Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include: Advertisement -- English King John I in 1166 -- Frontiersman Christopher "Kit" Carson in 1809 -- Physicist/inventor 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 84)