December 25th Birthdays
If you were born on December 25th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Gary Sandy
American actor of TV (Andy Travis on WKRP in Cincinnati; Randy Buchanan on Another World & Somerset; Stace on The Secret Storm; As the World Turns; The Young and the Restless) & movies (The Insider; Against the Law), born December 25, 1945. (Gary Sandy Photo: By permission / Gary Sandy)
Larry Csonka (nee Lawrence Richard Csonka)
College and Pro Football Halls of Fame retired American NFL fullback (New York Giants), Super Bowl VIII MVP (Miami Dolphins – 1972 & 1973 Super Bowl champs), and 1979 NFL Comeback Player of the Year, born December 25, 1946. (Larry Csonka 1972 Photo: Roy Erickson)
Barbara Mandrell
Grammy Award-winning Country Music Hall of Fame American actress, musician, and singer (I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool; Sleeping Single in a Double Bed; [If Loving You is Wrong] I Don’t Want to Be Right), born December 25, 1948. (Barbara Mandrell 1979 Concrete Cowboys)
Sissy Spacek (nee Mary Elizabeth Spacek; married Jack Fisk)
Grammy & Oscar-winning American singer, actress of TV (Bloodline; Big Love) & movies (Coal Miner’s Daughter; Badlands; Carrie; Marie; Missing; Raggedy Man; The Bedroom; The Help; The River), born December 25, 1949. Mother of Schuyler Fisk; cousin of Rip Torn. (Sissy Spacek 1974 Ginger in the Morning)
C. C. H. Pounder (nee Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder)
British Guyanese-American actress of TV (Claudette Wyms on The Shield; Loretta Wade on NCIS: New Orleans; ER; Sons of Anarchy; Women in Prison; Brothers; L.A. Law) and movies (Funny Valentines; End of Days; Avatar), born December 25, 1952. (CCH Pounder 2006 Photo: Peabody Awards)
Annie Lennox (nee Ann Lennox)
Songwriters & Rock and Roll Halls of Fame Scottish singer (Walking on Broken Glass; Put a Little Love in Your Heart) with the Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams [Are Made of This];There Must Be an Angel [Playing with My Heart]; Here Comes the Rain Again; Angel), born December 25, 1954. (Annie Lennox 2008: Britt Berger)
Alannah Myles (nee Alannah Byles)
Grammy and Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer & songwriter (Black Velvet; Lover of Mine; Song Instead of a Kiss; Love Is; Family Secret; Sonny Say You Will; Still Got This Thing; Rockinghorse; Our World, Our Times; Bad 4 You), born December 25, 1958 (Alannah Myles Photo: Rob Doda)
Rickey Henderson(nee Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson)
Baseball Hall of Fame retired American MLB left fielder (Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres), “The Man of Steal“, and 1981 Gold Glove Award winner, born December 25, 1958. (Rickey Henderson 2002 Photo: User Dlz28 at English Wikipedia)
Helena Christensen
Danish supermodel (Victoria’s Secret; Vogue; Versace; Valentino) Revlon spokeswoman, Nylon Magazine creative director, fashion designer, & Miss Universe Denmark ’86, born December 25, 1968. Ex-partner of Michael Hutchence, Norman Reedus. (Helena Christensen 2007: Ford Motor Company)
Dido (nee Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong)
British-Irish musician, songwriter, and singer solo (White Flag; Thank You; Here With Me; Life For Rent; If I Rise; Hunter), and as a featured artist (Stan, with Eminem; Do They Know It’s Christmas, Band Aid 20; One Step Too Far, with Faithless), born December 25, 1971. (Dido 2019 Photo: Ralph_PH)
(Helen Twelvetrees 1931: Rolf Armstrong | Humphrey Bogart 1948: Six)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on December 25th!
