Editing 1943 (section)

===December===
[[File:Jim Morrison 1969.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Jim Morrison]]]]
[[File:John Kerry official Secretary of State portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Kerry]]]]
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[[File:Keith RichardsCLOSE UP.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Keith Richards]]]]
[[File:Harry Shearer at RT4.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Harry Shearer]]]]
[[File:Queen Silvia of Sweden in 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Queen Silvia of Sweden]]]]
[[File:John Denver 1973.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Denver]]]]
[[File:Ben Kingsley by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ben Kingsley]]]]
* [[December 2]]
** [[Wayne Allard]], American politician
** [[William Wegman (photographer)|William Wegman]], American photographer
* [[December 5]]
** [[Eva Joly]], Norwegian-born French magistrate
** [[Nicolae Văcăroiu]], 55th Prime Minister of Romania
* [[December 8]]
** [[José Carbajal (Uruguayan musician)|José Carbajal]], Uruguayan singer, composer and guitarist (d. [[2010]])
** [[Larry Martin]], American paleontologist (d. [[2013]])
** [[Jim Morrison]], American rock musician ([[The Doors]]) (d. [[1971]])
** [[Bodo Tümmler]], German Olympic middle-distance runner
* [[December 11]] – [[John Kerry]], American politician, 68th [[U.S. Secretary of State]]
* [[December 12]]
** [[Dickey Betts]], American guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer ([[The Allman Brothers Band]]) (d. [[2024]])
** [[Gianni Russo]], American actor
** [[Phyllis Somerville]], American actress (d. [[2020]])
** [[Grover Washington, Jr.]], African-American saxophonist (d. [[1999]])
* [[December 13]]
** [[David W. Huff]], American rock singer and guitarist ([[David and the Giants]])
** [[Ferguson Jenkins]], Canadian baseball player
** [[Mariví Ugolino]], Uruguayan sculptor
* [[December 14]] 
** [[Britt Allcroft]], British television producer, creator of ''[[Thomas & Friends]]'' (d. [[2024]])
** [[António Simões]], Portuguese footballer
* [[December 15]] – [[Lucien den Arend]], Dutch sculptor
* [[December 16]] – [[Steven Bochco]], American television producer (d. [[2018]])
* [[December 17]] 
** [[Pak Doo-ik]], North Korean footballer
** [[Ron Geesin]], British musician, songwriter ([[Pink Floyd]])
** [[Rick Nolan]], American politician
* [[December 18]] – [[Keith Richards]], English rock guitarist, songwriter ([[The Rolling Stones]])
* [[December 19]]
** [[Sam Kelly]], English actor (d. [[2014]])
** [[Ross M. Lence]], American political scientist (d. [[2006]])
** [[Jimmy Mackay]], Australian football player (d. [[1998]])
* [[December 20]] – [[Jacqueline Pearce]], English screen actress (d. [[2018]])
* [[December 21]] – [[Jack Nance]], American actor (d. [[1996]])
* [[December 22]] – [[Paul Wolfowitz]], American political scientist 
* [[December 23]]
** [[Elizabeth Hartman]], American actress (d. [[1987]])
** [[Harry Shearer]], American actor, comedian and screenwriter
** [[Queen Silvia of Sweden]], Queen consort of Sweden
* [[December 24]]
** [[Tarja Halonen]], 11th [[President of Finland]]
** [[James A. Johnson (politics)|James A. Johnson]], American business leader, philanthropist
* [[December 25]] – [[Hanna Schygulla]], German actress
* [[December 27]] – [[Sam Hinds]], 3-Time Prime Minister of Guyana
* [[December 28]]
** [[Keith Floyd]], British chef (d. [[2009]])
** [[Chas Hodges]], English musician and singer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Craig MacIntosh]], American illustrator
** [[Billy Chapin]], American child actor (d.[[ 2016]])
** [[Richard Whiteley]], English television presenter (d. [[2005]])
* [[December 31]]
** [[John Denver]], American musician (d. [[1997]])
** Sir [[Ben Kingsley]], British actor (''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'')
** [[Pete Quaife]], English musician, artist and author ([[The Kinks]]) (d. [[2010]])