List of Famous people born on December 8th

Rubén Jorge Israel Yelen is a former Uruguayan footballer and a football team manager. He was most recently the head coach of LD Alajuelense.

Maximilian Eggestein is a German professional footballer who plays as an midfielder for Werder Bremen. He is also the older brother of fellow Werder Bremen footballer Johannes Eggestein.

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov is a former Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.

May Kassab is a popular female singer and actress from Egypt. She has signed with Rotana, the biggest Record company in the Middle East.

Joshua Evan Christopher is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona State Sun Devils.

Julen Aguinagalde Akizu ; born 8 December 1982) is a Spanish handballer for PGE Vive Kielce and the Spain national team.

Maelyn Jarmon is an American singer. She is the winner of season 16 of the American talent competition The Voice at the age of 26. After winning the show, she was signed to Republic Records.

Richard Clive Desmond is a British publisher, businessman and former pornographer. He is the founder of Northern & Shell, which primarily operates in the businesses of property development, The Health Lottery and start-up ventures, but previously published a variety of pornographic titles and of celebrity magazines ; and owned Britain's Channel 5 and the pornographic television network, Portland, which it sold in April 2016 for less than £1m. Desmond is also a former owner of Express Newspapers, which was sold to Reach plc for £200m, of which £74m was invested in the Express newspapers pension scheme until 2027. According to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List, Desmond was the 70th richest person in the United Kingdom with a £2 billion fortune. In 2020, Desmond was involved in controversy after pressuring the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick to overrule the Planning Inspectorate and approve a housing development for Desmond's company. The timing of the decision saved the company £40 million but was later overturned.

Kazuki Ōtake is a Japanese comedian. He is a former member of Japanese band UltraCats and current member of owarai group Summers.

Shingo Akamine is a Japanese footballer who plays for Fagiano Okayama.