List of Famous people born in December

Jan Schindelmeiser is a German director of football who last worked as the executive board representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart.

Valery Nikolayevich Ryzhakov was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984), winner of the USSR State Prize (1980).

David Valero Serrano is a Spanish cross-country mountain biker. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's cross-country event. Previously, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 9th in the Men's cross-country event. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished 3rd.

Asashio Tarō IV is a former sumo wrestler from Muroto, Kōchi, Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1978. He won one top division tournament championship and was a runner-up on four other occasions. He won fourteen special prizes, including a record ten Outstanding Performance Awards, and five gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He retired in 1989 and became head coach of the Wakamatsu stable, which in 2002 merged with Takasago stable. He stood down as head coach in 2020.

Vasily Yan. was a Russian writer, author of famous historic novels. Also spelled "Vassily Yan" or just "V. Yan", this is the pen name of Vassily Grigoryevich Yanchevetsky.

Itır Esen is a Turkish film actress. She is the daughter of film actor Hayri Esen. Her niece, also named Itır Esen, is a model.

Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro Jr., is a Spanish former professional basketball player and the current president of the Spanish Basketball Federation. Standing at 2.07 m, he played both power forward and small forward. He was an All-EuroLeague first team selection in 2003, and an All-EuroLeague second team selection in 2006, while playing for Unicaja. During his stint in the NBA, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2007. A serious injury the following season cut his NBA career short, and he never truly recovered until his retirement.

Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain was a German physicist, and the designer of the first operational jet engine. His first test unit ran on externally supplied hydrogen in March 1937, and it was a later development that powered the world's first flyable all-jet aircraft, the prototype of the Heinkel He 178 in late August 1939. In spite of these early successes, other German designs quickly eclipsed Ohain's, and none of his engine designs entered widespread production or operational use.

Tsuyoshi Otsuki is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Frederick Joseph Ward is an American actor and producer. Starting with a role in an Italian television film in 1973, Ward has had a long and diverse career, including such films as Escape from Alcatraz, Southern Comfort, The Right Stuff, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Tremors, Henry & June, The Player, Swing Shift and Short Cuts.