Birthdays 1001 - 1,038 of 1,038
- Dec 14 Ewa Białołęcka, Polish writer, born in Elbląg, Poland
- Dec 15 Mo Vaughn, American baseball first baseman (MLB All-Star 1995, 96, 98; AL MVP 1995; Boston Red Sox), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
- Dec 16 Donovan Bailey, Canadian athlete (WR 100m 9.84 1996; Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m 1996; World C'ship gold 100m, 4x100m 1995, 4x100m 1997), born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica
- Dec 16 Miranda Otto, Australian actress
- Dec 17 Alan Nolet, gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Dec 17 Gigi D'Agostino, Italian DJ and musician
- Dec 17 Pauline Maurice, Welland Ontario, softball outfielder (Olympics 1996)
- Dec 17 Vincent Damphousse, NHL center (Montreal Canadiens), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Dec 18 Bob Corkum, Salisbury, NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers)
- Dec 18 Toine van Peperstraten, Dutch sports journalist
- Dec 18 Tracy Hayworth, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons)
- Dec 19 Criss Angel [Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos], American magician and illusionist (Criss Angel Mindfreak), born in Hempstead, New York
- Dec 19 Doug Johns, South Bend IN, pitcher (Oakland A's)
- Dec 19 Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor
- Dec 20 Duncan Kennedy, American luger (Olympics 1994), born in Burlington, California
- Dec 21 Ervin Johnson, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Dec 21 Mikhail Saakashvili, Soviet-born President of Georgia, born in Tbilisi, Georgia
- Dec 21 Terry Mills, NBA forward (Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons), born in Romulus, Michigan
- Dec 22 Dan Petrescu, Romanian football manager and professional football player, born in Bucharest, Romania
- Dec 22 Mike Sullivan, NFL center (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Marshfield, Massachusetts
- Dec 22 Richey James Edwards, Welsh rock musician and songwriter (Manic Street Preachers), born in Blackwood, United Kingdom (disappeared in 1995; declared d. 2008)
- Dec 22 Roland Holder, cricketer (West Indian batsman in ODI's 1993-), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Dec 23 Carla Bruni, Italian-French model and singer-songwriter, born in Turin, Italy
- Dec 23 Lamar Lathon, American football linebacker (Carolina Panthers), born in Wharton, Texas
- Dec 23 Tim Fountain, British playwright, born in Dewsbury, United Kingdom
- Dec 24 Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker, born in Yekaterinburg, Russia
- Dec 25 Jason Thirsk, American punk rock bassist (Pennywise), born in Hermosa, California (d. 1996)
- Dec 26 Ken Tanigawa, American golfer (Senior PGA C'ship 2019), born in Kobe, Japan
- Dec 26 Tony Covington, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Dec 27 Niels Meijer, Dutch rock keyboardist (Bob Color)
- Dec 28 Chris Ware, US cartoonist, born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Dec 28 Paul Lynch, Australian canoeist (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Dec 29 Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian journalist, born in Winnipeg, Canada
- Dec 29 Henry Jones, American football Safety (Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Dec 29 Kevin Toth, American shot put athlete, born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Dec 29 Lilly [formerly Andy] Wachowski, American film director (Matrix trilogy), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Dec 29 Tony Tolbert, American NFL defensive end (Pro Bowl 1996; Super Bowl 1992, 93, 95; Dallas Cowboys), born in Tuskegee, Alabama
- Dec 31 Brad Daluiso, American NFL placekicker (NY Giants), born in San Diego, California