List of Famous people born in December
Johann Grugger
Johann "Hans" Grugger is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, competing in the speed disciplines of downhill and super-G. He made his World Cup debut on 29 November 2003, in the downhill at Lake Louise, and finished seventh. He won his first World Cup race in Bormio, Italy on 29 December, 2004. Exactly one year later at Bormio, he crashed and had to drop out of the season due to the acquired injuries. However, he managed to come back to reach podium positions in 2007, including a victory in the super-G at Kvitfjell, Norway.
Yang Hyun-seok
Yang Hyun-suk is a South Korean music executive, rapper, dancer, and record producer. He rose to fame as a member of Seo Taiji and Boys during the 1990s. After the group disbanded, he founded and became the chief executive officer of YG Entertainment, one of the biggest record companies in South Korea.
René Redzepi
René Redzepi is a Danish chef and co-owner of the two-Michelin star restaurant Noma in the Christianshavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. His restaurant was voted the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine's World's Best Restaurants in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Redzepi is noted for his work on the reinvention and refinement of a new Nordic cuisine and food that is characterized by inventiveness and clean flavours.
Gavino Ledda
Gavino Ledda is an author and a scholar of the Italian language and of Sardinian. He is best known for his autobiographical work Padre Padrone (1975).
Noriko Aoyama
Noriko Aoyama is a former model and a Japanese actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films since 2002.
Secundino de la Rosa Márquez
Secun de la Rosa is a Spanish actor and theatre author and director.
Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Stephen Wigand is an American biochemist and former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson in Louisville, Kentucky, who worked on the development of reduced-harm cigarettes and in 1996 blew the whistle on tobacco tampering at the company. The 1999 film The Insider portrayed him and the story.
Kouassi Eboue
Jules Christ Eboue Kouassi is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Genk as a midfielder.
Julia Salazar
Julia Salazar is an American politician and activist. She is the New York State Senator for the 18th district, which covers much of north Brooklyn. She won the seat as a first-time candidate after unseating incumbent Senator Martin Malave Dilan in the Democratic Party primary in 2018. She attracted national media attention for her support for sex workers rights and other views. A member of the Democratic Socialists of America, she became the first member of the organization to serve in New York's state legislature.
Valtonyc
José Miguel Arenas Beltrán, popularly known as Valtònyc, is a Spanish rapper, originally from Mallorca, Spain. He defines himself as an independentist. His lyrics are based on an anti-capitalist, republican and anti-fascist ideology.