Famous people born on 25 December

• Anwar SadatPresident of Egypt from 1970 to 1981 · 1918–1981
  62 yrs
• Humphrey BogartAmerican actor · 1899–1957
  57 yrs
• Mohammad Ali JinnahPolitician and the founder of Pakistan · 1876–1948
  71 yrs
• Pius VIPope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799 · 1717–1799
  81 yrs
• Ahmad ibn BillahPresident of Algeria from 1963 to 1965 · 1916–2012
  95 yrs
• Ram NarayanIndian classical sarangi player · 1927–2024
  96 yrs
• Ernst RuskaGerman physicist · 1906–1988
  81 yrs
• Adolf Windaus ↗German chemist · 1876–1959
  82 yrs
• Carlos Castañeda ↗Peruvian-American author · 1925–1998
  72 yrs
• Julien Offray de La Mettrie ↗French physician and philosopher · 1709–1751
  41 yrs
• Louise Bourgeois ↗French-American artist · 1911–2010
  98 yrs
• Gerhard Herzberg ↗German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist · 1904–1999
  94 yrs
• Michael Curtiz ↗Hungarian-American director · 1886–1962
  75 yrs
• Clara Barton ↗American Civil War nurse · 1821–1912
  90 yrs
• Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain ↗Queen consort of Spain · 1584–1611
  26 yrs
• Cab Calloway ↗American jazz singer · 1907–1994
  86 yrs
• René Girard ↗French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science · 1923–2015
  91 yrs
• Jimmy Buffett ↗American singer-songwriter · 1946–2023
  76 yrs
• Helena Rubinstein ↗Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist · 1872–1965
  92 yrs
• Michael P. Anderson ↗Astronaut, scientist · 1959–2003
  43 yrs
• Rod Serling ↗American screenwriter · 1924–1975
  50 yrs
• Joachim Meisner ↗German cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Catholic cardinal · 1933–2017
  83 yrs
• Moktar Ould Daddah ↗President of Mauritania from 1960 to 1978 · 1924–2003
  78 yrs
• Gotthard Heinrici ↗German general · 1886–1971
  84 yrs
• Claude Chappe ↗French inventor · 1763–1805
  41 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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