List of Famous people born in December

Rear Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood, CB was a British naval officer and poet. He began his career in 1882 with the Royal Navy as a gunnery officer, completed it in 1919 as a rear admiral, and was acclaimed in 1941 as poet laureate of the Royal Navy by Time. As an author, Admiral Hopwood's first work was his poem The Laws of the Navy, published in 1896 when he was a lieutenant. With its good-natured military advice making it popular within both the Royal and U.S. navies, Time gives it "precedence among Navy men even over Kipling's If" and goes on to quote Hopwood's new poem Secret Orders in its entirety. The last lines of Secret Orders, written in appreciation of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, harken to the Second World War bond between the two navies.

Il conte Pietro Verri was an economist, historian, philosopher and writer. Among the most important personalities of the 18th-century Italian culture, he is considered among the fathers of the Lombard reformist Enlightenment and the most important pre-Smithian authority on cheapness and plenty.

Dagfinn Høybråten is a Norwegian politician. He was the leader of the Christian Democratic Party 2004–2011. He was also Parliamentary leader from 2005 when he was elected as Member of Parliament representing Rogaland. He was Vice President of the Norwegian Parliament from 2011 to 2013. He was President of the Nordic Council in 2007. Høybråten was granted leave from his duty as Member of Parliament from March 2013 to take up the position as Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers. He was elected Board Member of the GAVI Alliance in 2006 and Chair of the Board from 2011 to 2015.

Guessouma Fofana is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Guingamp. He is the brother of the former Lyon player Gueïda Fofana.

Neeme Ruus was an Estonian politician, communist activist and Esperantist. He was a member of VI Riigikogu. On 21 June 1940, Ruus was appointed Minister of Social Affairs of the cabinet of Johannes Vares.

Roger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, teacher and writer on music.