- Dec 1 Bob Goen, American TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight), born in Long Beach, California
- Dec 1 François Van der Elst, Belgian soccer winger (44 caps; Anderlecht, West Ham Utd), born in Opwijk, Belgium (d. 2017)
- Dec 2 Dan Butler, American actor (Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier), born in Huntington, Indiana
- Dec 2 Danielle Alexander, American country music pianist, born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Dec 2 Huub Stapel, Dutch actor (Amsterdamned, Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank), born in Tegelen, Netherlands
- Dec 2 Stone Phillips, American news host (NBC Dateline), born in Texas City, Texas
- Dec 3 Grace Andreacchi, American author
- Dec 3 Paul Gregg, American country bassist (Restless Heart - "Big Dreams In A Small Town"; "The Bluest Eyes In Texas"), born in Altus, Oklahoma
- Dec 4 Tony Todd, American actor and producer (Platoon), born in Washington, D.C.
- Dec 6 Chris Stamey, American musician, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Dec 6 Miles Chapin, American actor (French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse), born in NYC, New York
- Dec 7 Bertín Osborne, Italian entertainer, born in Madrid, Spain
- Dec 7 Gianfranco Jannuzzo, Italian entertainer, born in Agrigento, Italy
- Dec 7 Julie Halston, American actress (Juror, Drunks, Addams Family Values), born in Suffolk County, New York
- Dec 7 Mark Hofmann, American forger, bomber and convicted murderer, born in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Dec 7 Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies), born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Dec 8 Harold Hongju Koh, Korean-American Dean of Yale Law School
- Dec 9 Herman Finkers, Dutch comedian, born in Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Dec 9 Jack Sonni, American guitarist (Dire Straits, 1985-88), born in Indiana, Pennsylvania
- Dec 9 Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg politician, President of the European Commission (2014-), born in Redange, Luxembourg
- Dec 9 Kip Hanrahan, American jazz producer (American Clavé), born in the Bronx, New York
- Dec 10 Geoff Deane, British pop singer (Modern Romance), born in London
- Dec 10 Jack Hues [Jeremy Ryder], British new-wave singer-songwriter (Wang Chung - "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"), born in Gillingham, Kent, England
- Dec 11 Brad Bryant, American golfer (US Senior Open 2007), born in Amarillo, Texas
- Dec 11 Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic rock guitarist (Dense Time), and electronic engineer, born in Reykjavík, Iceland
- Dec 11 Jermaine Jackson, American singer (Jackson 5 - "ABC"; solo - "Let's Get Serious"), born in Gary, Indiana
- Dec 11 Santiago Creel, Mexican politician (Secretary of the Interior), born in Mexico City
- Dec 11 Sylvester Clarke, West Indian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 42 wickets), born in Christ Church, Barbados (d. 1999)
- Dec 11 Vicki Randle, American singer-songwriter, born in San Francisco, California
- Dec 12 Liz Claman, American television anchor (Countdown to the Closing Bell), born in Beverly Hills, California
- Dec 13 John Anderson, American country singer and actor ("I've Got a Feelin'";"Money in the Bank"), born in Apopka, Florida
- Dec 13 Steve Forbert, American singer-songwriter ("Romeo's Tune"; "Going Down To Laurel"), born in Meridian, Mississippi
- Dec 13 Tamora Pierce, American author of fantasy fiction (The Song of the Lioness), born in South Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- Dec 14 Alan Kulwicki, American auto racer and owner (NASCAR Winston Cup drivers' and owners' champion 1992), born in Greenfield, Wisconsin (d. 1993)
- Dec 14 Eva Mattes, Austrian-German actress (Celeste, Man Like Eva), born in Tegernsee, Germany
- Dec 14 Ib Andersen, Danish ballet dancer, born in Copenhagen
- Dec 14 James Horan, American actor (General Hospital, Transformers Prime), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Dec 14 Steve MacLean, Canadian astronaut (STS 52), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Dec 15 Alex Cox, English director (Repo Man), born in Bebington, England
- Dec 15 Justin Ross, American actor (Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Dec 15 Mark Warner, American politician (Senator-D-Virginia 2009-), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Dec 16 Joslyn Y Hoyte-Smith, Barbados, 4X400m hurdler (Olympic bronze 1980)
- Dec 17 Kenneth Frazier, American executive (1st African American to head major pharmaceutical company - Merck), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ray Liotta (1954-2022)
Dec 18 American actor (Goodfellas; Field of Dreams: Cop Land), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Dec 20 Michael Badalucco, American actor, born in Brooklyn, New York City
- Dec 20 Sandra Cisneros, American writer, born in Chicago, Illinois
Chris Evert (68 years old)
Dec 21 American tennis player (18 Gram Slam singles titles), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Dec 22 Derick Parry, cricketer (WI off-spinner early 80's), born in Cotton Ground, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Dec 22 Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese racing driver, born in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
- Dec 22 Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader, born in Durban, South Africa
- Dec 23 Brian Teacher, American tennis player (Australian Open 1980), born in San Diego, California
Annie Lennox (68 years old)
Dec 25 Scottish vocalist (Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams"; solo - "Why"), born in Aberdeen, Scotland
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (68 years old)
Dec 25 Mexican drug lord and escape artist, born in La Tuna, Sinaloa, Mexico (or April 4th, 1957)
- Dec 25 Robin Campbell, British reggae vocalist andguitarist (UB40 - "Red Red Wine"),born in Birmingham, England
- Dec 25 Steve Wariner, American country singer (Small Town Girl), born in Noblesville, Indiana
- Dec 26 David Armstrong, English soccer midfielder (3 caps; Middlesbrough 359 games, Southampton 222 games), born in Durham, England (d. 2022)
Ozzie Smith (68 years old)
Dec 26 American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (15 x MLB All-Star; 13 x Gold Glove Award; World Series 1982; NL Silver Slugger Award 1987; NLCS MVP 1985; SD Padres, St Louis Cardinals), born in Mobile, Alabama
- Dec 26 Palmolive [Paloma Romero McLardy] Spanish-British punk rock drummer and songwriter (The Slits, The Raincoats), born in Melilla, Spain
- Dec 26 Peter Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, philanthropist and son of Sir Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Dec 26 Peter Woods, American rock guitarist (Romeo Void - '"A Girl in Trouble")
- Dec 26 Susan Butcher, American dog musher and 4 x winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2006)
- Dec 26 Ullrich Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox (Olympic gold 1976)
- Dec 26 Walter Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox (Olympic gold 1976)
Denzel Washington (68 years old)
Dec 28 American actor (Dr Chandler-St Elsewhere), born in Mount Vernon, New York
- Dec 28 Tony Rosato, Canadian comedian (SCTV, Saturday Night Live), born in Naples, Italy (d. 2017)
- Dec 29 Glenn Myernick, American soccer player & coach (Olympic gold 1996), born in Trenton, New Jersey
- Dec 29 John "JR" Robinson, American session drummer appearing on over 50 Grammy winning recordings, born in Creston, Iowa
- Dec 29 Prince Takamado of Japan, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2002)
- Dec 29 Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Get Used To It"), born in Sacramento, California (d. 2003)
- Dec 31 Alex Salmond, Scottish politician (Scottish National Party) First Minister of Scotland (2007-14), born in Linlithgow, Scotland
- Dec 31 Hermann Tilke, German racing circuit architect, born in Olpe, Germany
- Dec 31 Sylvie Bodorová, Czech contemporary classical composer (Dignitas homini; Ventimiglia), born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
About December 1954
How Old? 68 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Signs: Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19)