As pointed out here a few days ago,

1. Jesus of Nazareth (the place, not the hair band) was NOT born on the day that 2 billion people celebrate as his birthday
2. JC of N was not born in year 0 (it was sometime between 6 BC and 2 BC).

However, many people of note were born on December 25. Examples:

• Isaac Newton (1642) Mathematician, lawmaker, and bipolar whacko
  
• Clara Barton (1821) Nurse, founder of the Red Cross
• Helena Rubinstein (1870) Cosmetics merchant
• Mohammed Ali Jinnah (1876) Founder, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Giuseppe de Luca (1876) Opera singer (as if anyone who reads this can appreciate opera)
• Louis Chevrolet, (1878) race car driver who was named after an automobile
• Conrad Hilton (1887) Hotel executive and ancestor of actress who appears in grainy green-tinted movies
  
• Robert Ripley (1893) Cartoonist, "Believe It Or Not"
• Humphrey Bogart (1899) Actor and verb
• Gerhard Herzberg (1904) German/Canuck Nobel laureate (Chemistry)
• Ernst Ruska (1906) Nobel laureate (Physics), inventor of electron microscope
• Cab Calloway (1907) Band leader and advisor to Jake and Elwood
• Tony Martin (1913) Singer and Northern California-based heart transplant donor
• Anwar Sadat (1918) Egypt president when some famous dam thing was completed
• Rod Serling (1924) Writer, "The Twilight Zone"
• Nellie Fox (1927) Pro Baseball player
• Alan King (1927) Comedian who, ironically, is Jewish and doesn't celebrate Christmas (but neither did JC the Nazarian)
• Carlos Castaneda (1925 or 1931, depending on whom you ask) Anthropologist, best-selling author, and stoner; after decades of mescal-induced enlightenment, Castanada damn sure can't remember the year
• Little Richard (1935) Singer
• Gary Sandy (1945) Actor (TV sitcom WKRP)
• Jimmy Buffett (1946) Singer, surfer, and imbiber of Margaritas
• Larry Csonka (1946) Hall of Fame Pro Football player
  
• Barbara Mandrell (1948) Singer
• Sissy Spacek (1949) coal miner's daughter, bane of high school proms, and Mel Gibson's co-conspirator in a rainstorm
  
• Karl Rove (1950) Scumbag, liar, and nation-f%^$ker
• Annie Lennox (1954) Singer, your rhythmic
• Robin Campbell (1954) Reggae singer-musician (UB40)
• Steve Wariner (1954) Country singer
• Rickey Henderson (1960) Pro Baseball player and thief of much reknown
• Noel Hogan (1971) Rock musician (The Cranberries) and condiment served with turkey

and, of course, your favorite blogger, the one

• whose presents always said "Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas"
• never had a birthday party
• whose birthday, likely as not, got overlooked
• whom no one ever thanked for the school/work holiday [ end whine ]

Labels: Born On Christmas, Born On December 25