Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 25

Births

• 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

• 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)