How December compares with the other eleven months
Compared per date, so a 31-day month has no advantage over February. December averages 45.2 notable people and 1.94 billionaires per date, ranking #12 and #11 of 12 respectively, with $381B of combined reported wealth (#12 of 12). See the full month table.
Lei Jun is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur and computer engineer. He is known for being the founder, chairman, and CEO of the consumer electronics company Xiaomi. He also is the chairman of Kingsoft and Shunwei Capital.
Born December 16. Reported estimate as of May 2025; not a live figure.
Who is born in December
Fields across the month
Share of the 1,402 people we list, by documented field.
Authors24% (339 people)
Actors23% (328 people)
Entrepreneurs21% (292 people)
Musicians18% (247 people)
Creators17% (241 people)
Politicians17% (238 people)
Scientists16% (223 people)
Countries
122 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States431 (431 people)
United Kingdom120 (120 people)
France95 (95 people)
Japan55 (55 people)
India39 (39 people)
Germany35 (35 people)
Italy34 (34 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 2026. Month ranks compare all twelve months on the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Read the methodology.
