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===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Elmar Muuk]], Estonian linguist and author (d. 1941) *[[1902]] – [[Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan]], Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980) *[[1903]] – [[Elisha Cook, Jr.]], American actor (d. 1995) *[[1904]] – [[Alejo Carpentier]], Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (d. 1980) *[[1905]] – [[William Loeb III]], American publisher (d. 1981) *[[1907]] – [[Albert Gore, Sr.]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1998) *[[1908]] – [[Ralph Hill (runner)|Ralph Hill]], American runner (d. 1994) *[[1909]] – [[Matt Gordy]], American pole vaulter (d. 1989) *[[1910]] – [[Imperio Argentina]], Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (d. 2003) * 1910 – [[Marguerite Churchill]], American actress (d. 2000) *[[1912]] – [[Arsenio Lacson]], Filipino journalist and politician, [[Mayor of Manila]] (d. 1962) *[[1913]] – [[Frank Swift]], English footballer and journalist (d. 1958) *[[1914]] – [[Richard Widmark]], American actor (d. 2008) *[[1915]] – [[Rolf Botvid]], Swedish actor and screenwriter (d. 1998) *[[1918]] – [[Olga Lopes-Seale]], Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (d. 2011) * 1918 – [[Georgios Rallis]], Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 2006) *[[1921]] – [[Steve Allen]], American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (d. 2000) * 1921 – [[John Severin]], American illustrator (d. 2012) *[[1922]] – [[Richard Mayes]], English actor (d. 2006) *[[1923]] – [[Richard Artschwager]], American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2013) *[[1924]] – [[Frank Broyles]], American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 26: Kit Harington, Eden Sher |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-26-Kit-Harington-Eden-Sher/8161671828598/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=25 December 2023 |date=26 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Earle Brown]], American composer (d. 2002) *[[1927]] – [[Denis Gifford]], English journalist and historian (d. 2000) * 1927 – [[Alan King]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) * 1927 – [[Stu Miller]], American baseball player (d. 2015) * 1927 – [[Denis Quilley]], English actor (d. 2003) *[[1928]] – [[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]], American engineer, invented the [[mobile phone]]<ref name="Encyclopedia">{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2506300048.html|title=Encyclopedia of World Biography|year=2008|website=encyclopedia.com}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Kathleen Crowley]], American actress (d. 2017) * 1929 – [[Régine Zylberberg]], Belgian-French singer and actress (d. 2022) *[[1930]] – [[Jean Ferrat]], French singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2010) * 1930 – [[Harry Gamble]], American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014) * 1930 – [[Donald Moffat]], English-American actor (d. 2018) *[[1933]] – [[Caroll Spinney]], American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2019) *[[1935]] – [[Rohan Kanhai]], Guyanese cricketer * 1935 – [[Norm Ullman]], Canadian ice hockey player * [[1936]] – [[Kitty Dukakis]], American author, [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Massachusetts|First Lady of Massachusetts]] (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Seelye |first=Katharine Q. |date=March 22, 2025 |title=Kitty Dukakis, Activist Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/kitty-dukakis-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *1936 – [[Peep Jänes]], Estonian architect * 1936 – [[Trevor Taylor (racing driver)|Trevor Taylor]], English race car driver (d. 2010) *[[1937]] – [[John Horton Conway]], English mathematician, known for [[Conway's Game of Life]] (d. 2020) *[[1938]] – [[Bahram Beyzai]], Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter * 1938 – [[Robert Hamerton-Kelly]], South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (d. 2013) * 1938 – [[Alamgir Kabir (film maker)|Alamgir Kabir]], Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989) * 1938 – [[Mirko Kovač (writer)|Mirko Kovač]], Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2013) *[[1939]] – [[Fred Schepisi]], Australian director and screenwriter * 1939 – [[Phil Spector]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2021) *[[1940]] – [[Edward C. Prescott]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2022) * 1940 – [[Ray Sadecki]], American baseball player (d. 2014) *[[1941]] – [[Daniel Schmid]], Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006) *[[1942]] – [[Vinicio Cerezo]], Guatemalan politician, 28th [[President of Guatemala]] * 1942 – [[Catherine Coulter]], American author * 1942 – [[Gray Davis]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th [[Governor of California]] *[[1944]] – [[William Ayers]], American academic and activist *[[1945]] – [[John Walsh (television host)|John Walsh]], American television host, producer, and activist, created ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' *[[1946]] – [[Alan Frumin]], American lawyer and politician * 1946 – [[Tiit Rosenberg]], Estonian