- Dec 16 Udom Patpongsiri, Thai property developer (Father of the Thai sex industry), (d. 1996)
- Dec 17 Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (d. 2000)
- Dec 17 Toon Hermans, Dutch poet (Kolderliedjes), born in Sittard, Netherlands (d. 2000)
- Dec 19 Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea), born in Venray, Netherlands (d. 2003)
- Dec 20 Michel Chartrand, French Canadian union activist, born in Outremont, Quebec (d. 2010)
- Dec 21 Eve Perrick, British journalist (The Daily Mail) (d. 1995)
- Dec 21 John Boon, British publisher (Mills and Boon), born in King's Lynn, Norfolk (d. 1996)
- Dec 27 Werner Baumbach, German bomber pilot (d. 1953)