Anniversaries 25 December
Birth
![Pope Pius VI photo]()
pope and sovereign of the Papal States
1717–1799
![William Collins photo]()
English poet, born 1721
1721–1759
![Prithvi Narayan Shah photo]()
far-sighted king/unifier of Nepal
1722–1775
![Richard Porson photo]()
British classical scholar
1759–1808
![Dorothy Wordsworth photo]()
English author, poet and diarist
1771–1855
![Clara Barton photo]()
American Civil War nurse
1821–1912
![Stephen F. Chadwick photo]()
American politician
1825–1895
![Christian David Ginsburg photo]()
Polish-British Bible scholar
1831–1914
![Muhammad Ali Jinnah photo]()
Founder and 1st Governor General of Pakistan
1876–1948
![Franz Rosenzweig photo]()
Jewish theologian and philosopher
1886–1929
![Conrad Hilton photo]()
American hotelier
1887–1979
![Raphael Soyer photo]()
American artist
1899–1987
![Lew Grade photo]()
Imperial Russian/Ukrainian-born British media proprietor, i…
1906–1998
![Ernst Ruska photo]()
German physicist
1906–1988
![Louise Bourgeois photo]()
American and French sculptor
1911–2010
![Noel Langley photo]()
South African writer
1911–1980
![Ahmed Ben Bella photo]()
First President of Algeria
1916–2012
![Anwar Sadat photo]()
Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
1918–1981
![René Girard photo]()
French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of socia…
1923–2015
![Rod Serling photo]()
American screenwriter
1924–1975
![Carlos Castaneda photo]()
Peruvian-American author
1925–1998
![Ram Narayan photo]()
classical sarangi player from India
1927
![Stuart Hall photo]()
sociologist and cultural theorist
1929–2014
![Joe Gores photo]()
American writer
1931–2011
![Ismail Merchant photo]()
Indian-born film producer and director
1936–2005
![Jimmy Buffett photo]()
American singer–songwriter and businessman
1946
![Sukanto Tanoto photo]()
Indonesian businessman
1949
![Karl Rove photo]()
American political consultant and policy advisor
1950
![Robert Ndlovu photo]()
Archbishop of Harare
1955
![Paul Cilliers photo]()
South African philosopher
1956–2011
![Chris Kamara photo]()
English association football player and manager
1957
![Íngrid Betancourt photo]()
Colombian-French politician
1961
![Justin Trudeau photo]()
23rd Prime Minister of Canada; eldest son of Pierre Trudeau
1971
![Dido photo]()
English singer-songwriter
1971
![Yoji Shinkawa photo]()
Japanese illustrator
1971
![Marco Mengoni photo]()
Italian singer-songwriter
1988
Death
![Jacopone da Todi photo]()
Italian Franciscan mystic
1236–1306
![Francesco Maria Zanotti photo]()
Italian philosopher
1692–1777
![Yosa Buson photo]()
poet from Japan
1716–1783
![C. Rajagopalachari photo]()
Political leader
1878–1972
![Charlie Chaplin photo]()
British comic actor and filmmaker
1889–1977
![Oliver P. Smith photo]()
United States Marine Corps general
1893–1977
![Joan Miró photo]()
Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist
1893–1983
![Tristan Tzara photo]()
Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performa…
1896–1963
![Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov photo]()
Bulgarian philosopher
1900–1986
![Emmanuel Levinas photo]()
French philosopher
1906–1995
![Willard van Orman Quine photo]()
American philosopher and logician
1908–2000
![Zail Singh photo]()
Indian politician and former President of India
1916–1994
![Elena Ceaușescu photo]()
Romanian politician
1916–1989
![Dean Martin photo]()
American singer, actor, comedian and film producer
1917–1995
![Nicolae Ceaușescu photo]()
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party
1918–1989
![Vera Rubin photo]()
American astronomer
1928–2016
![Billy Martin photo]()
American baseball player and coach
1928–1989
![James Brown photo]()
American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist
1933–2006
![Anatoli Boukreev photo]()
Russian mountain climber
1958–1997
![George Michael photo]()
English singer-songwriter, musician, producer
1963–2016
