Editing 1940 (section)

===December===
[[File:Richard Pryor, 1976.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Pryor]]]]
[[File:Dionne Warwick 2021.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dionne Warwick]]]]
[[File:Zappa 16011977 01 300.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Frank Zappa]]]]
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*[[December 1]] 
**[[Richard Pryor]], American stand-up comedian, actor and writer (d. [[2005]])
**[[Mário da Graça Machungo]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Mozambique|1st Prime Minister of Mozambique]] (d. [[2020]])
* [[December 2]] – [[Connie Booth]], British actress
*[[December 4]] – [[Gary Gilmore]], American murderer (d. [[1977]])
*[[December 11]]
**[[David Gates]], American singer-songwriter ([[Bread (band)|Bread]])
**[[Donna Mills]], American actress 
*[[December 12]]
**[[Sharad Pawar]], Indian politician
**[[Dionne Warwick]], African-American singer and actress
*[[December 19]] – [[Phil Ochs]], American [[protest singer]] (d. [[1976]])
*[[December 21]] – [[Frank Zappa]], American musician, composer and satirist (d. [[1993]])
*[[December 23]]
**[[Mamnoon Hussain]], 12th President of Pakistan (d. [[2021]])
**[[Jorma Kaukonen]], American musician ([[Jefferson Airplane]])
*[[December 24]] 
**[[Janet Carroll]], American actress, singer (d. [[2012]])
**[[Anthony S. Fauci]], American immunologist 
**[[Jan Stráský]], 20th [[Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia]] (d. [[2019]])
*[[December 25]] – [[Alija Behmen]], Bosnian politician (d. [[2018]])
*[[December 26]] – [[Edward C. Prescott]], American economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2022]])
*[[December 28]] – [[Don Francisco (television host)|Don Francisco]], Chilean-American television host
*[[December 29]] 
**[[Fred Hansen]], American Olympic athlete
**[[Brigitte Kronauer]], German novelist (d. [[2019]])
*[[December 30]]
**[[James Burrows]], American television director<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2020/12/30/milestones-december-30-birthdays-for-lebron-james-eliza-dushku-sandy-koufax/|title=MILESTONES: December 30 birthdays for LeBron James, Eliza Dushku, Sandy Koufax|date=December 30, 2020|website=Brooklyn Eagle}}</ref>
**[[Philippe Cousteau]], French diver and cinematographer (d. [[1979]])