List of Famous people born in December

Uwe Klimaschefski is a German former football player and manager who played as a forward.

Paul Joseph Barthez was a French physician, physiologist, and encyclopedist who developed a take on the biological theory known as vitalism.

Kemp Plummer Battle was an American lawyer, railroad president, university president, educator, and historian. He served as North Carolina State Treasurer and as president of the University of North Carolina in the nineteenth century.

Anton Leader was an American television director. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 23, 1913. He directed radio dramas in New York in the 1940s and moved to Los Angeles in 1948. Subsequently, he worked as a free-lancer for Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures, among others. From the middle 1950s to the middle 1970s he directed many episodes of the popular television series of that era. Known as "Tony" to friends and colleagues, his screen credits alternated between "Tony Leader" and the more formal "Anton M. Leader." He died in Los Angeles, California, on July 1, 1988.

Gianni Cavina is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 45 films since 1949.

Hans Küppers was a German footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent six seasons in the Bundesliga with TSV 1860 Munich and 1. FC Nürnberg. He also represented West Germany seven times, including two UEFA Euro 1968 qualifiers against Yugoslavia and Albania and five friendlies.

Valerian Bernard Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg is a British peer, sitting as a crossbencher.