Famous People: December
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All Figures for December (49 results)
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Founding Father & First President of Ivory Coast, African Statesman & Architect of the \"Ivorian Miracle\"
Galina Vishnevskaya
Legendary Russian Operatic Soprano, Bolshoi Theatre Prima Donna, People’s Artist of the USSR & Human Rights Advocate
George Boole
Mathematician, Logician & Philosopher, Father of Boolean Logic
Gilbert Bécaud
Legendary French Singer, Chanson Composer, Pianist & "Monsieur 100,000 Volts"
Henri Matisse
Master of Modern Art, Leader of Fauvism & Monumental Colorist of the 20th Century
Ike Turner
Rock and Roll Pioneer, Guitarist, Bandleader & Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
J. B. S. Haldane
Evolutionary Biologist, Geneticist, Polymath & Co-Founder of Modern Synthesis
James Thurber
Author, Cartoonist & Humorist
Jean-Siméon Chardin
Painter & Academician
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
John Milton
English Epic Poet, Pamphleteer & Civil Servant (Author of 'Paradise Lost')
Kader Khan
Legendary Bollywood Screenwriter, Dialogue Maestro & Prolific Actor (300+ Films)
King Gustavus Adolphus
King of Sweden, "Lion of the North" & Pioneer of Modern Combined-Arms Warfare
King John of England
King of England (1199–1216) Who Granted the Magna Carta (1215), Bedrock of Modern Constitutional Liberty & Human Rights