George Whitefield (1714-1770)
Dec 16 English-born Methodist leader and preacher, born in Gloucester, England
- Dec 19 John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
- Dec 21 John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier, born in Annapolis Royal, Canada (d. 1774)
- Dec 23 Johann Siebenkas, German composer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1781)
- Dec 24 Rainieri de' Calzabigi, Italian poet & librettist, born in Livorno, Italy (d. 1795)
- Dec 31 Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (approximated the value of pi and its square, pi^2), born in Kurume, Kyūshū, Japan (d. 1783)