historian and academic *[[1947]] – [[James T. Conway]], American general * 1947 – [[Jean Echenoz]], French author * 1947 – [[Carlton Fisk]], American baseball player * 1947 – [[Josef Janíček]], Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player * 1947 – [[Liz Lochhead]], Scottish poet and playwright<ref>{{cite web |title=Liz Lochhead – Poet |url=https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/liz-lochhead/ |website=Scottish Poetry Library |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Richard Levis McCormick]], American historian and academic *[[1948]] – [[Candy Crowley]], American journalist *[[1949]] – [[José Ramos-Horta]], East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of East Timor]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1950]] – [[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf]], Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] * 1950 – [[Mario Mendoza]], Mexican baseball player and manager *[[1953]] – [[Leonel Fernández]], Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st [[President of the Dominican Republic]] * 1953 – [[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]], Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th [[President of Estonia]] * 1953 – [[Makis Katsavakis]], Greek footballer and manager * 1953 – [[Henning Schmitz]], German drummer *[[1954]] – [[Peter Hillary]], New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist * 1954 – [[Ozzie Smith]], American baseball player and sportscaster *[[1955]] – [[Evan Bayh]], American lawyer and politician, 46th [[Governor of Indiana]] *[[1956]] – [[David Sedaris]], American comedian, author, and radio host *[[1957]] – [[Dermot Murnaghan]], English-Northern Irish journalist and game show host *[[1958]] – [[Adrian Newey]], English aerodynamicist and engineer *[[1959]] – [[Wang Lijun]], Chinese police officer and politician * 1959 – [[Kōji Morimoto]], Japanese animator and director * 1959 – [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]], Danish motorcycle racer *[[1960]] – [[Keith Martin Ball]], American mathematician and academic * 1960 – [[Ruud Kaiser]], Dutch footballer and manager * 1960 – [[Cem Uzan]], Turkish businessman and politician *[[1961]] – [[Andrew Lock]], Australian mountaineer *[[1962]] – [[James Kottak]], American drummer (d. 2024) * 1962 – [[Mark Starr]], English wrestler (d. 2013) *[[1963]] – [[Craig Teitzel]], Australian rugby league player * 1963 – [[Lars Ulrich]], Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 26, 2022 includes celebrities Jared Leto, Kit Harington |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-26-2022-includes-celebrities-jared-leto-kit-harington.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=25 December 2023 |date=26 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Elizabeth Kostova]], American author *[[1966]] – [[Jay Farrar]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1966 – [[Tim Legler]], American basketball player and sportscaster *[[1968]] – [[Matt Zoller Seitz]], American film critic and author *[[1969]] – [[Isaac Viciosa]], Spanish runner *[[1970]] – [[James Mercer (musician)|James Mercer]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1971]] – [[Jared Leto]], American actor and musician * 1971 – [[Mika Nurmela]], Finnish footballer * 1971 – [[Tatiana Sorokko]], Russian-American model and journalist *[[1972]] – [[Gaby Colebunders]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Volksvertegenwoordigers: Gaby Colebunders |date=26 December 1972 |url=https://www.vlaamsparlement.be/nl/vlaamse-volksvertegenwoordigers-het-vlaams-parlement/gaby-colebunders |publisher=[[Flemish Parliament]] |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722112438/https://www.vlaamsparlement.be/nl/vlaamse-volksvertegenwoordigers-het-vlaams-parlement/gaby-colebunders |archive-date=22 July 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Esteban Fuertes]], Argentinian footballer * 1972 – [[Robert Muchamore]], English author *[[1973]] – [[Paulo Frederico Benevenute]], Brazilian footballer * 1973 – [[Gianluca Faliva]], Italian rugby player * 1973 – [[Nobuhiko Matsunaka]], Japanese baseball player * 1973 – [[Steve Prescott]], English rugby player (d. 2013) *[[1974]] – [[Joshua John Miller]], American actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1975]] – [[Chris Calaguio]], Filipino basketball player * 1975 – [[Marcelo Ríos]], Chilean tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcelo Rios {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcelo-rios/r286/overview |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref> * 1975 – [[María Vasco]], Spanish race walker *[[1976]] – [[Simon Goodwin]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1977]] – [[Fatih Akyel]], Turkish footballer and manager * 1977 – [[Adrienn Hegedűs]], Hungarian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billie Jean King Cup Player Profile: Adrienn Hegedűs |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800187215 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=billiejeankingcup.com |archive-date=2022-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022124559/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800187215 