- Dec 12 Francis Miroglio, composer
- Dec 12 Nevit Kodali, composer
- Dec 14 Marion Morgan, singer (Stop the Music)
- Dec 15 Ida Haendel, Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin)
- Dec 21 Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer, (d. 2013)
- Dec 22 Francesco "Frank" Corsaro, American opera director (The Night of the Iguana, Play of the Week), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
- Dec 24 [Irving] Lee Dorsey, American pop and R&B singer (Working in the Coal Mine), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1986)