List of Famous people born in December

Étienne-Émile Baulieu is a French biochemist and endocrinologist who is best known for his research in the field of steroid hormones and their role in reproduction and aging.

Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Vigée was a French playwright and man of letters.

Veikko Aaltonen is a Finnish director, editor, sound editor, production manager and film and television writer and actor.

Kōji Omi is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Finance in the first Cabinet of Shinzō Abe, from 2006 to 2007.

Joseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Desha's Huguenot ancestors fled from France to Pennsylvania, where Desha was born. Eventually, Desha's family settled near present-day Gallatin, Tennessee, where they were involved in many skirmishes with the Indians. Two of Desha's brothers were killed in these encounters, motivating him to volunteer for "Mad" Anthony Wayne's campaign against the Indians during the Northwest Indian War. Having by then resettled in Mason County, Kentucky, Desha parlayed his military record into several terms in the state legislature.

René François Xavier Prinet was a French painter and illustrator who drew his subjects from middle-class society.