Famous People: December
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All Figures for December (49 results)
Abbasuddin Ahmed
Pioneering Bengali Folk Singer, Composer, Cultural Custodian & National Folk Icon
Alberto Spencer
All-Time Top Goalscorer in Copa Libertadores History (54 Goals) & Peñarol Legend
Alfonso II of Naples
King of Naples (1494–1495), Renaissance Military Commander & Architectural Patron
Alfred Nobel
Swedish Chemist, Engineer, Inventor of Dynamite & Founder of the Nobel Prizes
Asoka Mehta
Illustrious Indian Freedom Fighter, Socialist Pioneer, Economist & Planning Commission Architect
Begum Rokeya
Pioneer Feminist, Writer & Social Reformer
Bob Feller
Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher ("The Heater from Van Meter"), World Series Champion & WWII Hero
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1947 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Biochemist & Co-Discoverer of the "Cori Cycle"
Carl Sagan
American Astronomer, Planetary Scientist, Cosmologist & Science Communicator ('Cosmos')
Carlos Marighella
Brazilian Marxist Political Leader, Anti-Dictatorship Revolutionary & Author
Carrie Fisher
American Actress, Screenwriter, Best-Selling Author & Advocate ("Princess Leia" in Star Wars)
Charles Babbage
English Mathematician, Mechanical Engineer & "Father of the Computer"
Charles Dow
American Financial Journalist, Co-Founder of Dow Jones & Company & Creator of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Charlie Chaplin
Comic Actor, Filmmaker & Composer (The Tramp)
Elsa Lanchester
Two-Time Academy Award-Nominated Actress (The Bride of Frankenstein & Mary Poppins)
Émile Bayard
Artist, Illustrator & Painter