List of Famous people born in December
Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer is an American novelist. She is best known for her vampire romance series Twilight, which has sold over 100 million copies, with translations into 37 different languages. Meyer was the bestselling author of 2008 and 2009 in the U.S., having sold over 29 million books in 2008, and 26.5 million in 2009. Meyer received the 2009 Children's Book of the Year award from the British Book Awards for Breaking Dawn, the Twilight series finale.
Remedios Varo
Remedios Varo Uranga was a Spanish surrealist artist working in Spain, France, and Mexico.
Joe the Plumber
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, known as Joe the Plumber, is an American conservative activist and commentator. He gained national attention during the 2008 U.S. presidential election when, during a videotaped campaign stop in Ohio by then Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama, Wurzelbacher raised concerns that Obama's tax policy would increase taxes on small business owners. Wurzelbacher is a member of the Republican Party.
Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress.
Anatoly Ravikovich
Anatoly Yuryevich Ravikovich was a Soviet and Russian actor. He graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy in 1958 and started to work at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur drama theater. In 1962 Ravikovich returned to Leningrad and started to work at the Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre. In 1982 he appeared in Mikhail Kozakov's comedy film The Pokrovsky Gate. He was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1988. Anatoly Ravikovich died on April 8, 2012 in Saint Petersburg. He is survived by his wife Irina Mazurkevich, also a People's Artist of Russia.
Kenji Utsunomiya
Kenji Utsunomiya is a Japanese lawyer and former chair of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.
Takayuki Kishi
Takayuki Kishi is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Tsuneo Hasegawa
Tsuneo Hasegawa was a Japanese alpinist. His achievements include the winter solo ascent of the "Great North Faces of the Alps" or "North Face Trilogy" and the world's first winter solo ascent of the South Face of Aconcagua in 1981. He died in 1991 in an avalanche while ascending the Ultar II South east face.
Tetsuya Kakihara
Tetsuya Kakihara is a Japanese voice actor and singer. Previously affiliated with 81 Produce, he became a freelancer in June 2013. He set up his own agency, Zynchro, in July 2014.
Lee Roy Parnell
Lee Roy Parnell is an American country music and blues artist, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Active since 1990, he has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. His highest-charting hits are "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" (1992), "Tender Moment" (1993), and "A Little Bit of You" (1995), all of which peaked at No. 2. Four more of his singles have charted in the Top Ten as well. Parnell made a shift in the early 2000s back to the bluesier sounds of his early works, releasing two blues albums on Vanguard Records and Universal South. Besides his own work, Parnell has played slide guitar and National guitar on several other country and blues recordings. "Midnight Believer" was named among the Top 10 Blues albums of 2018. In January 2019, Gibson issued Parnell's signature guitar, "Abilene Sunset." Parnell appeared on HGTV's Property Brothers: Buying and Selling."