On This Day — December 24

Charles Hermite

1822 – 1901

Adrianus de Hoop

b. 1927

Andrew Yao

b. 1946

Anthony Fauci

b. 1940

Augustus George Vernon Harcourt

1834 – 1919

Benjamin Rush

1745 – 1813

Carl Troll

1899 – 1975

Cary Fowler

b. 1949

Charles Folsom

1794 – 1872

Ciprian Manolescu

b. 1978

Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret

1755 – 1840

Donald A. Martin

b. 1940

Emanuel Lasker

1868 – 1941

François Langelier

1838 – 1915

Friedrich Ruge

1894 – 1985

Göran Bexell

b. 1943

Hendrik Wade Bode

1905 – 1982

Herman Gummerus

1877 – 1948

Ilham Aliyev

b. 1961

Irene Khan

b. 1956

James Bartleman

1939 – 2023

Jannes Pieter Mazure

1899 – 1990

Joseph Höffner

1906 – 1987

Kaare Norum

1932 – 2019

Karl Georg von Wächter

1797 – 1880

Marc Ferro

1924 – 2021

Mary Barra

b. 1961

Olivier Elzéar Mathieu

1853 – 1928

René Dussaud

1868 – 1958

Robert Tickner

b. 1951

Roselyne Bachelot

b. 1946

Ryszard Legutko

b. 1949

Stefano Sannino

b. 1959

Tan See Leng

b. 1964

Triguna Sen

1905 – 1998

Vladimir Platonov

b. 1954

William C. Schneider

1923 – 1999

Y.H. Ku

1902 – 2002

Ziya Bunyadov

1921 – 1997

Édouard Pierre Marie Chassaignac

1804 – 1879

Adam Mickiewicz

1798 – 1855

Adam Rapacki

1909 – 1970

Adam Skorek

b. 1956

Adam Stanisław Krasiński, Sch. P.

