Famous people born on December 25 — and what else happened that day
If your birthday is December 25, you share it with Isaac Newton, Humphrey Bogart, Annie Lennox — and you were born under Capricorn, the sign of the ambitious, disciplined, and built for the long game.
Birthday basics for December 25
Capricorn ♑
Zodiac sign
Turquoise
Birthstone
Narcissus
Birth flower
359th
Day of the year
December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years), with 6 days still to come.
Famous people born on December 25
Isaac Newton — English physicist who formulated the laws of motion and gravity (born 1642).
Humphrey Bogart — Hollywood legend of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon (born 1899).
Annie Lennox — Eurythmics singer and Grammy-winning solo artist (born 1954).
Also sharing the day:
Clara Barton (b. 1821) — Civil War nurse who founded the American Red Cross.
Cab Calloway (b. 1907) — jazz bandleader and showman famous for "Minnie the Moocher."
336 — Rome held the first recorded celebration of Christmas on December 25.
1066 — William the Conqueror was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
1990 — Tim Berners-Lee carried out the first successful test of the World Wide Web.
800 — Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans at St. Peter's Basilica.
1914 — British and German soldiers held the famous Christmas truce, singing carols across the World War I trenches.
2021 — The James Webb Space Telescope launched on a mission to peer deeper into the universe than ever before.
December 25 birthday questions
What zodiac sign is December 25?
Anyone born on December 25 is a Capricorn — ambitious, disciplined, and built for the long game.
What is the birthstone for December 25?
The birthstone for a December 25 birthday is Turquoise, and the birth flower is the Narcissus.
Who is the most famous person born on December 25?
Isaac Newton is among the best known — English physicist who formulated the laws of motion and gravity (born 1642).
What happened on December 25?
In 336, Rome held the first recorded celebration of Christmas on December 25.
What day of the year is December 25?
December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years), with 6 days still to come.
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