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Karel Rüütli]], Estonian lawyer and politician * 1978 – [[Kaoru Sugayama]], Japanese volleyball player *[[1979]] – [[Fabián Carini]], Uruguayan footballer * 1979 – [[Chris Daughtry]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1979 – [[Dimitry Vassiliev]], Russian ski jumper * 1979 – [[Craig Wing]], Australian rugby player *[[1980]] – [[Todd Dunivant]], American soccer player * 1980 – [[Ceylan Ertem]], Turkish singer *[[1981]] – [[Pablo Canavosio]], Argentine-Italian rugby player * 1981 – [[Omar Infante]], Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Omar Infante |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/omar-infante-408299 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Kenneth Darby]], American football player * 1982 – [[Noel Hunt]], Irish footballer * 1982 – [[Aksel Lund Svindal]], Norwegian skier *[[1983]] – [[Jeroen Soete]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Jeroen Soete |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=08050 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=11 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Yu Takahashi (singer-songwriter)|Yu Takahashi]], Japanese singer-songwriter * 1983 – [[Alexander Wang (designer)|Alexander Wang]], American fashion designer *[[1984]] – [[Ahmed Barusso]], Ghanaian footballer * 1984 – [[Leonardo Ghiraldini]], Italian rugby player * 1984 – [[Alex Schwazer]], Italian race walker *[[1985]] – [[Damir Markota]], Croatian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Damir Markota |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200806/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Joe Alexander]], American-Israeli basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/alexajo01.html|title=Joe Alexander Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Kit Harington]], English actor * 1986 – [[Hugo Lloris]], French footballer * 1986 – [[Selen Soyder]], Turkish actress and beauty queen *[[1987]] – [[Oskar Osala]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Oskar Osala |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/oskar-osala-8473496 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Yohan Blake]], Jamaican sprinter * 1989 – [[Sofiane Feghouli]], Algerian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Sofiane Feghouli|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/7564/Sofiane-F%C3%A9ghouli/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Tomáš Kundrátek]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomas Kundratek |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tomas-kundratek-8474649 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Denis Cheryshev]], Russian footballer * 1990 – [[Cory Jefferson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cory Jefferson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203928/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Aaron Ramsey]], Welsh footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Ramsey |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/aaron-ramsey |website=arsenal.com |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Brandon Scherff]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Scherff |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2511708/brandon-scherff |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Eden Sher]], American actress * 1991 – [[Trevor Siemian]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevor Siemian |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2511109/trevor-siemian |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Cecilia Costa Melgar]], Chilean tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billie Jean King Cup Player Profile: Cecilia Costa Melgar |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800279268 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=billiejeankingcup.com |archive-date=2022-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022124555/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800279268 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1992 – [[Jade Thirlwall]], English singer *[[1994]] – [[Colby Cave]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Colby Cave |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/colby-cave-8477529 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Souleymane Coulibaly]], Ivorian footballer *[[1997]] – [[Tamara Zidanšek]], Slovenian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Tennis Association – Official Website |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323079/tamara-zidansek |access-date=2022-10-17 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Aleksej Pokuševski]], Serbian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aleksej Pokusevski |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630197/aleksej-pokusevski |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Josh Wilson-Esbrand]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Josh-Wilson Esbrand|url= https://www.premierleague.com/players/48690/Josh-Wilson-Esbrand/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> <!-- Do not add your own name or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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