10 Famous People Born on Christmas Day

On December 25, AD 1, Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem, in what is now Israel. (It was Israel then, too.) Or so the story goes. Historians find some problems with the Biblical and common interpretation of the birth of Christ, including even the date, meaning the day as well as the year. The Ukrainian side of this author’s family celebrated Christmas on January 7 each year, which coincidentally is this author’s birthday! Yes, that makes this author the first person mentioned (besides Jesus) as being born on Christmas. Today we take a look at 10 famous people who were born on the auspicious day Christmas is celebrated. (So many famous singers, actors, athletes and the like were born on Christmas there are plenty for you to tell us some that we really should have included on our list. Our list is arbitrary and includes people we find fascinating. Obviously, there are so many more, especially going way back in history. We will address those “Christmas” babies born on January 6 and January 7 in another list.)