Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 25

1821  Clara harlowe barton: Oxford mass, nurse/founder (american red cross)   

1823  Preston smith: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1863   

1825  Esteban salas y castro: Composer   

1829  Patrick s gilmore: Composer   

1831  Johann herbeck: Composer   

1832  Thomas alfred smyth: Major general (union volunteers), died in 1865   

1837  Cosima liszt: Wife of austrian composer richard wagner   

1855  James galvin: Pitcher, shut-out every opposing team in 1884   

1856  Hans von bartels: German painter   

1859  Raoul gunsbourg: Composer   

1860  Manuel dimech: Maltese philosopher and social reformer   

1861  Pandit madan mohan malaviya: Indian founder of banaras hindu university   

1863  Charles pathé: French pioneer of film and record industries   

1864  Thomas cahill: American soccer coach   

1865  Evangeline cory booth: Salvation army general (1904-34)   

1867  Alfred kerr: Writer   

1868  Eugenie besserer: Watertown ny, actress (jazz singer)   

1870  Helena rubinstein: Polish-born american cosmetics industrialist   

1873  Otto frederick hunziker: Swiss-born american dairy educator   

1874  Lina cavalieri: Italian soprano   

1875  Theodor innitzer: Cardinal/archbishop vienna   

1875  Walter lees: Cricketer (surrey pace bowler toured for eng 1905-06)   

1876  Mohammed ali jinnah: Karachi, founded pakistan (1947)/gov (1947-58)   

1876  Adolf otto reinhold windaus: Nobel laureate   

1878  W starling burgess: Yacht designer (america cup's enterprise)   

1878  Louis chevrolet: Swiss-born race car driver   

1881  Joseph v mccarthy: Baseball manager (ny yankees)   

1883  Fran lhotka: Composer   

1883  Maurice utrillo: France, painter (port st martin, montmartre)   

1884  Evelyn nesbit: American actress   

1886  Kid ory: American musician   

1887  Conrad hilton: Hotel mogul (hilton hotels)   

1887  Jacobus w g balfoort: Dutch actor (bulldog drummond)   

1887  John davidson: Nyc, actor (charlie chan-chinese cat)   

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0795  Adrian i: Italian pope (772-95),   

0820  Leo v: The armenian, byzantine gen/emperor (813-20), murdered   

1156  Peter venerabilis: Fr theologist/9th abbot of cluny,   

1249  Peter nolascus: Spanish monastery founder/st,   

1513  Johannes amerbach: Swiss publisher/printer,   

1530  Babur: Emperor of delhi,   

1635  Samuel de champlain: French explorer and founder of quebec city (b. 1567)   

1676  Matthew hale: Lord chief justice of england (b. 1609)