List of Famous people born in December
Katsuya Kobayashi
Katsuya Kobayashi is a Japanese actor from Shimonoseki. Even though he and fellow Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love-exclusive Rider actor Mitsuki Koga/Kamen Rider Ketaros were only Kamen Riders within the movie, they did make a guest appearance during the final episode of the series as two people affected by the necklaces that transform people into Natives.
Vik Muniz
Vik Muniz is a Brazilian artist and photographer. Initially a sculptor, Muniz grew interested with the photographic representations of his work, eventually focusing completely on photography. Primarily working with unconventional materials such as tomato sauce, diamonds, magazine clippings, chocolate syrup, dust, dirt, etc., Muniz creates works of art, referencing old master's paintings and celebrity portraits, among other things, and then photographs them. His work has been met with both commercial success and critical acclaim, and has been exhibited worldwide. He is currently represented by Galeria Nara Roesler based in New York and Brazil.
Ibrahim Ghandour
Ibrahim Ghandour was the Foreign Minister of Sudan from 9 June 2015 to 19 April 2018.
Fouad Ali El Himma
Fouad Ali El Himma is an influential Moroccan politician and senior advisor for Mohammed VI of whom he is said to be a very close friend. Since he became Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior in November 1999, he has played a prominent role in the Moroccan State. In 2008, he founded the Authenticity and Modernity Party. El Himma was a classmate of Mohammed VI at the Collège Royale and was the director of his cabinet when he was crown prince.
Arcelia Ramírez
Arcelia Ramírez is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1985. She starred in the film Such Is Life, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Ethan Bortnick
Ethan Jordan Bortnick is an American pianist, singer, songwriter, record producer and musician. At three years old, he discovered a rare set of music skills, including perfect pitch, on his little toy keyboard that eventually led him to appearances on The Tonight Show, Oprah, Disney, Nickelodeon, and his award-winning concert specials on PBS. Ethan has had over 4 national television concert specials, airing at record amounts. On October 3, 2010, Bortnick was listed in the Guinness World Records for "The World's Youngest Solo Musician to Headline His Own Concert Tour".
Ryoko Yano
Ryoko Yano is a Japanese basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Katina Paxinou
Katina Paxinou was a Greek film and stage actress.
Viktor Shuvalov
Viktor Grigoryevich Shuvalov was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was born in Ruzayevka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1953. He also played soccer in the Soviet Top League for VVS Moscow from 1950 to 1952.
Steven N. S. Cheung
Steven Ng-Sheong Cheung is an American economist who specializes in the fields of transaction costs and property rights, following the approach of new institutional economics. He achieved his public fame with an economic analysis on China open-door policy after the 1980s. In his studies of economics, he focuses on economic explanation that is based on real world observation. He is also the first to introduce concepts from the Chicago School of Economics, especially price theory, into China. In 2016, Cheung claimed to have written "1,500 articles and 20 books in Chinese" during his academic career.