List of Famous people born in December
Karan Armstrong
Karan Armstrong was an American operatic soprano, who was celebrated as a singing actress. After winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1966, she was given small roles at the Metropolitan Opera, and appeared in leading roles at the New York City Opera from 1969, including Conceptión in Ravel's L'heure espagnol, Blonde in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and the title roles in Verdi's La traviata, Offenbach's La belle Hélène and Puccini's La fanciulla del West. After she performed in Europe from 1974, first as Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen, and then as a sensational Salome at the Opéra du Rhin, she enjoyed a career at major opera houses, appearing in several opera recordings and films. Armstrong was for decades a leading soprano at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where her husband Götz Friedrich was director. She appeared in world premieres, including Gottfried von Einem's Jesu Hochzeit, Luciano Berio's Un re in ascolto and York Höller's Der Meister und Margarita. She was awarded the title Kammersängerin twice.
Grace Hopper
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and the FLOW-MATIC programming language she created using this theory was later extended to create COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today.
Eric Berry
Eric Berry is a former American football safety. He played college football at Tennessee, where he was a two-time unanimous All-American and recognized as the best collegiate defensive back in the country. He was then drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs fifth overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. Berry has been voted to the Pro Bowl five times and has been named to the First Team All-Pro three times.
Sunny Ozell
Sunny Ozell, Lady Stewart is an American singer and songwriter who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She is married to the British actor Patrick Stewart.
Stan Romanek
Stanley Tiger "Stan" Romanek is an American author, alien abductee claimant and convicted sex offender for child pornography crimes.
Burak Özçivit
Burak Özçivit is a Turkish actor and model who is best known for his roles in Çalıkuşu (2013) and Kara Sevda (2015). He is currently starring as Osman Bey in the history based and adventure series Kuruluş: Osman (2019). Throughout his acting career Özçivit has been a recipient of numerous accolades.
Steve Comisar
Steven Robert Comisar is an American convicted con man and extortionist. Comisar was in federal prison and was released April 27, 2018.
Miles Dempsey
General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, was a senior British Army officer who served in both world wars. As a junior officer, he fought in France during the First World War, where he was wounded, and served throughout the difficult interwar period, travelling to various corners of the globe.
Riho Makise
Riho Makise is a Japanese actress. She debuted at the Takeda Hi-C contest in 1989, which she won. She is represented by the Blooming Agency.
Bart Millard
Bart Marshall Millard is an American singer and songwriter who is best known as the leader of the band MercyMe. He has also released two solo albums: Hymned, No. 1 in 2005 and Hymned Again in 2008. He received a solo Grammy nomination in the category of Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album for the latter album.