List of Famous people born in December

William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow PC (I), known as William Forward between 1780 and 1815, was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.

Ernst August Friedrich Ruska was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope.

Lis Løwert was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 23 films between 1938 and 1971. She was best known for her parts in two TV series: Mrs. Clausen in Huset på Christianshavn and Violet Vinter in Matador. Matador has been heralded as one of the best in Danish television. It originally aired between November 1978 and January 1982. The series finale which aired in 1985 still stands as the most viewed ever in Danish TV history, with approximately 3.6 million viewers in a country of only about 5 million people.

William Melville Codrington was a British soldier, diplomat, and railway officer. He served as Chief of Security to the British Foreign Office during the Second World War.

Vladimir Valeryevich Bure is a Russian former freestyle swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Bure is the father of retired NHL players Pavel and Valeri Bure.

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo de Rey, known professionally as Antonio Castillo, was a Spanish costume designer who won an Academy Award for the film Nicholas and Alexandra in the category Academy Award for Best Costume Design during the 1971 Academy Awards, that he won along with Yvonne Blake.

Major-General Sir Percival Otway Hambro was a British Army officer.