List of Famous people born on December 24th

John V, sometimes numbered as VI, bynamed John the Wise, was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1399 to his death. His rule coincided with the height of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. John's reversals in that conflict, as well as in other internal struggles in France, served to strengthen his duchy and to maintain its independence.

Clarence Darnell Gilyard Jr. is an American actor, college professor, and author who has been featured in movies, television and regional theatre since 1980. He is sometimes credited as Clarence A. Gilyard.

Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, was the first son of Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen.

John O'Connell was one of seven children of the Irish Nationalist leader Daniel O'Connell and his wife Mary. He followed his father as a member of parliament and leader of the Repeal Association.

Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884.

Edwige Fenech is an Italian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of commedia sexy all'italiana and giallo films released in the 1970s, which turned her into a sex symbol.

Daniel Beretta is a French actor and voice actor. He has dubbed over Arnold Schwarzenegger in the French versions of all his films since 1987.

Augustus George Vernon Harcourt FRS was an English chemist who spent his career at Oxford University. He was one of the first scientists to do quantitative work in the field of chemical kinetics. His uncle, William Vernon Harcourt (1789–1871), founded the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ahmed Mohammed Khan was an Indian footballer. He participated in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.