List of Famous people born on December 31st

George Clifford Richey Jr. is an American former amateur and professional tennis player who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. Richey achieved a highest singles ranking of World No. 6 and reached at least the quarterfinal stage of the singles event at all four Grand Slam tournaments.

Andreas Prochaska is an Austrian film director and editor. He directed the 2014 film The Dark Valley, the 2017 miniseries Maximilian and Marie of Bourgogne, and the 2018 series Das Boot, among others. He has contributed to more than thirty films since 1998.

Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist is a Swedish singer and actress popular in Scandinavia and West Germany. She had a number one hit in West Germany in 1964 with "Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht", and on 18 July 1964 she became the first Swede to have a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, when "Sole Sole Sole", a duet with Italian singer Umberto Marcato, entered the chart, peaking at No. 58.

Virginia Rodrigues is a Brazilian singer.

Xiyue Wang is a Chinese-American graduate student who was imprisoned in Iran from 2016 to 2019 after being accused of espionage.

Szilveszter E. Vizi is a Hungarian physician, neuroscientist, pharmacologist and university professor who served as President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 2002 and 2008. He issues some of his papers under the name E. S. Vizi or E. Sylvester Vizi.

Francesco Alberoni is an Italian journalist and a professor of sociology. He was a board member and senior board member (chairman) of RAI, the Italian state television network, from 2002 to 2005.

Ferdinand Lacina is an Austrian politician. He served as finance minister from 1986 to 1995.