What happened on December 25 ?

1250 - John IV Lascaris, Eastern Roman Emperor (d. circa 1305)

1583 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer (d. 1625)

1628 - Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)

1642 (O.S.) - Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (d. 1727)

1652 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (d. 1713)

1665 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)

1667 - Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal and Munster, English royal mistress (d. 1743)

1674 - Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)

1700 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758)

1711 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (d. 1772)

1716 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (d. 1774)

1742 - Charlotte von Stein, German friend of Goethe (d. 1827)

1757 - Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d 1839)

1763 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (d. 1805)

1771 - Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and sister of William Wordsworth (d. 1855)

1821 - Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)

1856 - Hans von Bartels, German painter (d. 1913)

1861 - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)

1865 - Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1950)

1875 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. 1955)

1876 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (d. 1948)

1876 - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)

1878 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automotive pioneer (d. 1941)

1883 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist (d. 1955)

1884 - Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (d. 1967)

1886 - Kid Ory, American musician (d. 1973)

1887 - Conrad Nicholson Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)

1890 - Robert Ripley, world traveler and collector of odd facts and artifacts (d. 1949)

1899 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)

1901 - Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004)

1904 - Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)

1906 - Sir Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born film producer (d. 1998)

1906 - Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)

1907 - Cab Calloway, American bandleader (d. 1994)

1908 - Quentin Crisp, English author and activist (d. 1999)

1912 - Tony Martin, American singer

1912 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer

1913 - Henri Nannen, German journalist and publisher (d. 1966)

1915 - Pete Rugolo, Italian-born composer and arranger

1918 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1981)

1921 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer.

1924 - Rod Serling, American television scriptwriter (d. 1975)

1924 - Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India

1925 - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born author (d. 1998)

1927 - Nellie Fox, baseball player (d. 1975)

1928 - Dick Miller, American actor

1932 - Mabel King, American actress (d. 1999)

1936 - Princess Alexandra of Kent

1936 - Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer (d. 2005)

1940 - Pete Brown, English poet and lyricist

1943 - Hanna Schygulla, German actress

1944 - Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer

1944 - Kenny Everett, DJ and entertainer (d. 1995)

1945 - Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2003)

1945 - Gary Sandy, American actor

1946 - Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter

1946 - Larry Csonka, American football player

1946 - Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager

1948 - Barbara Mandrell, American singer and actress

1949 - Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan

1949 - Sissy Spacek, American actress

1949 - Joe Louis Walker, American musician

1950 - Manny Trillo, baseball player

1950 - Karl Rove, American presidential advisor

1952 - CCH Pounder, Guyana-born actress

1954 - Annie Lennox, Scottish singer (Eurythmics)

1957 - Chris Kamara, English footballer and commentator

1957 - Shane MacGowan, Irish musician

1958 - Hanford Dixon, American football player

1958 - Rickey Henderson, baseball player

1959 - Michael P. Anderson, astronaut (d. 2003)

1961 - Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator

1962 - Dean Cameron, American actor

1964 - Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer

1967 - Jason Thirsk, American bass player (Pennywise)

1968 - Helena Christensen, Danish model & actress

1971 - Dido, English singer

1971 - Justin Trudeau, son of former Canadian Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau

1971 - Noel Hogan, Irish guitarist and songwriter The Cranberries

1972 - Josh Freese, American drummer

1973 - Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau son of former Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau

1973 - Robbie Elliott, English footballer

1975 - Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer

1976 - Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboardist and composer (Nightwish)

1976 - Armin van Buuren, Dutch keyboardist

1978 - Joel Porter, Australian footballer

1978 - Simon Jones, English Cricketer

1979 - Jim Greco, American professional skateboarder

1980 - Marcus Trufant, American football player, defensive back

1980 - Reika Hashimoto, Japanese actress and model

1981 - Katie Wright, American actress

1981 - Willy Taveras, Baseball player

1984 - The Veronicas, Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, Austrailian pop singers

1984 - Alastair Cook, English cricketer

1995 - Hailie Jade Scott, daughter of rapper Eminem