How December compares with the other eleven months
Compared per date, so a 31-day month has no advantage over February. December averages 42.2 notable people and 0.58 billionaires per date, ranking #12 and #12 of 12 respectively, with $150B of combined reported wealth (#12 of 12). See the full month table.
Abigail Johnson is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Fidelity Investments. The company had been founded by her grandfather, Edward C. Johnson II, in 1946, and her father, Edward Johnson III, was its CEO when she joined.
Born December 19. Reported estimate as of 2019; not a live figure.
Who is born in December
Fields across the month
Share of the 1,307 people we list, by documented field.
Authors26% (338 people)
Actors25% (327 people)
Musicians19% (246 people)
Creators18% (241 people)
Politicians17% (226 people)
Scientists17% (221 people)
Entrepreneurs17% (217 people)
Countries
119 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States410 (410 people)
United Kingdom116 (116 people)
France95 (95 people)
Japan54 (54 people)
India34 (34 people)
Spain34 (34 people)
Italy33 (33 people)
About these numbers
Counts cover the people on the public page for each December date, every one traced to a Wikidata record. Billionaires need a dated estimate of at least $1B from Forbes, Bloomberg, the Sunday Times Rich List, Hurun or a filing; combined wealth adds the low end of those estimates, the newest as of September 2025. Month ranks compare all twelve months on the dataset built on 2026-09-07. Read the methodology.
