List of Famous people born on December 31st

Valentina Vargas is a Chilean-born actress. She developed most of her career in France, where she was raised.

Taylor Edwin Hackford is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father (1979). Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Ray (2004), the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture.

Hannah O'Neill is a New Zealand ballet dancer who is currently a premier danseur with the Paris Opera Ballet.

Gerhard Ludwig Müller is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 until 2017. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2014.

Christopher Edwin Niosi, also known by his alias Kirbopher, is an American animator, producer and voice actor.

Álex Cruz de Llano is a Spanish businessman, former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of British Airways.

Samantha Elizabeth Faiers is an English television personality and model. She is known for having starred in the ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex from 2010 to 2014. In 2014, she competed in the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother, finishing in fifth place.

Fabricio Martín Agosto Ramírez, known as Fabri [ˈfaβɾi], is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Fulham.

Elaine Cassidy is an Irish actress. She is known for playing the lead character Abby Mills in the American television series Harper's Island for CBS, Felicia in Felicia's Journey, Runt in Disco Pigs, Lydia in The Others, Amy Harris in The Ghost Squad, Katherine Glendenning in The Paradise, and DC Dinah Kowalska in No Offence.

Brandon T. Tanev is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).