Remember These December 25th Famous Birthdays
Jimmy Buffett (nee James William Buffett)
American singer-songwriter (Margaritaville; Come Monday; Cheeseburger in Paradise; Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes; Son of a Son of a Sailor; It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere; Why Don’t We Get Drunk), and restaurateur (Margaritaville Cafe; Cheeseburger in Paradise) (born Dec. 25, 1946 – died Sept. 1, 2023; age 76). (Jimmy Buffett 2008: Jay C. Pugh / US Navy)
Humphrey Bogart (aka “Bogie“; married Lauren Bacall)
Oscar-winning American actor (Casablanca; The African Queen; The Maltese Falcon; Key Largo; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; Sabrina; The Petrified Forest; In a Lonely Place; The Big Sleep; Dark Passage; We’re No Angels; Knock on Any Door) (born Dec. 25, 1899 – died Jan. 14, 1957; age 57). Ex of Helen Menken, Mary Philips, Mayo Methot. (Humphrey Bogart 1952 Deadline USA)
Evelyn Nesbit (nee Florence Evelyn Nesbit; mother of Russell William Thaw)
American artist’s model (Charles Dana Gibson); singer, dancer (Floradora chorus girl), & actress of Broadway and silent films (I Want to Forget; The Woman Who Gave; Redemption; Threads of Destiny) (born Dec. 25, 1884 – died Jan. 17, 1967; age 83). Her ex Harry Kendall Thaw killed Stanford White for raping her; ex-partner of John Barrymore. (Evelyn Nesbit 1901: Otto Sarony)
Rod Serling (nee Rodman Edward Serling)
American WWII paratrooper, actor, narrator, producer, and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter of TV (The Twilight Zone creator; Night Gallery; The Loner; The New People; Playhouse 90) and movies (Planet of the Apes; Seven Days in May) (born Dec. 25, 1924 – died June 28, 1975; age 50). Rod Serling died of a heart attack. (Rod Serling 1959 Photo: Gabor Rona / CBS Television)
Conrad Hilton (grandfather of Paris Hilton & Nicky Hilton)
American businessman, entrepreneur and hotelier, founder of Hilton Hotels Corporation and the world-wide chain of hotels, married to Zsa Zsa Gabor (1942-1946), father of Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr. & Elizabeth Taylor’s ex-father-in-law. (born Dec. 25, 1887 – died Jan. 3, 1979; age 91). (Conrad Hilton 1962 Photo: Harry Pot / Dutch National Archives)
Clara Barton (nee Clarissa Harlowe Barton; aka “Angel of the Battlefield“)
National Women’s Hall of Fame American Civil War nurse “The Florence Nightingale of America“, Office of Missing Soldiers manager, 1st President of the American Red Cross, National First Aid Society founder; teacher, civil rights advocate, & international humanitarian aid worker (born Dec. 25, 1821 – died Apr. 12, 1912; age 90). (Clara Barton 1865: Charles R.B. Claflin)
Robert Ripley (nee Robert LeRoy Ripley; ex of Beatrice Roberts)
American entrepreneur, 1910’s cartoonist and creator of the 1920’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not! syndicated cartoon strip, 1930s radio series creator and host, TV and movie host (born Dec. 25, 1890 – died May 27, 1949; age 58). Cause of death for Robert Ripley was a heart attack. (Robert Ripley c. 1940 Photo: Ripley Office)
Barton MacLane (married Charlotte Wynters)
American actor of TV (Outlaws; I Dream of Jeannie) & movies (Bengal Tiger; Steve McBride in Smart Blonde films; Jailbreak; Bullets or Ballots; Jaguar; The Maltese Falcon; Scared Stiff; Captain Scarface; The Rounders; Melody Ranch) (born Dec. 25, 1902 – died Jan. 1, 1969; age 66). Barton MacLane died of pneumonia. (Barton MacLane 1961 Outlaws Photo: NBC TV)
Gladys Swarthout (married Frank Chapman)
American mezzo-soprano opera singer (New York Metropolitan Opera Company), recording artist & actress of stage (Carmen), radio (WWII Armed Forces Radio), & movie musicals (Romance in the Dark; Give Us This Night; Rose of the Rancho; Champagne Waltz; Ambush) (born Dec. 25, 1900 – died July 7, 1969; age 68). (Gladys Swarthout 1941)
Tony Martin (nee Alvin Morris; married Cyd Charisse; ex of Alice Faye)
