List of Famous people born in December
Jean Rouaud
Jean Rouaud is a French author, who was born in Campbon, Loire-Atlantique. In 1990 his novel Fields of Glory won the Prix Goncourt. First believed to be the first book in a trilogy, Fields of Glory turned out to be the first book in a series of five books on the family history of the author.
George El Rassi
Georges Al Rassi, is a Lebanese singer, musician, and songwriter. into a distinctively artistic family. His father, who plays "Oud", encouraged him to sing as did his actress mother. At 16 years old Georges Al Rassi won his first contract a six months agreement to perform at Options, the international nightclub, in Kaslik, Lebanon.
Guy Wildenstein
Guy Wildenstein is a French businessman, art dealer, and racehorse owner and breeder.
Mauricio Lemos
Paolo Mauricio Lemos Merladett is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Fenerbahçe.
Calvin Quate
Calvin Forrest Quate was one of the inventors of the atomic force microscope. He was a professor emeritus of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.
Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil
Dona Maria Amélia was a princess of the Empire of Brazil and a member of the Brazilian branch of the House of Braganza. Her parents were Emperor Dom Pedro I, the first ruler of Brazil, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. The only child of her father's second marriage, Maria Amélia was born in France after Pedro I abdicated the Brazilian throne in favor of his son Dom Pedro II. Before Maria Amélia was a month old, Pedro I went to Portugal to restore the crown of the eldest daughter of his first marriage, Dona Maria II. He fought a successful war against his brother Miguel I, who had usurped Maria II's throne.
Eduard Pons Prades
Eduard Pons Prades, also known as Floreado Barsino, was a Spanish Catalan writer and historian, specializing in the 20th-century history of Spain. Pons Prades was also active in the Syndicalist Party of Ángel Pestaña, a member of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), and after Francisco Franco's defeat of the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War, a maqui.
Hassan Aourid
Hassan Aourid is a Moroccan writer. He was born in Errachidia. He has a PhD in political science and teaches at the Mohammed V University. He has published widely in both Arabic and French. He has written half a dozen novels:
- Wistful Conversation (2015)
- Morisco
- Biography of a Donkey (2014)
- Sintra (2017)
- Cordoba Spring (2017)
- Mutanabbi's Rabat (2018)
Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn
Adam Wenceslaus of Cieszyn, was a Duke of Cieszyn from 1579 until his death.
Eleanor H. Porter
Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter was an American novelist, most known for Pollyanna (1913) and Just David (1916).