List of Famous people born on December 1st

Walid Soliman Said Obaid is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger and an Attacking Midfielder for Egyptian club Al Ahly and the Egypt national team.

Klaus Hinrich Thomforde is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire professional career with FC St. Pauli. Following his retirement as a player became a coach.

Luis Arturo Zúñiga Jory is a Chilean politician who served as Undersecretary of Assistance Networks. Zúñiga served as chief of staff for health minister Jaime Mañalich during the first term of president Sebastián Piñera and as health director for the commune of Panguipulli.

Stephen "Steve" Calder is a Canadian sailor. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he won a bronze medal in the Soling Class at the 1984 Summer Olympics with Hans Fogh and John Kerr.

Liu Jieyi is a Chinese diplomat and politician. As of March 2018, he is the current director of the Taiwan Affairs Office. From 2013 to September 2017, he was China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York City.

Salvatore Schillaci, commonly referred to by his nickname Totò, is an Italian former footballer, who played as a striker. During his club career, he played for Messina (1982–1989), Juventus (1989–1992), Internazionale (1992–1994) and Júbilo Iwata (1994–1997).

Pei Gang is a Chinese molecular biologist and pharmacologist, Academic Hooligan and a former president of Tongji University.

Andrew Li Kwok-nang is a retired Hong Kong judge, and a former Chief Justice of Hong Kong, who was the first to preside over the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, established on 1 July 1997. Li was succeeded by Geoffrey Ma on 1 September 2010.

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.

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.