- Dec 9 Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v South Africa 1899), dies
- Dec 12 Charles Goodnight, American cattle baron (b. 1836)
- Dec 13 Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42
- Dec 19 Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 36
- Dec 20 Emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90
- Dec 29 Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)