Editing 1959 (section)

===December===
* [[December 1]] – [[Wally Lewis]], Australian rugby league player
* [[December 3]] – [[Kathy Jordan]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kathy Jordan |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/100019/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] – [[Christa Luding-Rothenburger]], German speed skater
* [[December 5]] – [[Yoshitomo Nara]], Japanese artist
* [[December 6]] – [[Satoru Iwata]], Japanese president of Nintendo (d. [[2015]])
* [[December 11]] – [[Li Gui-min]], Taiwanese politician
* [[December 13]] – [[Johnny Whitaker]], American actor
* [[December 14]] – [[Evan Ziporyn]], American composer
* [[December 15]] – [[Betsy Arakawa]], American classical pianist
* [[December 17]] – [[Gregg Araki]], American director
* [[December 19]] – [[Waise Lee]], Hong Kong actor
* [[December 20]] – [[Stephen Chan Chi Wan]], general manager of [[TVB]]
* [[December 21]] – [[Florence Griffith Joyner]], American athlete (d. [[1998]])
* [[December 22]] – [[Bernd Schuster]], German footballer and manager
* [[December 24]] – [[Lee Daniels]], American director and producer<ref name=tvg>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lee-daniels/281281|title=Lee Daniels biography|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
* [[December 25]] – [[Michael P. Anderson]], American astronaut (d. [[2003]])
* [[December 26]] – [[Glenna Cabello]], Venezuelan political scientist
* [[December 28]] – [[Ana Torroja]], Spanish singer
* [[December 29]] 
** [[Marco Antonio Solís]], Mexican singer
** [[Patricia Clarkson]], American actress
* [[December 30]] – [[Tracey Ullman]], British-American comedian and actress
* [[December 31]]
** [[Val Kilmer]], American actor (d. [[2025]])
** [[Baron Waqa]], Nauruan politician and composer, 14th [[President of Nauru]]