Famous people born on 24 December

21 of the people we track were born on 24 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. James Prescott Joule 1818British physicistdied aged 70
2. Ilham Aliyev 1961Azerbaijani politician who served as President of Azerbaijanliving, 64
3. Adam Mickiewicz 1798Polish poetdied aged 56
4. Hamid Karzai 1957Politician who served as President of Afghanistanliving, 68
5. Tarja Halonen 1943Finnish politician who served as President of Finlandliving, 82
6. John, King of England 1166Monarch of Englanddied aged 49
7. Galba 3 BCRoman emperordied aged 70
8. Ava Gardner 1922American actordied aged 67
9. Emanuel Lasker 1868Chess playerdied aged 72
10. Ricky Martin 1971Singerliving, 54
11. Empress Elisabeth of Austria 1837Monarchdied aged 60
12. Dima Bilan 1981Russian singerliving, 44
13. Stephenie Meyer 1973American novelistliving, 52
14. Selim III 1761Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 46
15. Howard Hughes 1905American engineer and film producerdied aged 70
16. Matthew Arnold 1822British poet and criticdied aged 65
17. Stjepan Mesić 1934Politician who served as President of Croatialiving, 91
18. Lemmy 1945British rock musiciandied aged 70
19. George I of Greece 1845King of the Hellenesdied aged 67
20. Anthony Fauci 1940American immunologistliving, 85
21. Anil Kapoor 1959Indian actorliving, 66