List of Famous people born in December

Richard Clive Desmond is a British publisher, businessman and former pornographer. He is the founder of Northern & Shell, which primarily operates in the businesses of property development, The Health Lottery and start-up ventures, but previously published a variety of pornographic titles and of celebrity magazines ; and owned Britain's Channel 5 and the pornographic television network, Portland, which it sold in April 2016 for less than £1m. Desmond is also a former owner of Express Newspapers, which was sold to Reach plc for £200m, of which £74m was invested in the Express newspapers pension scheme until 2027. According to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List, Desmond was the 70th richest person in the United Kingdom with a £2 billion fortune. In 2020, Desmond was involved in controversy after pressuring the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick to overrule the Planning Inspectorate and approve a housing development for Desmond's company. The timing of the decision saved the company £40 million but was later overturned.

José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, was a Brazilian politician, monarchist, diplomat, teacher and journalist. Rio Branco was born in Salvador, in what was then the Captaincy of Bahia, to a wealthy family, but most of the fortune was lost after his parents' deaths early in his childhood.

Eckart Dux is a German voice actor, film and television actor.

Zhang Kangyang or Steven Zhang is a Chinese businessman and chairman of the Italian football club Inter Milan.

Tatsuki Seko is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Yokohama FC.

Kazuki Ōtake is a Japanese comedian. He is a former member of Japanese band UltraCats and current member of owarai group Summers.

Shingo Akamine is a Japanese footballer who plays for Fagiano Okayama.

David Alan Hornsby is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for a recurring role as defrocked priest Matthew "Rickety Cricket" Mara on the FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, for which he also writes and co-produces. Hornsby also has a regular role on the NBC comedy-crime series Good Girls (2018-2020).

José Rodríguez Martínez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Israeli club Maccabi Haifa F.C. as a central midfielder.

Sarah Bäckman is a Swedish real estate broker, former professional wrestler and arm wrestler. She is a former eight-time World Arm Wrestling Champion. Bäckman also competed as "Spirit" on the Swedish version of MGM Television's Gladiators franchise. From 2013 to 2014, Bäckman was signed to WWE, working in their developmental territory NXT.