- Dec 1 Virginie Loveling, Flemish writer (Sophie) and poet, dies at 87
- Dec 2 Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72
- Dec 8 Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk and musicologist, dies at 88
- Dec 12 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20
- Dec 14 Giuseppe Gallignani, Italian composer and conductor, takes his own life at 72
- Dec 16 Kacsóh Pongrác, Hungarian composer, dies at 50
- Dec 22 Arthur H. Bird, American composer, dies at 67
- Dec 26 Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
Gustave Eiffel
Dec 27 Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91
