- Dec 3 Albert Asher, New Zealand dual-code rugby union and rugby league winger (RU 11 caps; RL Australasia 2 Tests, NZ 1), born in Tauranga, New Zealand (d. 1965)
- Dec 4 Hamilton Harty, Irish composer and conductor called "the prince of accompanists", born in Hillsborough, Ireland (d. 1941)
- Dec 5 Clyde Cessna, American aviator and airplane manufacturer, born in Hawthorne, Louisiana (d. 1954)
- Dec 7 Rudolf Friml, Czech-American concert pianist and composer (Rose-Marie; The Vagabond King), born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1972)
- Dec 10 James E. Norris, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame team owner (Detroit Red Wings), born in Montréal, Canada (d. 1952)
- Dec 12 Friedrich Christiansen, German nazi commander Wehrmacht Netherland, born in Wyk auf Föhr, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire (d. 1972)
- Dec 12 Laura Hope Crews, American actress (Camille; Gone With The Wind), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1942)
- Dec 12 Percy Fletcher, British composer, born in Derby (d. 1932)
- Dec 15 Hugo Willem Constantijn Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1939)
- Dec 15 Rudolf von Laban, Czech-German choreographer (modern dance), born in Bratislava, Austria-Hungary (d. 1958)
- Dec 16 William Duncan, Scottish actor (Hopalong Rides Again, Thunder Trail), born in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland (d. 1961)
- Dec 18 Paul Klee, Swiss-German abstract painter and educator at the Bauhaus (Twittering Machine), born in Münchenbuchsee Switzerland, (d. 1940)
- Dec 19 Beals Wright, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1905; doubles 1904-06), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
- Dec 19 Otto Olsson, Swedish organist (Gustaf Vasa Church, 1907-56), composer, and teacher (Royal Swedish Academy, 1908-45), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1964)
- Dec 21 Theodore Limperg, Dutch accountant, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1961)
- Dec 22 Stanislas Bizot, French draughts champion (1925), born in Nice, France (d. 1950)
- Dec 24 Émile Nelligan, Canadian francophone poet, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1941)
- Dec 24 Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, Polish composer, born in Jarosław, Poland (d. 1979)
- Dec 26 Armen Tigran Tigranyan, Armenian music composer and conductor, born in Alexandropol, Armenia (d. 1950)
- Dec 26 Julius Weismann, German pianist, conductor, and composer (Schwanenweiß), born in Freiburg im Breisgau (d. 1950)
- Dec 27 Robert Greig, Australian actor (Sullivan's Travels, Horse Feathers), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (d. 1958)
- Dec 27 Sydney Greenstreet, British actor (Casablanca, Maltese Falcon), born in Sandwich, Kent, England (d. 1954)
- Dec 29 Billy Mitchell, United States Army general (father of the US Air Force), born in Nice, France (d. 1936)
- Dec 30 Harry Barrett, British athlete (WR marathon 2:42:31 1909), born in London, England (d. 1927)
- Dec 30 Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian Hindu philosopher and yogi (Maharshi Research Institute), born in Tiruchuli, British India (d. 1950)