri Nannen, journalist
December 25, 1912 Donald McRae, cricketer, Test for NZ, the 1946 debacle vs Australia
December 25, 1912 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist
December 25, 1912 Leighton Noble, singer/bandleader
December 25, 1912 Tony Martin, Oakland Cal, singer, Tony Martin Show, Tonight We Love
December 25, 1912 Werner Fussan, composer
December 25, 1912 Willian Noel Moffat, architect
December 25, 1911 Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist
December 25, 1910 David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music
December 25, 1909 Louis van Lint, Belgian painter
December 25, 1909 Marguerite Churchill, actress, Dracula's Daughter, Big Trail
December 25, 1909 Mike Mazurki, Tarnopal Austria, actor/wrestler, Centerfold Girls
December 25, 1908 Frank Ferguson, California, actor, Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal
December 25, 1908 Helen Twelvetrees, actress, State's Attorney, Painted Desert
December 25, 1908 Jan Seidel, composer
December 25, 1908 Quentin Crisp, English Writer
December 25, 1907 Cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader, Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball
December 25, 1907 Cab Calloway, American Musician
December 25, 1906 Clark M Clifford, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1968-69
December 25, 1906 Herman J Scheltema, [NEM Pareau], Dutch jurist/poet
December 25, 1906 Lew Grade, British TV mogul, ATV, /movie producer, Boys from Brazil
December 25, 1906 William McChesney Martin, Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank, 1951-70
December 25, 1906 Clark M. Clifford, American Public Servant
December 25, 1904 Gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist, molecular structure-Nobel 1971
December 25, 1903 Antiochos Evanghelatos, composer
December 25, 1903 Corry Lievens, [Isabella MJ Adriaens], Flemish actress, Blue Bird
December 25, 1903 J Edward Bromberg, Hungary, actor, Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags
December 25, 1902 Barton MacLane, South Carolina, actor, Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie
December 25, 1901 Alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II
December 25, 1900 Barton Maclane, Columbia, South Carolina, actor, Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie
December 25, 1900 Gladys Swarthout, Deepwater Missouri, mezzo-soprano, La Gioconda
December 25, 1900 W L "Tich" Cornford, cricketer, Sussex keeper played for England 1930
December 25, 1899 Frank Fergusson, actor, My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place
December 25, 1899 Humphrey Bogart, born in New York City, actor, Here's looking at you, kid, Casablanca
December 25, 1899 Raphael Soyer, artist, Depression Scenes in New York City
December 25, 1898 Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter
December 25, 1893 Bert Bertram, actor, How to Steal a Million
December 25, 1893 Fred Hillebrand, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Martin Kane
December 25, 1893 Ropert L Ripley, Santa Rosa California, cartoonist, Believe It or Not
December 25, 1892 Rebecca West, [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author
December 25, 1891 Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer, in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner
December 25, 1891 Earle Foxe, Oxford, Ohio, actor, Dance Fools Dance
December 25, 1891 Kenneth A. N. Anderson, British general, Dunkerk, North Africa
December 25, 1887 Conrad Hilton, hotel mogul, Hilton Hotels
December 25, 1887 Jacobus W. G. Balfoort, Dutch actor, Bulldog Drummond
December 25, 1887 John Davidson, New York City, actor, Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat
December 25, 1883 Fran Lhotka, composer
December 25, 1883 Maurice Utrillo, France, painter, Port St. Martin, Montmartre
December 25, 1881 Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager, New York Yankees
December 25, 1878 W Starling Burgess, yacht designer, America Cup's Enterprise
December 25, 1876 Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Karachi, founded Pakistan, 1947, /gov, 1947-58
December 25, 1875 Theodor Innitzer, cardinal and archbishop Vienna
December 25, 1875 Walter Lees, cricketer, Surrey pace bowler toured for Eng 1905-06
December 25, 1868 Eugenie Besserer, Watertown, New York, actress, Jazz Singer
December 25, 1867 Alfred Kerr, writer
December 25, 1865 Evangeline Cory Booth, Salvation Army general, 1904-34
December 25, 1863 E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist, conductor and composer
December 25, 1859 Raoul Gunsbourg, composer
December 25, 1855 James Galvin, pitcher, shut-out every opposing team in 1884
December 25, 1837 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner
December 25, 1832 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1865
December 25, 1831 Johann Herbeck, composer
December 25, 1829 Patrick S Gilmore, composer
December 25, 1825 Esteban Salas y Castro, composer
December 25, 1823 Preston Smith, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1863
December 25, 1821 Clara Harlowe Barton, Oxford Massachusetts, nurse/founder, American Red Cross
December 25, 1821 Clara Barton, American Public Servant
December 25, 1815 Temistocle Solera, composer
December 25, 1814 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder, Coop of Welfare of the People
December 25, 1813 Milledge Luke Bonham, Confederacy, died in 1890
December 25, 1811 Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz
December 25, 1808 Stephen Cleeg Rowan, Commander Union Navy, died in 1890
December 25, 1775 Antun Sorkocevic, composer
December 25, 1771 Dorothy Wordsworth
December 25, 1765 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer
December 25, 1763 Claude Chappe, French engineer, optical telegraph
December 25, 1752 Mithra
December 25, 1750 John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer
December 25, 1728 Johann Adam Hiller, composer
December 25, 1721 William Collins, Chichester England, Mayor-Chichester, /poet
December 25, 1717 Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italy, Pope, 1775-99
December 25, 1711 Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer
December 25, 1698 Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator
December 25, 1686 Giovanni Battista Somis, composer
December 25, 1646 Harald Vallerius, composer
December 25, 1642 Isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist/mathematician/astronomer
December 25, 1628 Noel Coypel, French painter
December 25, 1624 Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic, St. Seelenlust
December 25, 1601 Jose Ximenez, composer
December 25, 1583 Orlando Gibbons, English composer, O Clap Your Hands, baptized



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