1810 – 1891

Adam Stankievič

1891 – 1949

Adam Szal

b. 1953

Adamo Didur

1874 – 1946

Alan M. Lambowitz

b. 1947

Alberto Pérez-Gómez

b. 1949

Alexander Imeretinsky

1837 – 1900

Alexey Dushkin

1903 – 1977

Amaury de Saint-Quentin

b. 1960

Ana Maria Machado

b. 1941

Anders Johan Lexell

1740 – 1784

Anthony Clare

1942 – 2007

Apostol Kostanda

1817 – 1898

Beatriz Sánchez

b. 1970

Bernard Widrow

1929 – 2025

Bill Dudley

1921 – 2010

Bill Pickering

1910 – 2004

Bo Berndtsson

b. 1950

Caleb Frank Gates

1903 – 1955

Carol Vorderman

b. 1960

Charles Gabriel Seligman

1873 – 1940

Charles Teo

b. 1957

Clarence Gilyard

1955 – 2022

Claudia Bitrán

b. 1986

Clemente Micara

1879 – 1965

Colin Cowdrey

1932 – 2000

Dana Gioia

b. 1950

Daniel Johnson

b. 1944

Daniel Offer

1929 – 2013

David Cay Johnston

b. 1948

David Ing

b. 1957

David Shayler

b. 1965

Delfin Jaranilla

1883 – 1980

Dominique Manotti

b. 1942

Donald Ewen Cameron

1901 – 1967

Emmanuel Trélat

b. 1974

Enrique Dussel

1934 – 2023

Enrique Fernández Arbós

1863 – 1939

Enrique Jackson

1945 – 2021

Erwin Pröll

b. 1946

Esther Jansma

1958 – 2025

Eugeniusz Arct

1899 – 1974

Eugène Scribe

1791 – 1861

Evan Osnos

b. 1976

Ewa Ośniecka-Tamecka

b. 1962

Ferenc Erdei

1910 – 1971

Fernand Cormon

1845 – 1924

Fernando Pereira Soler

1930 – 2018

Francesco Salesio Della Volpe

1844 – 1916

Frederick Mosteller

1916 – 2006

Fritz Borgnis

1906 – 1982

Gedeon Dagan

b. 1932

Gene Sperling

b. 1958

Geoffrey Loftus

b. 1945

Georges Picot

1838 – 1909

Godwin Obasi

1933 – 2007

Gottlieb Burckhardt

1836 – 1907

Gregor MacGregor

1786 – 1845

Hamid Karzai

b. 1957

Hans Rebane

1882 – 1961

Hans-Jürgen von Bose

b. 1953

Harold Scott

1887 – 1969

Harry Brittain

1873 – 1974

Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden

1814 – 1892

Hilary Marquand

1901 – 1972

Hu Shuhua

1886 – 1968

I. F. Stone

1907 – 1989

Ian Wachtmeister

1932 – 2017

Icilio Guareschi

1847 – 1918

Igor Krasnov

b. 1975

Ismayil Daghistanli

1906 – 1980

Jan Christian Kaack

b. 1962

Jean Bichelonne

1904 – 1944

Jeff Sessions

b. 1946

Jesús Seade

b. 1946

Jo Ann Zimmerman

1936 – 2019

Joan Moschovakis

b. 1937

Johanna Jönsson

b. 1982

John Day

b. 1955

John Marek

b. 1940

John Morley

1838 – 1923

John Randolph Tucker

1823 – 1897

John Rothwell

b. 1954

John S. Samuel

1913 – 2002

Joseph M. Juran

1904 – 2008

José María Figueres Olsen

b. 1954

José Ribeiro e Castro

b. 1953

Jérôme Beau

b. 1957

Kalonzo Musyoka

b. 1953

Kamanda Bataringaya

b. 1959

Kazimierz Górny

b. 1937

Kevin Killian

1952 – 2019

Lars von Engeström

1751 – 1826

Lech Trzeciakowski

1931 – 2017

Lou Jiwei

b. 1950

Lyman Emmet Kipp, Jr.

1929 – 2014

Lyse Doucet

b. 1958

Léon Mercier Gouin

1891 – 1983

Mahendra Bhandari

b. 1945

Manfred Rommel

1928 – 2013

Mangharam Udharam Malkani

1896 – 1980

Maria Janion

1926 – 2020

Maria Zakharova

b. 1975

Martin Wirsing

b. 1948

Mary E. Gladwin

1861 – 1939

Masaya Nakamura

1925 – 2017

Matthew Arnold

1822 – 1888

Maurice Alexander

1889 – 1945

Michael Cook

b. 1940

Michael E. Ryan

b. 1941

Michael Flynn

b. 1958

Michaela Noll

b. 1959

Michał Cholewa

b. 1980

Mike Curb

b. 1944

Mikhail Viktorov

1894 – 1938

Mikołaj Kozakiewicz

1923 – 1998

Mircea Diaconu

1949 – 2024

Mizuho Fukushima

b. 1955

Mustafa Batdyyev

b. 1950

Naika Foroutan

b. 1971

Neena Gill

b. 1956

Nikolai Medtner

1879 – 1951

Olav Gurvin

1893 – 1974

Oleg Skripochka

b. 1969

Othmar Karas

b. 1957

Paul Bloom

b. 1963

Peter Fox

b. 1961

Peter Hauk

b. 1960

Philip Glazebrook

1880 – 1918

Philippe Étienne

b. 1955

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

1891 – 1983

Prosper Grech

1925 – 2019

Pyotr Stepanov

b. 1959

Robert E. Cushman Jr.

