kids encyclopedia robot

December 25 facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

2024 Calendar

<< January >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
 
<< February >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
 
<< March >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
<< April >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
 
<< May >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
 
<< June >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
<< July >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
 
<< August >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
 
<< September >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
 
<< October >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
 
<< November >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
<< December >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
 
December 25 in recent years

December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; six days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004)
  • 1902 – William Bell, American tuba player and educator (d. 1971)
  • 1902 – Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1969)
  • 1903Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1981)
  • 1904Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
  • 1906 – Lew Grade, Baron Grade, Ukrainian-English film producer (d. 1998)
  • 1906 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
  • 1907Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (d. 1994)
  • 1907 – Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor (d. 1990)
  • 1907 – Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (d. 1988)
  • 1908 – Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator (d. 1999)
  • 1908 – Ernest L. Massad, American general (d. 1993)
  • 1908 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (d. 2001)
  • 1909 – Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer (d. 1996)
  • 1911Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (d. 2010)
  • 1913 – Candy Candido, American singer, bass player, and voice actor (d. 1999)
  • 1913 – Tony Martin, American singer (d. 2012)
  • 1914James Fletcher Jnr, New Zealand businessman (d. 2007)
  • 1914 – Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (d. 1970)
  • 1915 – Pete Rugolo, Italian-American composer and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1916Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (d. 2012)
  • 1917Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019)
  • 1917 – Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009)
  • 1918Anwar Sadat, Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
  • 1919Naushad Ali, Indian composer and director (d. 2006)
  • 1919 – Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician, founded the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)
  • 1919 – Noele Gordon, English actress (d. 1985)
  • 1921 – Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (d. 2000)
  • 1921 – Steve Otto, Polish-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
  • 1922William Demby, American author (d. 2013)
  • 1923René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (d. 2015)
  • 1923 – Louis Lane, American conductor and educator (d. 2016)
  • 1924Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone (d. 1975)
  • 1924 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (d. 2018)
  • 1925Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (d. 1998)
  • 1925 – Ned Garver, American baseball player (d. 2017)
  • 1925 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (d. 2007)
  • 1926 – Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (d. 1987)
  • 1927Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (d. 1975)
  • 1927 – Leo Kubiak, American basketball and baseball player
  • 1927 – Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player
  • 1928Irish McCalla, American actress and model (d. 2002)
  • 1928 – Dick Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
  • 1929Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1929 – China Machado, Chinese-born Portuguese-American fashion model, editor and television producer (d. 2016)
  • 1929 – Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (d. 1976)
  • 1930 – Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian-American boxer and coach
  • 1930 – Armenak Alachachian, Armenian basketball player and coach (d. 2017)
  • 1930 – Mary Rose Tuitt, Montserrat politician (d. 2005)
  • 1932Mabel King, American actress and singer (d. 1999)
  • 1933 – Basil Heatley, English runner (d. 2019)
  • 1935Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan (d. 2020)
  • 1935 – Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (d. 2009)
  • 1935 – Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American educator and politician (d. 2007)
  • 1936Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
  • 1936 – Ismail Merchant, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2005)
  • 1937 – Maung Aye, Burmese military officer
  • 1937 – O'Kelly Isley Jr., American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
  • 1938 – Duane Armstrong, American painter
  • 1938 – Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)
  • 1939 – Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani businessman and politician
  • 1939 – Bob James, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1939 – Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (d. 2013)
  • 1940Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author
  • 1941 – Kenneth Calman, Scottish physician and academic
  • 1942 – Françoise Dürr, French tennis player and coach
  • 1942 – Barbara Follett, English politician
  • 1942 – Barry Goldberg, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1942 – Enrique Morente, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
  • 1943 – Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian race car driver and businessman (d. 2024)
  • 1943 – Ravish Malhotra, Indian pilot and military officer
  • 1943 – Eve Pollard, English journalist and author
  • 1943 – Hanna Schygulla, German actress
