List of Famous people born in December

Wolf Haas is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, four of which were made into films. He has won several prizes for his works, including the German prize for crime fiction.

James Kottak is an American drummer. Kottak is best known for his work with the German hard rock band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996. At the time of his firing from the band in 2016, he was their all-time longest-serving drummer, surpassing Herman Rarebell, who spent 18 years in the band.

Vassilis Alexakis was a Greek-French writer and self-translator of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French.

Horst Hirnschrodt was an Austrian footballer who played for Austria Wien, Austria Salzburg and the Austrian national team, as a defender.

Cécilia Berder is a French sabre fencer, who won a team silver medal at the 2009 and 2014 World Championships.

Henry Timrod was an American poet, often called the poet laureate of the Confederacy.

Namkhai Norbu was a Tibetan Dzogchen master. When he was two years old, Namkhai Norbu was recognized as the 'mindstream emanation', a tulku, of the Dzogchen teacher Adzom Drugpa (1842–1924). At five, he was also recognized as a mindstream emanation of an emanation of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651). From an early age, Namkhai Norbu undertook an accelerated course of study, attending monastic college, taking retreats, and studying with renowned teachers, including some of the most important Tibetan masters of his time. Under the tutelage of these teachers, he completed the training required by the Buddhist tradition in both Sutrayana and Tantrayana. At the age of sixteen, he met master Rigdzin Changchub Dorje (1863-1963), who became his principal Dzogchen teacher.

Inés Pertiné Urien is an Argentine public figure and widow of former President Fernando de la Rúa. She served as First Lady of Argentina from 1999 until 2001. She also held the position of First Lady of Buenos Aires, the country's capital city, from 1996 to 1999.

Luigi Ventura is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, ending his career as Apostolic Nuncio to France from 2009 to 2019. He became a nuncio and archbishop in 1995 and served in several African countries, Chile, and Canada before being posted to Paris.

Fernando Bezerra Coelho is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Pernambuco in the Federal Senate since 2015. Previously he was the Minister of National Integration from 2011 to 2013 and a Deputy from Pernambuco from 1987 to 1992. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.