Famous People Born on December 24

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• Pernille Fischer Christensen (1969) — Danish film director
• William C. Schneider (1923) — American aerospace engineer
• Tarja Halonen (1943) — Finnish politician, President of Finland (born 1943)
• Ricky Martin (1971) — Puerto Rican singer and actor (born 1971)
• Dave Bartholomew (1918) — American musician, producer, and composer (1918–2019)
• Tomas Kalnoky (1980) — American musician (born 1980)
• Neeraj Chopra (1997) — Indian javelin thrower (born 1997)
• Woody Shaw (1944) — American jazz trumpeter, composer, band leader, and educator
• Howard Hughes (1905) — American aviator, aerospace engineer and business magnate (1905–1976)
• Anthony Fauci (1940) — American immunologist (born 1940)
• Joey Smallwood (1900) — Canadian politician and premier of Newfoundland
• Joseph Cornell (1903) — American artist and filmmaker (1903–1972)
• Franz Waxman (1906) — German film composer (1906–1967)
• Johnny Gruelle (1880) — American cartoonist (December 24 1880 – January 9 1938)
• Matthew Arnold (1822) — English poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)
• Stefan Jaracz (1883) — Polish actor (1883–1945)
• Marcelo Salas (1974) — Chilean footballer (born 1974)
• John, King of England (1166) — King of England from 1199 to 1216
• Adam Mickiewicz (1798) — PoIish writer and activist (1798–1855)
• Leonaert Bramer (1596) — Dutch painter (1596 – c. 1674)
• Ryan Seacrest (1974) — American television and radio host (born 1974)
• Stjepan Mesić (1934) — President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010
• Noel Streatfeild (1895) — English author (1895–1986)
• Jeff Sessions (1946) — American politician and attorney (born 1946)
• Scott Fischer (1955) — American mountaineer (1955–1996)
• Lee Daniels (1959) — American filmmaker and television producer (born 1959)
• Harry Warren (1893) — American composer and lyricist (1893–1981)
• Baby Dodds (1898) — American jazz drummer (1898–1959)
• Ruth Chatterton (1892) — American actress (1892–1961)
• Johann Hartmann (1726) — Danish composer