List of Famous people born in December
Mathieu Chabert
Mathieu Chabert is a French football manager and a former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the manager of Châteauroux in Championnat National.
Konishiki Yasokichi
Konishiki Yasokichi is an American former sumo wrestler of Samoan descent. He was the first non-Japanese-born wrestler to reach ōzeki, the second-highest rank in the sport. During his career he won the top division championship on three occasions and came close to becoming the first foreign-born grand champion, or yokozuna, prompting a debate as to whether a foreigner could have the necessary cultural understanding to be acceptable in sumo's ultimate rank. At a peak weight of 287 kg (633 lb) he was also at the time the heaviest wrestler ever in sumo, earning him the nicknames "Meat Bomb" and "Dump Truck".
Mary Ann Vecchio
Mary Ann Vecchio is one of two subjects in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by photojournalism student John Filo during the immediate aftermath of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970.
Miki Yamane
Miki Yamane is a Japanese football player. He plays for Kawasaki Frontale.
Manfred Rommel
Manfred Rommel was a German politician belonging to the Christian Democratic Union, who served as Mayor of Stuttgart from 1974 until 1996. Rommel's policies were described as tolerant and liberal, and he was one of the most popular municipal politicians in Germany. He was the recipient of numerous foreign honours. He was the only son of Wehrmacht field marshal Erwin Rommel and his wife Lucia Maria Mollin (1894–1971), and contributed to the establishment of museums in his father's honour. He was also known for his friendship with George Patton IV and David Montgomery, the sons of his father's two principal military adversaries.
Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor.
Katsuyuki Murai
Katsuyuki Murai is a Japanese actor known for playing the Rose Orphnoch in Kamen Rider 555.
Kim Junsu
Kim Jun-su or simply Junsu, also known by the stage name Xia is a South Korean singer, model, dancer and stage actor. He is a member of the Korean pop group and later duo JYJ, and was one of the original members of boy band TVXQ.
John Spender
John Michael Spender QC is a former Australian politician, diplomat and barrister. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 1990, representing the Liberal Party, and was a shadow minister under Andrew Peacock and John Howard. He later served as Ambassador to France from 1996 to 2000.
Sébastien Roch
Sébastien Roch is a French actor, singer and television host. He achieved notability with his role of Christian in the TV series Hélène et les Garçons and Les Vacances de l'amour. He had also a success with his 1993 single, "Au Bar de Jess", which peaked at number 17 in France.