List of Famous people born on December 8th

Alexander Gerd Krauß is a German politician. Since 2017, he has been a member of the German Bundestag. From 2004 until 2017 he was a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony.

Victoriya Viktorovna Kalinina is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and the Russian national handball team.

Yana Denisovna Dobrovolskaya is a Russian dancer, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Russia 2016. She represented Russia at the Miss World 2016 pageant.

Toshiaki Kawada is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), whom he worked for from his debut in 1982 up until 2008. In All Japan, he was a 5 time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, a 9 time World Tag Team Champion, three time winner of the Real World Tag League and a two time winner of the Champion Carnival. He was also recognised as the ace of the promotion from 2000–2005.

Yuriy Vilyovych Maksymov is a Ukrainian football coach of Vorskla Poltava and a former midfielder. His career achievements saw him inducted into the Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame in March 2012.

Yang Se-chan, is a South Korean comedian and singer. As of April 2017, Yang, along with Jeon So-min, was added as a regular cast member of South Korean variety show Running Man.

Mary Catherine Bateson was an American writer and cultural anthropologist.

Nairi Hunanyan led the armed attack on the Armenian Parliament on 27 October 1999.

Mario Seidl is an Austrian nordic combined skier. He debuted in the World Cup in the 2011–12 season in Val di Fiemme, Italy on 3 February 2012 finishing 36th in the Large Hill. His first podium in the World Cup was in the 2016–17 World Cup which was held at PyeongChang, South Korea in February 2017, where he finished second. His first win came in Ruka, Finland, în November 2018.

Eusébio Oscar Scheid S.C.J. was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro from 2001 to 2009. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 2003. He was previously Bishop of São José dos Campos from 1981 to 1991 and Archbishop of Florianópolis from 1991 to 2001.