List of Famous people born in December
Jean-Michel Boucheron
Jean-Michel Boucheron is a French politician, formerly a member of the National Assembly of France (1978-1988 mayor of Angoulême and briefly Secretary of State for Local Authorities. He represented a portion of the Charente department in the Assembly, and is a member of the Socialist Party.
Maurice Mességué
Maurice Mességué was a French herbalist and author of several books on herbal medicine and cooking with herbs. In his autobiography, he claims to have treated Winston Churchill, Chancellor Adenauer of Germany, and the future Pope John XXIII.
Shōtarō Tashiro
Shōtarō Tashiro is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions and Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
George Balabushka
George Balabushka was a Russian-born billiards (pool) cue maker, arguably the most prominent member of that profession, and is sometimes referred to as "the Stradivarius of cuemakers". His full name or last name standing alone is often used to refer to a cue stick made by him. Arriving in the U.S. in 1924, he worked at various carpentry and toy and furniture making jobs. He was an avid pool player and purchased a pool room with a business partner in 1959 and thereafter started making cues as gifts for friends which quickly blossomed into a business when others wanted to purchase them.
Frank Press
Frank Press was an American geophysicist. He was an advisor to four U.S. presidents, and later served two consecutive terms as president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1981–1993). He was the author of 160 scientific papers and co-author of the textbooks Earth and Understanding Earth.
Otto Ender
Otto Ender was an Austrian political figure. He served as the chancellor of Austria between 1930 and 1931.
Roy Cheetham
Roy Alexander Cheetham was an English footballer who played for Manchester City, Detroit Cougars, Charlton Athletic and Chester.
Yvonne Monlaur
Yvonne Monlaur was a French film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s best known for her roles in the Hammer horror films.
Lin Hsi-yao
Lin Hsi-yao is a Taiwanese politician.
André Borschberg
André Borschberg FRSGS is a Swiss entrepreneur, explorer, pilot and speaker. He is the co-founder of the Solar Impulse project, the first ever round-the-world solar flight, successfully completed in July 2016. During the Japan-to-Hawaii leg, André broke the world record for longest solo flight in an airplane of any kind: 117 hours and 52 minutes, breaking Steve Fossett's 2006 record. Before that, on 7 July 2010, André completed the first 24-hour solar powered flight. The flight set records for the longest manned solar-powered flight and the greatest height reached by a manned solar aircraft.