1914 – 1985

Russell Burton Reynolds

1894 – 1970

Sarah Friar

b. 1972

Senteza Kajubi

1926 – 2012

Sergi Miquel Valentí

b. 1989

Sharafuddin I of Selangor

b. 1945

Simon Woolley

b. 1961

Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet

1766 – 1829

Steve Farley

b. 1962

Steven Laureys

b. 1968

Stjepan Mesić

b. 1934

Suzy Menkes

b. 1943

Tarja Halonen

b. 1943

Theo Thurlings

1916 – 1997

Thomas Murner

1475 – 1537

Thorvald N. Thiele

1838 – 1910

Toby J. Heytens

b. 1975

Tomasz Kamusella

b. 1967

Trey Caldwell

b. 1988

Tytus Działyński

1796 – 1861

Vakhtang Gomelauri

b. 1975

Valentim Loureiro

b. 1938

Viacheslav Chornovil

1937 – 1999

Vic Anciaux

1931 – 2023

Pierre Auger

1899 – 1993

Vladimir Bekhterev

1857 – 1927

Carl Timoleon von Neff

1805 – 1876

Edward Harland

1831 – 1895

Fernand Holweck

1890 – 1941

Frances Buss

1827 – 1894

J. Wayne Reitz

1908 – 1993

Jean Perrot

1920 – 2012

Johann Benedict Listing

1808 – 1882

Joseph Fitzmyer

1920 – 2016

José Orlandis

1918 – 2010

Kurahei Yuasa

1874 – 1940

Laurence Chisholm Young

1905 – 2000

Lluis Nicolau d'Olwer

1888 – 1961

Maurice Couve de Murville

1907 – 1999

Michael J. Flynn

1934 – 2025

Paul E. Tapponnier

1947 – 2023

Rafael Caldera

1916 – 2009

Sawayanagi Masatarō

1865 – 1927

William C. Schneider

1923 – 1999

William John Macquorn Rankine

1820 – 1872

Adolphe d'Archiac

1802 – 1868

Alexander Bugge

1870 – 1929

Alexander Roitbak

1919 – 1991

Alfons Goppel

1905 – 1991

Alfred Foster

1904 – 1994

Andreas Karlstadt

1486 – 1541

Andrey Zaliznyak

1935 – 2017

Arthur Hodgson

1818 – 1902

Arturo Checchi

1886 – 1971

Barbara Frączek

1941 – 2023

Bernard Gregory

1919 – 1977

Carl Rabl

1853 – 1917

Carl Ramsauer

1879 – 1955

Carl von Liebermeister

1833 – 1901

Carolina Griño-Aquino

1923 – 2012

Charles Lock Eastlake

1793 – 1865

Christian Joseph Berres

1796 – 1844

David Libai

1934 – 2023

Davies Gilbert

1767 – 1839

Edmund Veesenmayer

1904 – 1977

Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky

1886 – 1944

Finnur Magnússon

1781 – 1847

Franco Frattini

1957 – 2022

Frank Stanton

1908 – 2006

François Darlan

1881 – 1942

François-Auguste Gevaert

1828 – 1908

Friedrich Wilken

1777 – 1840

Georg Johannesen

1931 – 2005

George Gerbner

1919 – 2005

Gerard Kuiper

1905 – 1973

Gisela Richter

1882 – 1972

Gunnar Ericsson

1919 – 2013

Gunnar Nordström

1881 – 1923

Guy Fleetwood Wilson

1850 – 1940

James Prince Lee

1804 – 1869

James Risdon Bennett

1809 – 1891

Jimmie C. Holland

1928 – 2017

Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil

1857 – 1938

John C. Mallinson

1932 – 2015

John Muir

1838 – 1914

John P. Lucas

1890 – 1949

Joop den Uyl

1919 – 1987

João Figueiredo

1918 – 1999

Juan Velasco Alvarado

1910 – 1977

Karl Oskar Medin

1847 – 1927

Kazimieras Ragulskis

1926 – 2023

Leo Otis Colbert

1883 – 1968

Leo Reinisch

1832 – 1919

Lev Berg

1876 – 1950

Lev Skrbenský z Hříště

1863 – 1938

Lojze Krakar

1926 – 1995

Louis Aragon

1897 – 1982

M. G. Ramachandran

1917 – 1987

Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

1948 – 2018

Matsumoto Matatarō

1865 – 1943

Milan Zelený

1942 – 2023

Mojmir Sepe

1930 – 2020

Nasreddine Dinet

1861 – 1929

Nicolaas Pierson

1839 – 1909

Osvaldo Bayer

1927 – 2018

Patrick Magruder

1768 – 1819

Pavel Fitin

1907 – 1971

Philipp von Jolly

1809 – 1884

Rafael Moreno Valle

1968 – 2018

Ralph Linton

1893 – 1953

Richard Adams

1920 – 2016

Richard van der Riet Woolley

1906 – 1986

Robert Bentley

1821 – 1893

Robert Hillyer

1895 – 1961

Ronald Charles

1875 – 1955

Roy Jack

1914 – 1977

