- Dec 2 Warren William [Krech], American actor (The Wolf Man, Cleopatra), born in Aitkin, Minnesota (d. 1948)
- Dec 3 Bert Baston, American College Football Hall of Fame end (University of Minnesota), born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota (d. 1979)
- Dec 5 C. R. Swart, South African politician (1st State President of South Africa 1961-67), born in Winburg, Orange Free State (d. 1982)
- Dec 5 Philip K Wrigley, American baseball executive (owner Chicago Cubs 1932-77), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1977)
- Dec 8 E. C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye), born in Chester, Illinois (d. 1938)
- Dec 8 James Thurber, American humorist, playwright, and cartoonist (Men, Women & