List of Famous people born in December

Douwe Bob Posthuma, professionally known by only his first names Douwe Bob, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He won the Dutch talent show De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland. He specializes in folk and country music and he has released four albums. He represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Harriet Green is a British businesswoman, who was chairman and CEO of IBM Asia Pacific, and previously led three IBM business divisions: the Internet of things, customer engagement and education businesses.

Jean-Noël Rey was a Swiss manager and politician of the Social Democratic Party. He was director-general of the Swiss public post and telecommunications service (PTT) from 1990 to 1998, and a member of the National Council of Switzerland from 2003 to 2007.

Tankred Dorst was a German playwright and storyteller.

Justin Kyle Smoak is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, and San Francisco Giants.

Rolf Nikolaus Cornelius Gurlitt, son of Hildebrand Gurlitt, a Third Reich dealer of Nazi-looted art, grandson and great-grandnephew of his namesakes Cornelius Gurlitt and Cornelius Gurlitt (composer), is known for the stash of artworks discovered in his apartment some of which was proven to be looted art from the Nazi era. The collection was confiscated by German tax authorities in 2012 on dubious grounds but eventually agreed to be returned to Gurlitt's possession in 2014, although this never happened in his lifetime. After the collection came to public attention in 2013, Gurlitt agreed that any items which could be identified as looted should be returned to surviving relatives of the persons from whom the items were originally stolen. In his will he bequeathed all his property, including the art collection, to the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern, Switzerland, which agreed to accept them minus any items of suspect provenance, which remain in Germany pending further investigation.

René Chamussy was a French-Lebanese Jesuit priest and academic administrator. He was the author of several books about Lebanon. He served as the rector of the Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon, from 2003 to 2012.

Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja is an Indonesian badminton player from PB Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java; she joined the club in 2007. She was the 2011 Indonesia National and World Junior Champions in the mixed doubles event. For her achievements, Widjaja was awarded as the best Djarum player of the year. She won her first senior international title in 2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold.

Niklas Landin Jacobsen is a Danish handballer for THW Kiel and the Danish national team.

Yōjirō Takita is a Japanese filmmaker. Takita received an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for his 2008 drama Departures. It marked the first time a Japanese film won the award after the category first became competitive in 1957.