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December 25 birthdays

342 notable historical figures were born on December 25, and 213 died on this day. Everyone born on December 25 is a Capricorn.

22% of December 25 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (58) than any other country.

Born on December 25

• Humphrey Bogart (1899 to 1957. American actor (1899–1957))
• Justin Trudeau (born 1971. Prime Minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025)
• Isaac Newton (1642 to 1727. English polymath (1642–1727))
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876 to 1948. Founder and 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (1876–1948))
• Anwar Sadat (1918 to 1981. President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981)
• Nawaz Sharif (born 1949. Prime Minister of Pakistan (1990–1993; 1997–1999; 2013–2017))
• Jimmy Buffett (1946 to 2023. American singer-songwriter (1946–2023))
• Dido (born 1971. English singer (born 1971))
• Clara Barton (1821 to 1912. American Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross (1821–1912))
• Yulia Svyrydenko (born 1985. Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2025)
• Louise Bourgeois (1911 to 2010. French-American artist (1911–2010))
• Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 to 1799. French musician (1745–1799))
• Pius VI (1717 to 1799. Head of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799)
• Eve Pollard (born 1945. English journalist and author (born 1943))
• Ahmed Ben Bella (1916 to 2012. President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965)
• Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861 to 1946. Indian independence activist, scholar, educator, politician (1861–1946))
• Tuomas Holopainen (born 1976. Finnish songwriter, producer and keyboardist)
• Margaret of Austria (1584 to 1611. Queen of Spain and Portugal from 1599 to 1611)
• Hanna Schygulla (born 1943. German actress and chanson singer (born 1943))
• Nogi Maresuke (1849 to 1912. Japanese general (1849–1912))
• Christopher Gwabin Musa (born 1967. Minister of Defence of Nigeria (born 1967))
• Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935 to 2020. Prime Minister of Sudan (1966–1967, 1986–1989))
• Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (1880 to 1936. Indian Freedom fighter and political leader (1880–1936))
• Pravind Jugnauth (born 1961. Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2017 to 2024)
• Orlando Gibbons (1583 to 1625. English composer and keyboard player (1583–1625))
• Christine Hakim (born 1956. Indonesian actress (born 1956))
• Dharamvir Bharati (1926 to 1997. Indian Hindi poet and author (1926–1997))
• Buu Nygren (born 1986. President of the Navajo Nation since 2023)
• Hristo Botev (1847 to 1876. Bulgarian poet and revolutionary)
• Annie Lennox (born 1954. Scottish musician (born 1954))
• Ernest I the Pious (1601 to 1675. Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg)
• Juno Birch (born 1993. English drag queen, sculptor, and YouTuber (born 1993))
• Aisha Gaddafi (born 1976. Daughter of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (born 1977))
• Ernst Ruska (1906 to 1988. German physicist (1906–1988))
• Adolf Windaus (1876 to 1959. German chemist (1876–1959))
• Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1945 to 2021. Emirati politician (1945–2021))
• Dritan Abazović (born 1985. Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2022 to 2023)
• Moktar Ould Daddah (1924 to 2003. President of Mauritania from 1960 to 1978)
• Berenice II (267 BC to 221 BC. Queen regnant of Cyrenaica from 258 to 246 BCE)
• Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424 to 1445. Dauphine of France)
• Sheila Heti (born 1976. Canadian writer (born 1976))
• Demetrios Ypsilantis (1793 to 1832. Greek military leader and politician (1793–1832))
• Pardis Sabeti (born 1975. Iranian American scientist)
• Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 1952. Indian classical vocalist)
• Faisal bin Salman Al Saud (born 1970. Saudi royal, businessman and governor (born 1970))
• Franz Rosenzweig (1886 to 1929. Jewish theologian and philosopher (1886–1929))
• Nikolay Kasatkin (1859 to 1930. Russian painter)
• Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg (1768 to 1843. German prince (1769–1843); field marshal in Russia)
• Kaesang Pangarep (born 1994. Indonesian entrepreneur (born 1994))
• Liz Goldwyn (born 1976. American actress)
• Isaak Brodsky (1883 to 1939. Soviet painter)
• John IV Laskaris (1250 to 1305. Emperor of Nicaea from 1258 to 1261)
• Claude Chappe (1763 to 1805. Late 18th-century French inventor)
• Gerhard Herzberg (1904 to 1999. German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904–1999))
• Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel (1917 to 1976. Spanish falangist politician)
• Christine of Saxony (1505 to 1549. Landgravine consort of Hesse)
• Lawrence Otis Graham (1961 to 2021. American lawyer and writer (1961–2021))
• Stephen Twigg (born 1966. British Labour Co-op politician)
• Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (1833 to 1916. Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1890 to 1905)
• Christina of Saxony (1461 to 1521. Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (1461–1521))

Died on December 25

• Charlie Chaplin (1889 to 1977. English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977))
• James Brown (1933 to 2006. American musician (1933–2006))
• George Michael (1963 to 2016. English singer-songwriter (1963–2016))
• Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918 to 1989. Leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989)
• Elizabeth (1709 to 1761. Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762)
• Emperor Taishō (1879 to 1926. Emperor of Japan from 1912 to 1926)
• C. Rajagopalachari (1878 to 1972. Indian statesman and writer (1878–1972))
• Joan Miró (1893 to 1983. Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist (1893–1983))
• Elena Ceaușescu (1919 to 1989. Wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu (1919–1989))
• Vera Rubin (1928 to 2016. American astronomer (1928–2016))
• İsmet İnönü (1884 to 1973. Turkish politician (1884–1973))
• Samuel de Champlain (1567 to 1635. French explorer of North America (1574–1635))
• Zail Singh (1916 to 1994. President of India from 1982 to 1987)
• Anatoli Boukreev (1958 to 1997. Kazakh mountain climber and author (1958–1997))
• Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922 to 2010. President of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and 1989 to 1993)
• Willard Van Orman Quine (1908 to 2000. American philosopher and logician (1908–2000))
• Tristan Tzara (1896 to 1963. Romanian-French poet (1896–1963))
• Emmanuel Levinas (1906 to 1995. Lithuanian-French philosopher (1906–1995))
• M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1933 to 2024. Indian author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024))
• Velu Nachiyar (1730 to 1796. Queen of Sivagangai, freedom fighter (1730–1796))
• Adrian I (700 to 795. Head of the Catholic Church from 772 to 795)
• Suraj Mal (1707 to 1763. Maharaja of Bharatpur from 1755 to 1763)
• Henry III of Castile (1379 to 1406. King of Castile and León from 1390 to 1406)
• Dean Martin (1917 to 1995. American singer and actor (1917–1995))
• Pedro de Valdivia (1497 to 1553. Spanish conquistador (1497–1553))
• Dado Banatao (1946 to 2025. Filipino businessman and electrical engineer (1946–2025))
• Anastasia of Sirmium (300 to 304. Christian saint and martyr (died 304))
• Nancy Roman (1925 to 2018. American astronomer (1925–2018))
• Duy Tân (1900 to 1945. Emperor of Đại Nam under French protectorate of Annam and Tonkin (1900–1945))
• Eadric Streona (901 to 1017. Anglo-Saxon noble (died 1017))

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