List of Famous people born in December

Sean Sexton Cunningham is an American filmmaker, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for directing and producing several horror films, beginning in the early 1970s.

Tyrell Biggs is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1998, and challenged once for the undisputed heavyweight title in 1987. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, having previously won bronze at the 1983 Pan American Games and gold at the 1982 World Championships, all in the super heavyweight division.

Calvin Stengs is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Netherlands national team.

Jean Coquelin (1865–1944) was a French film and stage actor and the son of Benoît-Constant Coquelin.

Mbaye Leye is a Senegalese football manager and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Currently he is the main coach at Standard Liège. Born in Senegal, Leye started his professional career in France before moving to Belgium in 2007. He would play in Belgium until he retired in 2019, finishing his playing career with Mouscron. As a player, he represented the Senegal national team.

Wolfgang Hildesheimer was a German author who incorporated the Theatre of the Absurd. He originally trained as an artist, before turning to writing.

Olga Alexandrovna Sedakova is a Russian poet and translator. She has been described as "one of the best confessional Christian poets writing in Russian today". Sedakova is also recognized as a philosopher and humanist.

Hans Fitz (1891–1972) was a German actor and screenwriter.

Lim Por-yen was a Hong Kong industrialist. He founded the Lai Sun Group, and his family was the biggest shareholder of Asia Television.

Erich "Ete" Beer is a Neustadt bei Coburg-born former German footballer and coach.