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Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Indian mathematician who discovered number theory, was born in Erode, British India, in 1887.
Srinivasa Ramanujan was a mathematical prodigy who lived in India. He made significant contributions to number theory and worked on elliptic functions, continuing ...
Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru of Sikhism, the creator and General of Khalsa, a social reformist and poet, was born in Patna Sahib, India, in 1666.
Guru Gobind Singh, also known as Gobind Rai, was the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet, and philosopher who was born on December 22, 1666. At the ...
1902 Charan Singh, Indian politician and the fifth Prime Minister of India, was born in the British Indian district of Noorpur.
Between 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980, Chaudhary Charan Singh was India's 5th Prime Minister. Historians and ordinary people alike regard to him as the "...
Neeraj Chopra, an Indian athlete, was born in Panipat, Haryana, India in 1997.
Neeraj Chopra VSM (born December 24, 1997) is a track and field athlete from India who competes in the javelin throw. World Athletics has him rated second in the w...
Matthew Arnold, an English poet and critic, was born in Laleham, England in 1822.
Matthew Arnold, born on December 24, 1822, was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as a school inspector. He was the son of Rugby School's famed hea...
Mohammed Rafi, an Indian actor and playback singer, was born in Kotla Sultan Singh, India, in 1925.
Mohammed Rafi was an Indian cinema playback vocalist who was born on December 24, 1924. He is regarded as one of the best and most influential Indian subcontinent ...
Anil Kapoor, an Indian producer and actor, was born in Bombay, India in 1959.
Anil Kapoor (born December 24, 1956) is an Indian film producer and actor who has acted in over a hundred Hindi-language films as well as international films and t...
Howard Hughes, an American reclusive millionaire, filmmaker, and aviator, was born in Humble, Texas in 1905.
Howard Robard Hughes Jr., born December 24, 1905, was a commercial entrepreneur, investor, record-setting aviator, engineer, film director, and philanthropist who ...
In 2006, at the age of 73, James Brown, the American R&B, gospel, soul, and funk vocalist regarded as 'The Godfather of Soul,' died of heart failure.
James Joseph Brown was a well-known American musician who made significant contributions to the development of several musical genres, including soul music, funk m...
Isaac Newton, an English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, was born in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, England, in 1642.
Sir Isaac Newton, born 25 December 1642, was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (dubbed a "natural philosopher" at t...
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, an Indian, who founded Banaras Hindu University was born in 1861.
Madan Mohan Malaviya, born 25 December 1861, was an Indian scholar, educational reformer, and politician best known for his participation in the Indian independenc...
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian politician and the country's tenth Prime Minister, was born in Gwalior, India, in 1924.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, born December 25, 1924, was an Indian politician who served as Prime Minister of India three times, first for 13 days in 1996, then for 13 mo...
Ravish Malhotra, an Indian cosmonaut, was born in 1943.
Ravish Malhotra (born December 25, 1943 in Lahore, British India) is a retired Indian Air Force Air Commodore. He was an Air Force test pilot stationed at the Bang...
Justin Trudeau, Canada's 23rd Prime Minister, was born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1971.
Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who has served as the country's 23rd and current prime minister since November 20...
Jared Leto, an American actor, was born in Bossier City, Louisiana in 1971.
Jared Joseph Leto was born on December 26, 1971, in Louisiana, United States. His parents split when he was quite young, thus he had a tough upbringing. Constance,...
Mao Zedong, the Chinese revolutionary and former Chairman of the Communist Party of China, was born in Shaoshan, Hunan, in 1893.
On December 26, 1893, the Mao family, rich farmers in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China, welcomed a son. They gave the kid the name Mao Zedong. The father of modern ...
Kit Harington, aka Christopher Catesby Harington, was born in London, England in 1986.
Christopher Catesby Harington, better known as Kit Harington, was born on December 26, 1986, in London, United Kingdom. Deborah Jane, his mother, was a writer. Sir...
Dawood Ibrahim, an Indian criminal lord, was born in Khed, Ratnagiri, India in 1955.
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar was born on December 27, 1955, in Khed, a tiny village in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri region. His father, Ibrahim Kaskar, was a police office...
Mirza Ghalib, an Indian poet, was born in 1796.
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, also known by the pen names Ghalib and Asad, was an Indian poet who was born on December 27, 1797. Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula was his ...
Salman Khan, an Indian actor, was born in Indore, India in 1965.
Salman Khan (born December 27, 1965) is a Hindi film actor, film producer, musician, painter, and television personality. Khan has garnered various prizes over his...
Dhirubhai Ambani, an Indian businessman, was born in 1932.
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, better known as Dhirubhai Ambani, was an Indian business mogul who created Reliance Industries on December 28, 1932. Ambani took Relian...
Ratan Tata, an Indian businessman, founded Tata Steel in 1937.
He was born in Surat, India, on December 28, 1937, to Naval Tata and Sonoo. Naval Tata was the adoptive son of Jamsetji Tata and Ratanji Tata. The Tata Group of Co...
Arun Jaitley, an Indian politician, was born in 1952.
On December 28, 1952, Arun Jaitley was born to Maharaj Kishen Jaitley and Ratan Prabha Jaitley. Arun Jaitley was born into a family of attorneys, social activists,...
The year was 1954. Denzel Washington is a well-known American actor who was born in Mount Vernon, New York.
Denzel Washington was born on December 28, 1954, to Denzel Hayes Washington Sr., a Pentecostal pastor, and Lennis, a beautician. He has two brothers and sisters. D...
Stan Lee, or Stanley Martin Lieber, an American comic-book artist, writer, and the creative boss of the Marvel multimedia conglomerate, was born in New York City in 1922.
Stan Lee was born in New York on December 28, 1922 to Celia and Jack Lieber. His father was a garment cutter who struggled to find employment following the Great D...
Rajesh Khanna, the Indian Bollywood actor dubbed "The First Superstar of Indian Cinema," was born in Amritsar, Punjab Province, in 1942.
Jatin Khanna, a Punjabi, was born on December 29, 1942, in Amritsar, and was adopted by parents who already had three daughters. Rajesh Khanna was an Indian Bollyw...
Jude Law, an English actor, was born in London in 1972.
Jude Law, the future actor, was born on December 29, 1972, in Lewisham, London, England. Law was raised in South London by his parents, both of whom were schooltea...
Rudyard Kipling, an English novelist, was born in Bombay, British India, in 1865.
Rudyard Kipling, an English poet and story writer, was one of the earliest masters of the short tale in English, and he was the first to utilise Cockney accent in ...
Tiger Woods, an American golfer, was born in Cypress, California in 1975.
Tiger Woods was born Eldrick Woods in Cypress, California, on December 30, 1975. Earl and Kultida Woods raised him as their only child. His parents recognised his ...
LeBron James, an American basketball player, was born in Akron, Ohio in 1984.
LeBron James was born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio, to Gloria Marie James and ex-convict Anthony McClelland. Gloria raised him on her alone because his fat...
Ben Kingsley, an English actor, was born in Scarborough, England in 1943.
Ben Kingsley was born on December 31, 1943, in North Riding of Yorkshire, England, as Krishna Pandit Bhanji. Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, his father, was a medical pra...
Anthony Hopkins, a Welsh actor, was born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales in 1937.
Philip Anthony Hopkins was born in Margam, Port Talbot, Wales on December 31, 1937. Anthony Hopkins is widely recognised as one of the best actors living, having e...
