List of Famous people born in December
Stephen Donald
Stephen Rex Donald is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays for the NEC Green Rockets in the Japanese Top League. A first five-eighth or centre, he has won 24 international caps for New Zealand. Nicknamed 'Beaver', he is best known for kicking the winning penalty in the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final.
Carlos Rodrigues Corrêa
Carlos Rodrigues Corrêa is a professional Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Capivariano.
Alexander Zhuravlyov
Colonel General Alexander Alexandrovich Zhuravlyov is a Russian Ground Forces officer who has commanded the military force in Syria during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War and currently serves as the commander of the Western Military District. After returning from Syria, he became the Deputy Chief of the General Staff before being appointed commander of the Eastern Military District in November 2017. He was also awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2016 by a directive of the President.
Armand Jung
Armand Jung was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Bas-Rhin's 1st constituency, and was a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
Taco van der Hoorn
Taco van der Hoorn is a Dutch cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux.
Walter Nowotny
Walter Nowotny was an Austrian-born fighter ace of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories—that is, 258 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—in 442 combat missions. Nowotny achieved 255 of these victories on the Eastern Front and three while flying one of the first jet fighters, the Messerschmitt Me 262, in the Defense of the Reich. He scored most of his victories in the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, and approximately 50 in the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Nowotny scored an "ace in a day" on multiple occasions, shooting down at least five airplanes on the same day, including two occurrences of "double-ace in a day" in the summer of 1943.
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg ruled as Duke of Württemberg from 1628 until his death in 1674.
Zoi Konstantopoulou
Zoe Konstantopoulou is a Greek lawyer and politician who served as President of the Hellenic Parliament in 2015, and is currently serving as President of the political party Course of Freedom.
Ever Cantero
Ever Milton Cantero Benítez is a Paraguayan footballer who last played for Guaireña in Chile.
Ian Steel
John "Ian" Steel was a Scottish racing cyclist who in 1952 won the Peace Race, a central European race between Warsaw, Berlin and Prague. He was the only Briton, and the only rider from the English-speaking world to win it, as well as the first Briton to win any major race. He also won the Tour of Britain as a semi-professional and was at one stage second in the 1952 Tour of Mexico before crashing.