Famous People: December
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All Figures for December (12 results)
Alfred Nobel
Swedish Chemist, Engineer, Inventor of Dynamite & Founder of the Nobel Prizes
Begum Rokeya
Pioneer Feminist, Writer & Social Reformer
Carrie Fisher
American Actress, Screenwriter, Best-Selling Author & Advocate ("Princess Leia" in Star Wars)
Charlie Chaplin
Comic Actor, Filmmaker & Composer (The Tramp)
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Founding Father & First President of Ivory Coast, African Statesman & Architect of the \"Ivorian Miracle\"
Jerry Orbach
Emmy-Nominated American Actor, Broadway Musical Legend & Beloved Star of "Law & Order" (Detective Lennie Briscoe)
Joan Fontaine
Academy Award-Winning British-American Screen Legend (Hitchcock’s "Suspicion" & "Rebecca")
John le Carré
British Espionage Novelist, Creator of George Smiley & Former MI5/MI6 Intelligence Officer
Kader Khan
Legendary Bollywood Screenwriter, Dialogue Maestro & Prolific Actor (300+ Films)
Nelson Mandela
Anti-Apartheid Revolutionary & President of South Africa
Peter Boyle
Emmy Award-Winning American Character Actor (*Young Frankenstein*, *Taxi Driver*, *Everybody Loves Raymond*)
Smita Patil
Two-Time National Award-Winning Actress & Pioneer of Indian Parallel Cinema