List of Famous people born on December 8th

Hannelore Anke is a retired German swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s.

Mary Catherine Gordon is an American writer from Queens and Valley Stream, New York. She is the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College. She is best known for her novels, memoirs and literary criticism. In 2008 she was named Official State Author of New York.

Lian Ross is a German Hi-NRG/Euro disco singer. She has recorded successful covers such as Sylvester's "Do You Wanna Funk" and Modern Talking's "You're My Heart, You're My Soul." Her original hit songs include, "Say You'll Never", "Fantasy", and "Scratch My Name" among others. A compilation of her hit singles and choice tracks, "The Best of and More" was released in 2005. One of her recent successful hit singles is, "Never Gonna Lose" released on ZYX Records in Germany on December 27, 2005 and her song "Young Hearts Run Free" was released on Blanco y Negro Music in Spain on September 9, 2009.

Nadirsyah Hosen is an Indonesian academic known for his expertise on Shari'a and Indonesian law. He is a former Associate Professor at the School of Law, the University of Wollongong. Since July 2015 he has moved to teach at Monash University Faculty of Law. Hosen completed his first PhD (Law) at the University of Wollongong and a second PhD at the National University of Singapore. He then worked for two years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at TC. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. His articles have been published in various journals such as the Nordic Journal of International Law, Asia Pacific Law Review, Australian Journal of Asian Law, European Journal of Law Reform, Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Journal of Islamic Studies, and Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.

Christian Ulf Wilhelmsson, nicknamed Chippen, is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Beginning his career with Mjällby AIF in the late 1990s, he went on to represent clubs in Norway, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, England, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Qatar before retiring at Mjällby in 2015. Wilhelmsson won 79 caps for the Sweden national team between 2001 and 2012, and represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and in three European Championships.