Famous People: December
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All Figures for December (30 results)
Abbasuddin Ahmed
Pioneering Bengali Folk Singer, Composer, Cultural Custodian & National Folk Icon
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
Carrie Fisher
American Actress, Screenwriter, Best-Selling Author & Advocate ("Princess Leia" in Star Wars)
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
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"
Jean-Siméon Chardin
Painter & Academician
Jerry Orbach
Emmy-Nominated American Actor, Broadway Musical Legend & Beloved Star of "Law & Order" (Detective Lennie Briscoe)