- Dec 7 [Aloysius] Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist, and ballet composer (La Bayadère), dies at 91
- Dec 8 Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b. 1836)
- Dec 8 Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British mathematician and astronomer, dies at 67
Mackenzie Bowell
Dec 10 Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (1894-96), dies of pneumonia at 93
- Dec 17 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1st qualified woman physician in Britain, first woman mayor (Aldeburgh), dies at 81
- Dec 17 Frank Gotch, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
- Dec 20 Lucien Petit-Breton, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1907-8), dies in a road accident at 35
- Dec 22 Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67
- Dec 26 Judith Gautier, French poetess, novelist (Le Dragon Impérial) and daughter of Theophile Gautier, dies at 71
- Dec 28 Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian Royal Flying Corps WWI flying ace, shot down and killed over Belgium at 25