American singer (You Stepped Out of a Dream; It’s a Blue World; I Get Ideas; Stranger in Paradise) and actor of stage, TV, & films (Sing and Be Happy; Sally, Irene and Mary; Hit the Deck; Music in My Heart; The Big Store; Ziegfeld Girl; Easy to Love; Winner Take All; Two Tickets to Broadway; Casbah; Till the Clouds Roll By) (born Dec. 25, 1913 – died July 23, 2012; age 98). (Tony Martin 1955)
Helen Twelvetrees (nee Helen Marie Jurgens; ex of Frank / Jack Woody)
American film actress (The Cat Creeps; A Bedtime Story; One Hour Late; King For a Night; Now I’ll Tell; Disgraced; State’s Attorney; Unmarried; My Woman; Is My Face Red?; Unashamed; Panama Flo; Bad Company; The Spanish Cape Mystery; Millie) (born Dec. 25, 1908 – died Feb. 13, 1958; age 49). Helen Twelvetrees died of a sedative overdose. (Helen Twelvetrees 1930 Her Man)
O’Kelly Isley Jr. (aka Kelly Isley; brother of Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley)
Grammy-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame American singer with the Isley Brothers (If Leaving Me is Easy; It’s Your Thing; That Lady; Fight the Power; Black Berries; This Old Heart of Mine [Is Weak for You]; Pop That Thang; Shout; Twist and Shout) (born Dec. 25, 1937 – died Mar. 31, 1986; age 48). O’Kelly Isley died of a heart attack. (O’Kelly Isley 1969: T-Neck Records / Billboard)
Cab Calloway (nee Cabell Calloway III; “Hi-de-Ho”)
International Jazz, Grammy, & Big Band and Jazz Halls of Fame American bandleader (Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra), singer (Minnie the Moocher; Blues in the Night; The Honeydripper; St. James Infirmary), stage, radio & film performer (The Blues Brothers; Stormy Weather; The Cincinnat Kid) (born Dec. 25, 1907 – died Nov. 18, 1994; age 86). (Cab Calloway 1932)
Helena Rubinstein (nee Chaja Rubinstein)
Polish-American cosmetician, entrepreneur and businesswoman who founded the Helena Rubinstein cosmetics company (born Dec. 25, 1872 – died Apr. 1, 1965; age 92). Helena Rubinstein died of natural causes. (Helena Rubinstein Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection / Library of Congress)
Earle Foxe (nee Earl Aldrich Fox; married Gladys Tennyson)
American classic & silent film actor (St. Louis Woman; New Year’s Eve; Destry Rides Again; The Mighty Treve; Dangerously Yours; Transatlantic; So Big!; Union Depot; A Bedtime Story; Blondie Johnson; Murder Goes to College; Military Academy; The Mind Reader; Dance, Fools, Dance), Black-Foxe Military Institute founder (born Dec. 25, 1891 – died Dec. 10, 1973; age 81). (Earle Foxe 1925)
Frank Ferguson (nee Frank S. Ferguson)
American theatre director & character actor of TV (Eli Carson on Peyton Place; Return to Peyton Place; My Friend Flicka; Topper; Petticoat Junction; Lassie) and movies (Caught; The Marksman; Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein; Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte), (born Dec. 25, 1899 – died Sept. 12, 1978; age 78). Frank Ferguson died of cancer. (Frank Ferguson 1960 Bonanza)
American actress of stage, silent films (The Circular Staircase; Little Orphant Annie; The Price She Paid; The Millionaire Policeman; The Fire Brigade; Flesh and the Devil; Wandering Girls; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; The Circle) & sound movies (The Jazz Singer; Thunderbolt; Madame X; To The Last Man) (born Dec. 25, 1868 – died May 29, 1934; age 65). (Eugenie Besserer 1916: Witzel)
American commercial artist, illustrator of books, magazines (Scribner’s; Judge; Collier’s; Motor), theatre & film posters (Strangers of the Night), US Army WWI recruiting posters, food industry materials, Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company postcards, theatre costume and set designer (born Dec. 25, 1884 – died Mar. 2, 1944; age 59). (Louis Fancher 1917-1918: Paul Thompson)
Louis Chevrolet (nee Louis-Joseph Chevrolet)
Swiss-American inventor, bicycle racer, auto mechanic, race car driver (Indy 500), car designer (Buick 60 Special), & automobile industry owner/executive (Chevrolet Motor Car Company, Frontenac Motor Corporation, American Motors Corporation) (born Dec. 25, 1878 – died June 6, 1941; age 62). Brother of Gaston & Arthur Chevrolet. (Louis Chevrolet c. 1911)
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