December 25

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Births

 * 1583 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer (d. 1625)
 * 1665 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)
 * 1711 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (d. 1772)
 * 1763 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (d. 1805)
 * 1886 - Kid Ory, American musician (d. 1973)
 * 1912 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer (d. 1969)
 * 1915 - Pete Rugolo, Italian-born composer
 * 1919 - Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)
 * 1929 - Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (d. 1976)
 * 1937 - O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer (The Isley Brothers) (d. 1986)
 * 1944 - Henry Vestine, American musician (d. 1997)
 * 1946 - Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter
 * 1949 - Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Singer and icon of the Brazilian music
 * 1949 - Joe Louis Walker, American musician
 * 1950 - Yehuda Poliker, Israeli singer-songwriter
 * 1954 - Annie Lennox, Scottish singer, from Aberdeen
 * 1954 - Steve Wariner, American country music singer
 * 1955 - Alannah Myles, Canadian singer
 * 1957 - Shane MacGowan, Irish musician
 * 1962 - Darren Wharton, British Keyboardist (Thin Lizzy and Dare)
 * 1971 - Dido, English singer
 * 1972 - Mac Powell, American musician, singer/songwriter (lead singer of Third Day)
 * 1976 - Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboardist and songwriter
 * 1976 - Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ & Producer