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The results for December are in and sadly, Santa was not one of the most searched for people in America, but Rudolph was! While Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer did not make our top 10 list, he did put up a pretty good showing and beat the big man Santa.

1. The top spot did not go to Justin Bieber this month, but to Ekaterina Rybolovleva, the billionairesse and daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitriy Rybolovleva, who grabbed attention after buying the luxury New York City apartment of former Citigroup Chairman Sandy Weill for 88 million dollars. Yes, you read that right, Eighty-Eight Million.

2. Next we have Jonathan Ive, London native and Head of Design for Apple, who is enjoying the New Year by adding Sir to his name, as it was announced he is being awarded knighthood by Queen Elizabeth in the New Year Honours list.

3. Finally, falling all the way down, down, down to number 3 is Justin Bieber. The teen heartthrob continues to make the Top 10 with all the teenage girls around the world searching for him. One thing never changes, teenage girls going goofy over singers and bands like Elvis Presley, The Beatles, U2, and now Justin Bieber. Do you think Mozart had raving teenage girls bum rushing him on stage?

4. Viva Bianca, is an Australian actress best known for her role as the nasty game playing Ilithyia on the popular show Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The same series which starred Andy Whitfield, who recently passed away after taking time off from the show for his battle with cancer.

5. Maddie Bisanz the high school sweetheart and now fiance to Joe Mauer, star catcher of the Minnesota Twins.

6. Prashant Khandelwal, the smuggler from India who got burned for his stash of illegal fireworks.

7. Jacques Bourboulon is the famous French photographer who worked with Vogue and fashion designers like Dior and Féraud, and who gained attention for his nude photography of French actress Eva Ionesco when she was just 10.

8. Inna Shevchenko is the journalism student and member of the Women’s Movement FEMEN in Ukraine, who is active in her effort to better the country and going topless in her protest against the sexploitation of women. She also recently spoke out claiming kidnapping, beatings and abuse by local police while in Belarus.

9. Hermann Nogler is famous ski coach and huge supporter of amateur athletes, with the Hermann Nogler Trust Foundation awards having been announced in December. Congrats on the award and good luck to all the athletes.

10. Jake Vargas, Filipino teen and television actor from GMA Network’s remake of the Koreanovela Stairway To Heaven, and the series Reel Love Presents: Tween Hearts and Captain Barbell.

This is our last list for 2011, it was a fun year with some cool and interesting search results. We hope you all enjoyed the lists for this year and we look forward to telling you all about the most searched for people throughout 2012.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Photo Credits: Jonathan Ive and Steve Jobs, © liltroy37asdf (Flickr)