- Dec 2 Sylvia Syms, American jazz singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
- Dec 8 Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ)
- Dec 11 Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban bandleader and musician, born in Matanzas, Cuba (d. 1989)
- Dec 13 Dave Street [Patrick Devlin], American actor and singer (Moonrise, I Surrender Dear, Broadway Open House), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1971)
- Dec 17 Louis Salvador Palange, composer
- Dec 21 Alicia Alonso, ballerina (American Ballet Theatre), born in Havana, Cuba
- Dec 31 Joan McCracken, American actress, dancer and comedian (Claudie Story of a Marriage), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)