Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 25
Births
[edit]- 1821 - Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)
- 1887 - Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)
- 1890 - Robert Ripley, collector of odd facts (d. 1949)
- 1899 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (pictured) (d. 1957)
- 1918 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
- 1924 - Rod Serling, American television writer (d. 1975)
- 1946 - Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter
- 1949 - Sissy Spacek, American actress
- 1971 - Justin Trudeau, Canadian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
Deaths
[edit]- 1635 - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)
- 1946 - W. C. Fields, American comedian (b. 1880)
- 1977 - Charlie Chaplin, English actor (b. 1889)
- 1995 - Dean Martin, American singer (b. 1917)