List of Famous people born on December 9th

David Roy Akers is a former American football placekicker who played in the National Football League for 16 seasons, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles. He began his career in 1998 with the Washington Redskins after not making the main roster of the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers. The following year, he signed with the Eagles, where he spent 12 seasons. Akers was also a member of the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions before retiring in 2013.

Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky is the Director of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Hiroyuki Watanabe is a Japanese actor who was born in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. He graduated from Takushoku University and is married to actress Hideko Hara . He primarily acts in dramas, of which a handful are tokusatsu series. One of his most recent roles was as Taiga Saejima in the tokusatsu series GARO. He also played Kamen Rider Gaoh in the Kamen Rider Den-O movie, Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!.

Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, singer, composer and television personality. She writes music primarily in the pop rock genre. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; sales of albums on which her songs appear exceed 160 million worldwide. DioGuardi is a Grammy and Emmy-nominated writer. She is a 2011 NAMM Music For Life Award winner, 2009 NMPA Songwriter Icon Award winner, 2007 BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year, and has received 20 BMI Awards for co-writing the most performed songs on the radio.

Santiago Martín Silva Olivera is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Aldosivi. His nickname is El Tanque .

Tatyana Eduardovna Kravchenko is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2002).

Paul Landers is a German musician, notable as the guitarist for the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, and the punk rock band Feeling B.

Stephen Norman John O'Keefe is an Australian cricketer who has played for Australian national team in Tests and T20Is. O'Keefe was formerly the captain of the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team.

Monique Miller, is a French Canadian actress. She is known for her live theatre performances, and also performs in films and on television.

Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career as a trainee at Chelsea, and played for Wealdstone, Uxbridge, Leeds United, Carlisle United, Scunthorpe United, Everton, Leicester City, Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End and Bury. He also represented Jamaica at international level.