Notable Birthdays for December 25
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- British mathematician, physicist and astronomer Isaac Newton in 1642
- American Red Cross founder Clara Barton in 1821
- cosmetics entrepreneur Helena Rubinstein in 1870
- French painter Maurice Utrillo in 1883
- jazz pioneer Edward Kid Ory in 1886
- hotelier Conrad Hilton in 1887
- publisher Lila Bell Wallace, co-founder of Readers Digest, in 1889
- Robert Believe It or Not Ripley in 1890
- acting legend Humphrey Bogart in 1899
- jazz bandleader Cab Calloway in 1907
- Anwar Sadat, Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in 1918
- TV writer Rod Serling in 1924
- singers Jimmy Buffett in 1946 (age 68) and Barbara Mandrell in 1948 (age 66)
- actors Gary Sandy in 1945 (age 69), Sissy Spacek in 1949 (age 65) and CCH Pounder in 1952 (age 62)
- political adviser Karl Rove in 1950 (age 64)
- British singer Annie Lennox in 1954 (age 60)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Rickey Henderson in 1958 (age 56)
- and British singer Dido in 1971 (age 43).
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