Editing 1939 (section)

===December===
[[File:Phil Spector 2000 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Phil Spector]]]]
[[File:John Amos 2011.jpg|100px|thumb|[[John Amos]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Lee Trevino]], American professional golfer<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Golf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnNR9vxnoq4C|year=1992|publisher=Sweet Water Press|isbn=978-1-58173-190-3|page=424|access-date=August 26, 2020|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126074424/https://books.google.com/books?id=RnNR9vxnoq4C|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 8]]
** [[Jerry Butler]], African-American singer-songwriter and politician (d. [[2025]])
** [[James Galway]], Irish flautist<ref name="Chase's2018">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA591|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=591|access-date=June 13, 2021|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613131952/https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA591|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Fahrudin Jusufi]], Kosovar-Serbian footballer and coach (d. [[2019]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Cindy Birdsong]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael L. LaBlanc|title=Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jR6W7QdCIDYC|date=27 September 1991|publisher=Gale Research, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8103-2216-5|page=227|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916233113/https://books.google.com/books?id=jR6W7QdCIDYC|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 17]] – [[Eddie Kendricks]], African-American singer (''[[The Temptations]]'') (d. [[1992]])
* [[December 18]]
** [[Pedro Jirón]], Nicaraguan footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nuevaya.com.ni/fallecio-en-diriamba-peche-jiron-un-grande-del-futbol-nicaraguense/|title=Falleció en Diriamba, "Peché" Jirón, un grande del fútbol nicaragüense|date=September 8, 2018|website=nuevaya.com.ni}}</ref>
** [[Michael Moorcock]], English science fiction writer<ref>{{cite book|author=Gale Cengage|title=British Novelists Since 1960: Fourth series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lc0UAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-4648-6|page=155|access-date=January 11, 2021|archive-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627133358/http://books.google.com/books?id=lc0UAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Harold E. Varmus]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies|title=...Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wVvvcXLH60C&pg=PA1218|year=1991|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=1218}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] – [[Phil Spector]], American [[record producer]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Ivy Press|title=Heritage Odyssey Music and Hollywood Memorabilia Auction Catalog #616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s5CLglQPcekC&pg=PA172|date=August 2005|publisher=Heritage Capital Corporation|isbn=978-1-932899-94-8|pages=172|access-date=August 26, 2020|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202002929/https://books.google.com/books?id=s5CLglQPcekC&pg=PA172|url-status=live}}</ref> (d. [[2021]])
* [[December 27]] – [[John Amos]], African-American actor (''[[Good Times]]'') (d. [[2024]])