List of Famous people born in December

Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley, Warwickshire, was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of Antelope, he drove a French ship ashore in Audierne Bay, and captured two privateers in 1757 during the Seven Years' War. He held senior command as Commander-in-Chief, North American Station and then as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station, leading the British fleet to victory at Battle of the Mona Passage in April 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, then First Naval Lord and, after briefly returning to the Portsmouth command, became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet during the French Revolutionary Wars. His younger brother was Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814) and his first cousin once-removed was Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet (1762-1814).

Atsuji Miyahara is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC, DL is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party.

Hanne Haugland is a former Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career.