List of Famous people born in December
Kim Ki-duk
Kim Ki-duk was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of the most important contemporary Asian film directors.
Jayson Oweh
Odafe Jayson Oweh is an American football outside linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State.
Anastasia Zampounidis
Anastasia Zampounidis, is a Greek-German TV host.
Carter Godwin Woodson
Carter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history. A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, Woodson has been called the "father of black history". In February 1926 he launched the celebration of "Negro History Week", the precursor of Black History Month.
Eric Schneiderman
Eric Tradd Schneiderman is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 65th Attorney General of New York from 2011 until his resignation in May 2018. Schneiderman, a member of the Democratic Party, previously served for ten years in the New York State Senate.
Michael Beck
Michael "Michi" Beck also known by his pseudonym as the disc jockey Dee Jot Hausmarke, is a member of the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier where he acts as DJ and MC. He forms the duo Turntablerocker, with Thomas Burchia.
Akiko Yada
Akiko Yada is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix for Boku no Ikiru Michi.
Michael Angarano
Michael Anthony Angarano is an American actor. He became known for his roles in the film Music of the Heart (1999) and the television series Cover Me (2000–2001) and I'm Dying Up Here (2017–2018). Since then he has starred in a number of films including Sky High (2005), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), Haywire (2011), The English Teacher (2013), and Sun Dogs (2017). He has also appeared in This Is Us which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as an Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2019.
Lawrence of Rome
Saint Lawrence or Laurence was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome, Italy, under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258. Lawrence encountered the future Pope Sixtus II, who was of Greek origin and one of the most famous and highly esteemed teachers, in Caesaraugusta. Eventually, both left Spain for Rome. When Sixtus became the Pope in 257, he ordained Lawrence as a deacon, and though Lawrence was still young appointed him first among the seven deacons who served in the cathedral church.
Fyodor Konyukhov
Fyodor Filippovich Konyukhov is a Russian survivalist, voyager, aerial and marine explorer, and artist. In December 2010, he was ordained as an Eastern Orthodox priest in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.