By Wonderwall.com Editors
4:00am PST, Dec 26, 2023
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On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, while many are cozied up celebrating the holidays with their families, a few celebrities are also blowing out candles on their birthday cakes! We've rounded up all the stars who were born on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25…
A beautiful thing happened on Christmas Day in 1968 — supermodel Helena Christensen was born!
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Old Hollywood movie star Humphrey Bogart was a Christmas baby: He was born in New York on Dec. 25, 1899. The "Casablanca" star died in 1957.
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Iconic Hollywood movie star Ava Gardner was born on Christmas Eve in 1922. She died in 1990.
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Everyone knows this pandemic pop culture figure: Dr. Anthony Fauci — the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a former chief medical adviser to the president — was born on Dec. 24, 1940. In 2022, he retired from government service after more than five decades.
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Ryan Seacrest arrived on Christmas Eve in 1974. "Those of us who were born on Christmas Eve or right next to a major holiday don't know it any other way," Ryan told the Chicago Tribune leading up to his 40th birthday in 2014. "To you it [stinks] because you're used to having it all spread out. To us, we only know it as a double. Socks one day, underwear the next day. Those were our gifts. Most of my buddies do [the combo gift] now: 'Hey, bro, this is for your birthday and for Christmas or whatever you're celebrating.'"
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"Succession" star Jeremy Strong was a Christmas baby: He was born on Dec. 25, 1978, in Boston.
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Ricky Martin came into this world just in time for the holidays: He was born on Dec, 24, 1971.
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In 1946, Jimmy Buffett was born on Christmas Day in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He leaned into his special birthday by releasing two Christmas albums during his career. He died in 2023.
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Former One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson was an early Christmas gift to his family: They welcomed him on Christmas Eve in 1991.
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Eminem had his Christmas wishes come true when daughter Hailie Jade Mathers was born on Christmas Day in 1995.
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Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox was born on Christmas Day in 1954. She's also dabbled in Christmas music, releasing "A Christmas Cornucopia" in 2010.
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Sissy Spacek was born on Dec. 25, 1949. She leaned into her Christmas ties when she appeared in the 2008 movie "Four Christmases."
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Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau was born on Christmas Day in 1971.
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Howard Hughes — the famed playboy billionaire businessman and Hollywood movie producer-turned recluse who was played by Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Aviator" — was born in Texas on Dec. 24, 1905. He died in 1976.
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"Dancing With the Stars" pro Emma Slater was born on Christmas Day in 1988 and fittingly, after she married fellow dancer Sasha Farber, her initials became ELF! (They split in 2022.) Emma loves Christmas so much that she even named her German shepherd Grinch.
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"Prison Break" and "Transformers" actor Amaury Nolasco was born in Puerto Rico on Dec. 24, 1970.
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Filmmaker Lee Daniels was born on Dec. 24, 1959, in Philadelphia.
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While Dido was born on Christmas Day in 1971, she's said she prefers to celebrate on her half birthday, June 25.
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Twins Lisa Origliasso and Jessica Origliasso — the Australian singer-songwriters known as the duo The Veronicas — were born on Dec. 25, 1984.
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Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren was born on Christmas Day in 1976. "I've always wanted to do something special with Christmas," he said in 2021 as he launched his very own Christmas sweaters.
