List of Famous people born in December

Dobrica Ćosić was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician, writer, and political theorist.

Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda was an Italian Franciscan friar and clergyman. He was ordained priest by the Franciscans on 1 July 1934 before being appointed first bishop of Zacapa in the Archdiocese of Guatemala on 30 November 1955. He was enthroned on 6 January 1956 by archbishop Gennaro Verolino, then apostolic nuncio in Guatemala. He resigned on 16 February 1980 and remained a bishop emeritus of the diocese until his death.

Freddie Steele was a boxer and film actor born Frederick Earle Burgett in Seattle, Washington. He was recognized as the National Boxing Association (NBA) Middleweight Champion of the World between 1936 and 1938. Steele was nicknamed "The Tacoma Assassin" and was trained by Jack Connor, Johnny Babnick, and Ray Arcel, while in New York. His managers included George McAllister, Dave Miller, Eddie Miller, and Pete Reilly. He appeared as an actor in a number of Hollywood films in the 1940s, including Preston Sturges's Hail the Conquering Hero.

Anthony Francis Mestice served as the Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and titular bishop of Villa Nova.

Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel, normally known as Wilhelm Tempel, was a German astronomer who worked in Marseille until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, then later moved to Italy.

Carine Verbauwen is a Belgian swimmer. She had the best styles for the 100 and 200 meter backstroke.