December 25
- 1937: Birth of Kelly Isley (O'Kelly Isley, Jr.) (+1986) member of The Isley Brothers
- 1944: Birth of Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine (Henry Charles Vestine) (+1997) member of Canned Heat
- 1945: Birth of Noel Redding (Noel David Redding) member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 1957: Birth of Shane MacGowan (Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan) member of The Pogues
- 2006: Dead of James Brown (James Joseph Brown)