Rudi Dutschke

1940 – 1979

Ryokichi Minobe

1904 – 1984

Samuel Matthews Robertson

1852 – 1911

Samuel P. Huntington

1927 – 2008

Shūmei Ōkawa

1886 – 1957

Siméon Bourgeois

1815 – 1887

Syl Apps

1915 – 1998

Theodore Gregory

1890 – 1970

Thomas Spring Rice, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon

1849 – 1926

Tibor Czibere

1930 – 2023

Uichiro Niwa

1939 – 2025

Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima

1858 – 1919

Wang Daohan

1915 – 2005

Yen Chia-kan

1905 – 1993

Adriana Olguín

1911 – 2015

Albert David

1867 – 1950

Albert Poffenberger

1885 – 1977

Alceu Collares

1927 – 2024

Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov

1737 – 1807

Alexis Caswell Angell

1857 – 1932

Alfred Balachowsky

1901 – 1983

Alfredo Macario Lorca

1912 – 1989

Alice Parker

1925 – 2023

Allan G. Johnson

1946 – 2017

Andreas Ascharin

1843 – 1896

Anny Katan-Rosenberg

1898 – 1992

Antonio V. Raquiza

1908 – 1999

Arthur Hugh Chaplin

1905 – 1996

Arthur Yager

1858 – 1941

B. O. Flower

1858 – 1918

B. Platt Carpenter

1837 – 1921

Ben Binnendijk

1927 – 2020

Bernard Gert

1934 – 2011

Bernard Herrmann

1911 – 1975

Bhanumati Ramakrishna

1925 – 2005

Biagio Marin

1891 – 1985

Bjørn Skogstad Aamo

1946 – 2023

Bonaldo Stringher

1854 – 1930

Boyle Travers Finniss

1807 – 1893

Bruno Taut

1880 – 1938

Burt Baskin

1913 – 1967

Carlo Fornasini

1854 – 1931

Charles Durning

1923 – 2012

Charles M. Cooke, Jr.

1886 – 1970

Cheri Barry

1955 – 2023

Christian Friedrich Hornschuch

1793 – 1850

Clarence King

1842 – 1901

Claude Nicolet

1930 – 2010

Claudia Jones

1915 – 1964

Clayton Bissell

1896 – 1972

Clement Calhoun Young

1869 – 1947

César Geoffray

1901 – 1972

Daniel Azro Ashley Buck

1789 – 1841

Daniel Manning

1831 – 1887

David C. Clark

1926 – 2015

David Hogness

1925 – 2019

David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson

1890 – 1965

David Young

1936 – 2025

Dawid Abrahamowicz

1839 – 1926

Deborah A Nickerson

1954 – 2021

Denis Matthews

1919 – 1988

Don Hahnfeldt

1944 – 2017

Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza

1907 – 1976

Edith Ackermann

1946 – 2016

Edoardo Detti

1913 – 1984

Eduard David

1863 – 1930

Eduardo Orrego Villacorta

1933 – 1994

Edward Eugene Cox

1880 – 1952

Edward Greenspan

1944 – 2014

Edwin M. Stanton

1814 – 1869

Edwin Reinecke

1924 – 2016

Elmer O. Leatherwood

1872 – 1929

Elwyn Stuart Richardson

1925 – 2012

Erastus Root

1773 – 1846

Ernest Nathan Morial

1929 – 1989

Eugen Kogon

1903 – 1987

Eugène Dodeigne

1923 – 2015

Eve Ball

1890 – 1984

Eyvind Alnæs

1872 – 1932

Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este

1754 – 1806

Ferhat Abbas

1899 – 1985

Francis G. Newlands

1846 – 1917

Francis W. Treadway

1869 – 1925

Francisco Espoz y Mina

1781 – 1836

Frazier Hunt

1885 – 1967

Fred M. Hatch

1877 – 1932

Frederick Walker Castle

1908 – 1944

Friedrich Luft

1911 – 1990

Frédéric Back

1924 – 2013

Frédéric Bastiat

1801 – 1850

Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy

1782 – 1846

Gaspar Cassadó

1897 – 1966

George M. La Monte

1863 – 1927

George Warrington

1952 – 2007

Georgios Nazos

1862 – 1934

Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster

1830 – 1910

Giovanni Bersani

1914 – 2014

Guillaume d'Estouteville

1403 – 1483

Guy Dodson

1937 – 2012

Harold Pinter

1930 – 2008

Harry Rosen

1931 – 2023

Harry Sandager

1887 – 1955

Heather Menzies

1949 – 2017

Henriette Charasson

1884 – 1972

Henry Mitchell MacCracken

1840 – 1918

Herbert Harris

1926 – 2014

Hubert Chesshyre

1940 – 2020

Hugh Wyndham

1602 – 1684