List of Famous people born in December

Elliott Cook Carter Jr. was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra-modernism" into a distinctive style with a personal harmonic and rhythmic language, after an early neoclassical phase. His compositions are known and performed throughout the world, and include orchestral, chamber music, solo instrumental, and vocal works. Carter was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

John Erick Dowdle is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for horror films. He usually works with his brother Drew Dowdle as a producer and co-screenwriter.

Heinz Graffunder was a German architect.

Juan Uslé is a contemporary Spanish painter known for his use of color and abstraction. In 2002, he won Spain's National Award for Plastic Arts. He lives and works in New York and Saro (Cantabria).

José Toribio Merino Castro was a Chilean admiral who was one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, along with General Augusto Pinochet of the Army, General Gustavo Leigh of the Air Force, and General César Mendoza of the Carabineros. Together they established a military government that ruled Chile from 1973 until 1990.

Osvaldas Jonas Balakauskas is a Lithuanian composer of classical music and diplomat.