Jeannie Hsieh

Taiwanese singer.

Born December 25th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Kaohsiung.

Mauro Picotto

Italian dj and remixer.

Born December 25th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Cavour.

Anna Lena Klenke

German actress.

Born December 25th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Berlin.

Geoffrey Parker

British military historian.

Born December 25th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Nottingham.

Noël Carroll

American philosopher.

Born December 25th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Far Rockaway.

Chioma Ajunwa

Nigerian long jumper and olympic gold medallist.

Born December 25th, 1970 (age 55 years).

Gerhard Herzberg

German-canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904-1999).

Born December 25th, 1904 in Hamburg.

Died March 3rd, 1999 at 94 years old in Ottawa.

Smith Cho

American actress.

Born December 25th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Saginaw.

Joe Louis Walker

American musician (1949–2025).

Born December 25th, 1949 in San Francisco.

Died April 30th, 2025 at 75 years old in Poughkeepsie. ^[ref]

Terrence O'Hara

American actor and director (1945–2022).

Born December 25th, 1945 in United States.

Died December 5th, 2022 at 76 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior

Brazilian racing driver (1943–2024).

Born December 25th, 1943 in São Paulo.

Died February 23rd, 2024 at 80 years old in São Paulo (cardiac arrest). ^[ref]

Moktar Ould Daddah

President of mauritania from 1960 to 1978.

Born December 25th, 1924 in Boutilimit. ^[ref]

Died October 14th, 2003 at 78 years old in Paris. ^[ref]

Alfred Kerr

German writer (1867–1948).

Born December 25th, 1867 in Wrocław.

Died October 12th, 1948 at 80 years old in Hamburg (drug overdose).

Nabil Maâloul

Tunisian association football player and coach.

Born December 25th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Tunis. ^[ref]

Kapila Vatsyayan

Indian politician and art historian (1928-2020).

Born December 25th, 1928 in Delhi.

Died September 16th, 2020 at 91 years old in Delhi.

Burne Hogarth

American cartoonist (1911-1996).

Born December 25th, 1911 in Chicago.

Died January 28th, 1996 at 84 years old in Paris.

Shakib Arslan

Lebanese writer and philosopher (1869–1946).

Born December 25th, 1871 in Choueifat. ^[ref]

Died December 9th, 1946 at 74 years old in Beirut. ^[ref]

Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi royal.

Born December 25th, 1970 (age 55 years) in Jeddah.

Ma Qinghua

Chinese racing driver.

Born December 25th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Shanghai.

Patrick Gilmore

Irish-american composer and bandmaster (1829-1892).

Born December 25th, 1829 in Mullingar.

Died September 24th, 1892 at 62 years old in St. Louis.

Dorothy Peterson

Actress (1897-1979).

Born December 25th, 1897 in Hector.

Died October 3rd, 1979 at 81 years old in New York City.

Richard Greenblatt

American programmer (born 1944).

Born December 25th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Portland.

Joachim Meisner

German cardinal and archbishop of cologne, catholic cardinal (1933–2017).

Born December 25th, 1933 in Leśnica.

Died July 5th, 2017 at 83 years old in Bad Füssing (cardiac arrest). ^[ref]

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Austrian film director and screenwriter.

Born December 25th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Vienna.

Mianne Bagger

Australian professional golfer.

Born December 25th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Copenhagen.