List of Famous people born in December
Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson was a Romanian American actor of stage and screen during Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays and more than 100 films during a 50-year career and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo.
Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón, sometimes referred to by his nickname "El Bronco," is a Mexican politician. He is the Governor of the northern state of Nuevo León. He is the first independent candidate to have won a governorship in Mexico. He served as mayor of García, Nuevo León (2009–2012) as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and was best known for his hard-line stance against organized crime. Rodríguez won the 2015 race for Governor as an independent candidate on June 7, 2015, winning half the votes of the election compared to his traditional party competitors, who split the remainder of the votes. He served as governor from 4 October 2015 until 31 December 2017, when he formally became candidate in the 2018 presidential race. He lost, only attaining 5% of the popular vote and resumed his term as governor.
Jakob Dylan
Jakob Luke Dylan is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as the lead singer and primary songwriter for the rock band the Wallflowers.
Jasmin Gerat
Jasmin Gerat is a German actress.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. Abbasi was born in Gujranwala. Later on, he moved to Islamabad and became the Senior Vice President of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N), and Secretary General of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an anti-establishment coalition of political parties in Pakistan. He has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 1988 to 1999 and again from 2008 to 2018.
Niijima Yae
Niijima Yae , also known as Yamamoto Yaeko , was a Japanese female warrior, nurse and scholar of the late Edo period who lived into the early Shōwa period. Skilled in gunnery, she helped defend Aizu during the Boshin War, earning her the nickname of the “Bakumatsu Joan of Arc”. Yaeko served as a nurse during the Russo-Japanese War and Sino-Japanese War, and became the first woman outside of Imperial House of Japan after the Meiji Restoration to be decorated for her service to the country.
Verónika Mendoza
Verónika Fanny Mendoza Frisch, popularly known as Vero Mendoza, is a Peruvian-French psychologist, educator, and politician. She was a Member of Congress representing the Cusco region from July 2011 until July 2016. She helped create the Broad Front coalition in the and was their candidate in the 2016 presidential election. She later helped found the New Peru party and is their current president. For the 2021 Peruvian general election, she is the presidential candidate of Together for Peru.
Laura Aikman
Laura Holly Aikman is an English actress, best known for her television appearances.
Leonid Bronevoy
Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy was a Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasional appearances in films. He was awarded a People's Artist of the USSR in 1987 and won the Nika Award in March 2008.
Katlyn Chookagian
Katlyn Chookagian is an American mixed martial artist who has competed in the bantamweight division and currently competes in the flyweight division. She is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of October 19, 2020, she is #2 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings and as of November 23, 2020, she is #10 in UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.