Editing 1944 (section)

===December===
[[File:John Densmore 1971.png|100px|thumb|[[John Densmore]]]]
[[File:Dennis Wilson 1971 cropped.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Dennis Wilson]]]]
[[File:Flickr - Saeima - 10.Saeimas deputāts Andris Bērziņš (ievēlēts no Vidzemes apgabala).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Andris Bērziņš (Latvian President)|Andris Bērziņš]]]]
[[File:FraGiacomoDallaTorre (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto|Giacomo dalla Torre]]]]
[[File:Brenda Lee.png|100px|thumb|[[Brenda Lee]]]]
[[File:Bernard Hill2_(cropped).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Bernard Hill]]]]
[[File:Tim Reid at USDA Black History Month celebration.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Tim Reid]]]]
[[File:Jairzinho 1970s.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Jairzinho]]]]
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[John Densmore]], drummer, member of [[The Doors]].
* [[December 2]]
** [[Cathy Lee Crosby]], American actress (''That's Incredible!'')
** [[Ibrahim Rugova]], 1st [[President of Kosovo]] (d. [[2006]])
** [[Dionysis Savvopoulos]], Greek singer-songwriter
* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Ralph McTell]], English folk singer-songwriter
* [[December 4]] 
** [[Dennis Wilson]], American pop singer-songwriter and drummer (d. [[1983]])
** [[Chris Hillman]], American musician and bassist 
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Jeroen Krabbé]], Dutch actor and film director
* [[December 6]]
** [[Kit Culkin]], American stage actor
** [[Ron Kenoly]], American Christian leader
** [[Sutiyoso]], Indonesian politician and general, governor of [[Jakarta]]
** [[Jonathan King]], English music producer and convicted [[sex offender]]
* [[December 7]]
** [[Daniel Chorzempa]], American organist
** [[Georges Coste]], French rugby player and coach
* [[December 8]] &ndash; [[Sharmila Tagore]], Indian actress and model
* [[December 9]]
** [[Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto]], 80th [[List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller|Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta]] (d. [[2020]])
** [[Tadashi Irie]], Japanese [[yakuza]] boss
** [[Ki Longfellow]], American novelist
** [[Neil Innes]], English writer, comedian and musician (d. [[2019]])
** [[Roger Short]], British diplomat (murdered in the [[2003 Istanbul bombings]])
* [[December 10]] 
** [[Andris Bērziņš (Latvian President)|Andris Bērziņš]], 8th [[President of Latvia]]
** [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]], American [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Bhikkhu|monk]]
* [[December 11]]
** [[Gianni Morandi]], Italian singer
** [[Brenda Lee]], American singer
** [[Lynda Day George]], American actress
** [[Teri Garr]], American actress (d. [[2024]])
* [[December 12]]
** [[Diana Bracho]], Mexican actress
** [[Kenneth Cranham]], Scottish born actor
** [[Cara Duff-MacCormick]], Canadian stage actress
** [[Alex Acuña]], [[Peruvian Americans|Peruvian–American]] [[jazz]] drummer and percussionist
* [[December 14]] – [[Denis Thwaites]], English footballer (murdered in the [[2015 Sousse attacks]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Chico Mendes]], Brazilian [[Rubber tapping|rubber tapper]], [[Trade union|trade union leader]] and [[Environmentalism|environmentalist]] (d.[[1988]])
* [[December 16]] – [[Sein Win (politician, born 1944)|Sein Win]], Burmese politician
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Bernard Hill]], British actor (d. [[2024]])
* [[December 19]]
** [[Mitchell Feigenbaum]], American mathematical physicist (d. [[2019]])
** [[María Martha Serra Lima]], Argentine singer (d. [[2017]])
** [[Tim Reid]], African-American actor and film director
** [[Anastasiya Vertinskaya]], Soviet and Russian actress
** [[Terry Underwood]], Australian author
** [[Fred Callaghan]], English footballer (d. [[2022]])
** [[Douglas Durst]], American real estate investor and developer
** [[Alvin Lee]], English guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. [[2013]])
* [[December 20]] 
** [[Ray Martin (television presenter)|Ray Martin]], Australian journalist and television presenter
** [[Bobby Colomby]], American drummer and producer
** [[Anton Rippon]], British journalist and author
* [[December 21]]
** [[Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944)|Bill Atkinson]], English footballer (d. [[2013]])
** [[Michael Tilson Thomas]], American conductor
** [[Zheng Xiaoyu]], Chinese bureaucrat (d. [[2007]])
* [[December 22]] 
** [[Steve Carlton]], American baseball player
** [[Mo Foster]], English multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, solo artist, author, and public speaker (d. [[2023]])
* [[December 23]]
** [[Wesley Clark]], U.S. general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander
** [[Ingar Knudtsen]], Norwegian novelist and poet
* [[December 24]] 
** [[Erhard Keller]], German speed skater
** [[Mick Shoebottom]], English rugby league player (d. [[2002]])
* [[December 25]]
**[[Jairzinho]], Brazilian football player
** [[Kenny Everett]], British comedian and radio DJ. (d. [[1995]])
* [[December 26]]
** [[Bill Ayers]], American education theorist, previously radical anti-war activist
** [[Jane Lapotaire]], British actress
** [[Aleksey Mikhalyov (translator)|Aleksey Mikhalyov]], Russian translator
* [[December 27]] – [[Mick Jones (Foreigner guitarist)|Mick Jones]], English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer ([[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]])
* [[December 28]]
** [[Kary Mullis]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2019]])
** [[Edgar Vivar]], Mexican actor (Señor Barriga and Ñoño in ''El Chavo del Ocho'')
** [[Johnny Isakson]], American politician (d. [[2021]])
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Joseph Hilbe]], American statistician and author (d. [[2017]])
* [[December 31]]
** [[Neil Ross]], British-American voice actor and announcer
** [[Jan Widströmer]], Swedish painter and poet
** [[Lois Galgay Reckitt]], American activist and politician (d. [[2023]])