Famous birthdays for Dec. 24: Louis Tomlinson, Ricky Martin

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.

They include:

-- Frontiersman Kit Carson in 1809

-- Scientist James Prescott Joule in 1818

-- Filmmaker Michael Curtiz in 1888

-- Industrialist/filmmaker/aviator Howard Hughes in 1905

-- Actor Ava Gardner in 1922

-- U.S. Army Gen. George Patton IV in 1923

-- Writer Mary Higgins Clark in 1927

-- Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci in 1940 (age 85)

-- Writer/filmmaker Nicholas Meyer in 1945 (age 80)

-- Musician Lemmy Kilmister (Moti¶rhead) in 1945

-- Actor/producer Anil Kapoor in 1956 (age 69)

-- Filmmaker Lee Daniels in 1959 (age 66)

-- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in 1961 (age 64)

-- Businesswoman Mary Barra in 1961 (age 64)

-- Fashion designer Kate Spade in 1962

-- Basketball commentator Jay Bilas in 1963 (age 62)

-- Musician Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs) in 1963 (age 62)

-- Actor Diedrich Bader in 1966 (age 59)

-- Actor Amaury Nolasco in 1970 (age 55)

-- Musician Ricky Martin in 1971 (age 54)

-- Writer Stephenie Meyer in 1973 (age 52)

-- TV/radio personality Ryan Seacrest in 1974 (age 51)

-- Actor Michael Raymond-James in 1977 (age 48)

-- Actor Austin Stowell in 1984 (age 41)

-- Actor Daniel Durant in 1989 (age 36)

-- Actor Sofia Black-D'Elia in 1991 (age 34)

-- Actor Taylor Zakhar Perez in 1991 (age 34)

-- Musician Louis Tomlinson (One Direction) in 1991 (age 34)

-- NFL player Davante Adams in 1992 (age 33)