List of Famous people born in December

Vasily Filippovich Margelov was a Red Army General who was the commander of the Soviet Airborne Troops (VDV) from 1954 to 1959 and from 1961–1979. Margelov modernized the VDV and was a Hero of the Soviet Union.

Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D. in political science at Princeton University. He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn College, Rutgers University, Hunter College, New York University, and DePaul University, where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007.

Yōko Oginome , real name Yōko Tsujino , is a former pop idol, actress and voice actress, who gained popularity in the mid-80s. Her fans often call her Oginome-chan. She is represented by the talent management firm Rising Production.

Lee Jin-ki, better known by his stage name Onew, is a South Korean singer and actor. Born in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do, Onew was discovered at the 2006 SM Academy Casting and signed the contract with SM Entertainment the day after his audition. He debuted as one of the lead vocalists and leader of boy group Shinee in May 2008, who went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea.

Christopher Thomas Knight, also known as the North Pond Hermit, is a former recluse and burglar who lived without human contact for 27 years between 1986 and 2013 in the North Pond area of Maine's Belgrade Lakes.

Boris Vasilevich Shcherbakov is Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russian Federation (1994). Winner of USSR State Prize (1985).

Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was appointed as the Minister for Education and the Second Minister for Finance by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He was elected as the People's Action Party Central Executive Committee member and the Advisor to PAP Policy Forum.

Harry Wayne Huizenga Sr. was an American businessman and entrepreneur. He founded AutoNation and Waste Management Inc., and was the owner or co-owner of Blockbuster Video, the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League, and the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball.

Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev is a Russian businessman, previously referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. Until 1992, he was an officer in the First Chief Directorate of the Soviet Union′s KGB and later one of the KGB's successor-agencies, Russia′s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

Laurence Charlotte Leboeuf is a Canadian actress.