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December 25 Birthdays in History - December 25 Deaths - December 25 Events
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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 |