On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 25 1967
Born on This Day
Adolf Windaus🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1876–1959
Days lived
30,115
Alannah Myles🇨🇦
Canadian singer and songwriter · b. 1958
Days alive
3,287
Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe🇩🇪
musician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,287
Alfred Kerr🇬🇧
deceasedGerman writer (1867–1948) · 1867–1948
Days lived
29,511
Allen Sheppard🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1932–2015
Days lived
30,040
Amy Manford🇦🇺
Soprano, Musical Theatre Performer, Producer · b. 1993
Annie Lennox🇬🇧
singer · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748
Armin van Buuren🇳🇱
DJ and record producer · b. 1976
Bethany Antonia🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1997
Cab Calloway🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz singer (1907–1994) · 1907–1994
Days lived
31,740
Carlos Castañeda🇺🇸
deceasedPeruvian-American author (1925-1998) · 1925–1998
Days lived
26,421
Chang Ping-lin
deceasedChinese linguist (1868-1936) · 1868–1936
Days lived
24,642
David Kvachadze🇬🇪
athlete · b. 1951
Days alive
5,844
Dido🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1971
Gerhard Herzberg🇨🇦
deceasedchemist · 1904–1999
Days lived
34,401
Ghislaine Maxwell🇬🇧
Convicted Sex Trafficker, Former Socialite · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Gotthard Heinrici🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1886–1971
Days lived
31,033
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Hanna Schygulla🇩🇪
singer · b. 1943
Days alive
8,766
Herbert Hobein🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1906-1991) · 1906–1991
Days lived
31,037
Herman Frasch🇺🇸
deceasedchemist · 1851–1914
Days lived
22,772
Humphrey Bogart🇺🇸
deceasedOscar Winners · 1899–1957
Days lived
20,839
I. K. Ilishkin
deceasedscientist · 1908–1983
Days lived
27,119
Jairzinho🇧🇷
Brazilian footballer · b. 1944
Days alive
8,400
Jasmin Gerat🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1978
Jesus Christ
deceasedpreacher · 4–33
Jimmy Buffett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer-songwriter (1946–2023) · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,009
Justin Trudeau🇨🇦
Minister · b. 1971
Ken Stabler🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1945-2015) · 1945–2015
Days lived
25,397
Klaus Klundt🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1941
Days alive
9,496
Larry Csonka🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1946
Days alive
7,670
Lili Haydn🇨🇦
singer · b. 1969
Luca Brandolini🇮🇹
Italian Catholic bishop (1933-) · b. 1933
Days alive
12,418
Manny Mori
politician · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939
Massimo Palombella🇮🇹
Italian composer, priest and conductor · b. 1967
Days alive
0
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Michael Curtiz🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian-American director (1886–1962) · 1886–1962
Days lived
27,499
Nawaz Sharif
Notable Trials · b. 1949
Days alive
6,574
Nicolas Godin🇫🇷
French musician · b. 1969
Nova Meierhenrich🇩🇪
actor · b. 1973
Percy Isenia
Dutch baseball player · b. 1976
Ram Narayan🇮🇳
deceasedmusician · 1927–2024
Days lived
35,384
Samir Khan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist (1985–2011) · 1985–2011
Days lived
9,410
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Serge Chiesa🇫🇷
football player · b. 1950
Days alive
6,209
Shane MacGowan🇮🇪
deceasedAnglo-Irish singer-songwriter (1957–2023) · 1957–2023
Days lived
24,081
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Sissy Spacek🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1949
Days alive
6,574
Wilhelm Weinberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1862–1937) · 1862–1937
Days lived
27,365
Died on This Day
Adnan Şenses🇹🇷
deceasedsinger · 1935–2013
Days lived
28,616
Alfred Wohl
deceasedchemist · 1863–1939
Days lived
27,841
Baldur Ragnarsson
deceasedwriter · 1930–2018
Days lived
32,264
Birger Gerhardsson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish theologian (1926–2013) · 1926–2013
Days lived
31,867
Blandine Ebinger🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1899–1993
Days lived
34,384
Carlos Andrés Pérez
deceasedNotable Trials · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,201
Charlie Chaplin🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1889–1977
Days lived
32,394
Curt Bois🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1901–1991) · 1901–1991
Days lived
33,136
Dean Martin🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1917–1995
Days lived
28,690
Eartha Kitt🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,928
Eddie Taylor🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican electric blues guitarist and singer · 1923–1985
Days lived
22,976
Elena Ceaușescu
deceasedNotable Trials · 1916–1989
Days lived
27,016
Friedrich von Ledebur🇦🇹
deceasedAustro-Hungarian Actor · 1900–1986
Days lived
31,616
George Michael
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1963–2016
Days lived
19,542
Guido Bodländer🇵🇱
deceasedchemist · 1855–1904
Days lived
18,044
Günther Kohlmey🇩🇪
deceasedGerman economist (1913–1999) · 1913–1999
Days lived
31,562
Gustav von Seyffertitz🇺🇸
deceasedGerman actor (1862-1943) · 1862–1943
Days lived
29,727
James Brown
deceasedNotable Trials · 1933–2006
Days lived
26,899
Karel Čapek
deceasedCzech writer (1890–1938) · 1890–1938
Days lived
17,881
Michael Fuchs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1949–2022) · 1949–2022
Days lived
26,985
Nicolae Ceaușescu
deceasedNotable Trials · 1918–1989
Days lived
26,266
Paul Bourget🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer, playwright and critic (1852-1935) · 1852–1935
Days lived
30,428
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Peter Schreier🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tenor and conductor (1935-2019) · 1935–2019
Days lived
30,830
Vera Rubin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer and physicist (1928-2016) · 1928–2016
Days lived
32,297
Who Was Alive
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
41,995
Gertrude W. Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedcharacter actress (1871-1968) · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,335
Camille Huysmans🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,338
Bertrand Russell🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997
Charles Foulkes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969
Days lived
34,427
Henry Hallett Dale🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate · 1875–1968
Days lived
34,012
Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718
Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972
Days lived
34,791
Edward Roberts
deceasedBritish priest · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,236
Rudolph Dirks🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,290
Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
E. M. Forster🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970
Days lived
33,394
Margarete Bieber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,003
Adolf Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973
Days lived
34,163
Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪
deceasedIrish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,829
Arthur Mallwitz🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
Helen Keller🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
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Emma P. Carr🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,404
Paul Hausser🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,677
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
49,666
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Sergeant Reckless🇺🇸
deceasedMongolian mare · 1948–1968
Days lived
7,438
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,839
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,536
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,109
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,551
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,517
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,151
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,595
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,247
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,046
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,560
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,578
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,247
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,599
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,142
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,052
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,029
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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