Editing 1934 (section)

=== December===
[[File:Judi Dench at the BAFTAs 2007 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Judi Dench]]]]
[[File:Pratibha Patil 2012-02-27.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pratibha Patil]]]]
[[File:Latinina portret.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Larisa Latynina]]]]
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[[File:Dame Maggie Smith-cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maggie Smith]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Billy Paul]], African-American singer (d. [[2016]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Viktor Gorbatko]], Russian cosmonaut (d. [[2017]])
* [[December 5]] – [[Joan Didion]], American novelist (d. [[2021]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Alisa Freindlich]], Soviet and Russian actress
* [[December 9]]
** [[Judi Dench]], English actress
** [[Junior Wells]], American harmonica player (d. [[1998]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/17/arts/junior-wells-central-player-in-chicago-blues-is-dead-at-63.html|title=Junior Wells, Central Player in Chicago Blues Is Dead at Age 63|access-date=October 11, 2010 | newspaper=[[The New York Times|New York Times]]|first=Ben|last=Ratliff|date=January 17, 1998}}</ref>
* [[December 10]] – [[Howard Martin Temin]], American geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1994]])
* [[December 11]] – [[Radha Viswanathan]], Indian vocalist, classical dancer (d. [[2018]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Miguel de la Madrid]], 52nd president of Mexico (d. [[2012]])
* [[December 13]] – [[Richard D. Zanuck]], American producer (d. [[2012]])<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Telegraph (newspaper)|Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/9404130/Richard-Zanuck.html |title=Obituary of Richard Zanuck |date=16 July 2012 |access-date=31 December 2018 |publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group Limited]]}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] – [[Shyam Benegal]], Indian film director and screenwriter (d. [[2024]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]], 6th president of Somalia (d. [[2012]])
* [[December 17]] – [[Shan Tianfang]], Chinese pingshu performer (d. [[2018]])
* [[December 18]] – [[Boris Volynov]], Russian cosmonaut
* [[December 19]]
** [[Aki Aleong]], Trinidad and Tobago-born American actor
** [[Pratibha Patil]], [[President of India]]
* [[December 24]] – [[Stjepan Mesić]], 2nd [[President of Croatia]]
* [[December 28]]
**[[Forough Farrokhzad]], Iranian poet, writer and filmmaker (d. [[1967]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN1_mjWxO0A|title=Forough Farrokhzhad's Biography & Unpublished Letters|date=March 11, 2016 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
** [[Maggie Smith]], English actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Maggie Smith: A glorious antidote to the self-absorption of so many in her profession |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/maggie-smith-oscar-favourite-is-a-glorious-antidote-to-the-self-absorption-of-so-many-in-her-a6734096.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/maggie-smith-oscar-favourite-is-a-glorious-antidote-to-the-self-absorption-of-so-many-in-her-a6734096.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=1 October 2020 |language=en |date=13 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (d. [[2024]])
** [[Yujiro Ishihara]], Japanese actor (d. [[1987]])
* [[December 30]]
** [[John N. Bahcall]], American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (d. [[2005]])<ref name="Overbye">{{cite news |last1=Overbye |first1=Dennis |title=John N. Bahcall, 70, Dies; Astrophysicist at Princeton |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/nyregion/john-n-bahcall-70-dies-astrophysicist-at-princeton.html |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=19 August 2005}}</ref>
** [[Joseph Bologna]], American actor, director, playwright and screenwriter (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gates |first1=Anita |title=Joseph Bologna, Onscreen Tough Guy With a Sense of Humor, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/arts/joseph-bologna-actor-dies.html |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=14 August 2017}}</ref>
** [[Barry Briggs]], New Zealand motorcycle racer and sportscaster<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/63471-most-appearances-in-the-world-speedway-championship-finals|title=Most appearances in the World Speedway Championship finals|website=guinessworldrecords.com|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]|access-date=January 20, 2025}}</ref>
** [[Joseph P. Hoar]], American general (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.centcom.mil/ABOUT-US/LEADERSHIP/Bio-Article-View/Article/904771/joseph-p-hoar/|title=Joseph P. Hoar|website=centcom.mil|publisher=[[U.S. Central Command]]|access-date=January 20, 2025}}</ref>
** [[Tony Serra]], American criminal defense and [[civil rights]] [[lawyer|attorney]], political activist and [[tax resistance|tax resister]]<ref name="CBI">{{cite web|title=Joseph Serra, Born 12/30/1934 in California|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/joseph_serra_born_1934_1714209|work=California Birth Index|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>
** [[Del Shannon]], American singer (''[[Runaway (Del Shannon song)|Runaway]]'') (d. [[1990]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Del Shannon {{!}} American musician|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Del-Shannon|access-date=2025-01-20|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Russ Tamblyn]], American film and television actor<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-30-2022-includes-celebrities-ellie-goulding-tracey-ullman.html|title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 30, 2022 includes celebrities Ellie Goulding, Tracey Ullman|access-date=January 20, 2025 |first=Mike|last=Rose|date=December 30, 2022}}</ref>