  • 1943 – Jacqui McShee, English singer
  • 1944Kenny Everett, British comedian and broadcaster (d. 1995)
  • 1944 – Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
  • 1944 – Sam Strahan, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2019)
  • 1945 – Rick Berman, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1945 – Mike Pringle, Zambian-Scottish lawyer and politician
  • 1945 – Noel Redding, English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2003)
  • 1945 – Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
  • 1946Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 2023)
  • 1948Merry Clayton, American singer and actress
  • 1948 – Kay Hymowitz, American sociologist and writer
  • 1948 – Barbara Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1948 – Joel Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager
  • 1949Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian singer
  • 1949 – Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • 1949 – Sissy Spacek, American actress
  • 1950 – Peter Boardman, English mountaineer and author (d. 1982)
  • 1950 – Karl Rove, American political strategist and activist
  • 1950 – Manny Trillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager
  • 1952 – Tolossa Kotu, Ethiopian runner and coach
  • 1952 – CCH Pounder, Guyanese-American actress
  • 1952 – Desireless, French singer and songwriter
  • 1953 – Kaarlo Maaninka, Finnish runner
  • 1954Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1957 – Mansoor Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1957 – Chris Kamara, English footballer and sportscaster
  • 1957 – Shane MacGowan, English-Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
  • 1958 – Cheryl Chase, American voice actress and singer
  • 1958 – Rickey Henderson, American baseball player and coach
  • 1958 – Konstantin Kinchev, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1958 – Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1959Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
  • 1959 – Ramdas Athawale, Indian poet and politician
  • 1961Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian political scientist and politician
  • 1962 – Francis Dunnery, English musician
  • 1964 – Ian Bostridge, English tenor
  • 1964 – Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1965Ed Davey, English politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
  • 1965 – Dmitri Mironov, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1965 – David Rath, Czech physician and politician
  • 1966 – Toshi Arai, Japanese race car driver
  • 1967 – Jason Thirsk, American bass player (d. 1996)
  • 1968 – Helena Christensen, Danish model and actress
  • 1968 – Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
  • 1969Nicolas Godin, French musician
  • 1969 – Noel Goldthorpe, Australian rugby league player
  • 1969 – Frederick Onyancha, Kenyan runner
  • 1970 – Emmanuel Amunike, Nigerian footballer and manager
  • 1970 – Rodney Dent, American basketball player
  • 1971Dido, English singer-songwriter
  • 1971 – Noel Hogan, Irish musician and songwriter
  • 1971 – Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
  • 1972 – Mac Powell, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1972 – Qu Yunxia, Chinese runner
  • 1973 – Robbie Elliott, English footballer and coach
  • 1973 – Chris Harris, American wrestler
  • 1973 – Daisuke Miura, Japanese baseball player and coach
  • 1973 – Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist and director
  • 1975Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player
  • 1975 – Choi Sung-yong, South Korean footballer and manager
  • 1975 – Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
  • 1976Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1976 – Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer
  • 1976 – Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and record producer
  • 1977 – Ali Tandoğan, Turkish footballer
  • 1977 – Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer
  • 1978 – Simon Jones, Welsh cricketer
  • 1978 – Joel Porter, Australian footballer and manager
  • 1978 – Jeremy Strong, American actor
  • 1979Ferman Akgül, Turkish singer-songwriter
  • 1979 – Laurent Bonnart, French footballer
  • 1979 – Robert Huff, English race car driver
  • 1979 – Hyun Young-min, South Korean footballer
  • 1980Laura Sadler, English actress (d. 2003)
  • 1980 – Marcus Trufant, American football player
  • 1981Trenesha Biggers, American wrestler and model
  • 1981 – Camille Herron, American ultramarathon runner
  • 1981 – Christian Holst, Danish-Faroese footballer
  • 1981 – Willy Taveras, Dominican baseball player
  • 1982 – Shawn Andrews, American football player
  • 1982 – Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
  • 1982 – Ethan Kath, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer
  • 1982 – Chris Rene, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1984 – Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
  • 1984 – Alastair Cook, English cricketer
  • 1984 – Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
  • 1984 – Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
  • 1984 – Chris Richard, American basketball player
  • 1985 – Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner
  • 1985 – Rusev, Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
  • 1985 – Perdita Weeks, Welsh actress
  • 1987 – Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
  • 1987 – Demaryius Thomas, American football player (d. 2021)
  • 1988Eric Gordon, American basketball player
  • 1988 – Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player
  • 1988 – Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
  • 1991 – Avu-chan, Japanese musician, songwriter, actor, model and producer
  • 1992 – Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • 1993Emi Takei, Japanese actress, fashion model and singer
  • 1999 – Adut Akech, South Sudanese-Australian fashion model

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: 25 de diciembre para niños

kids search engine
December 25 Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.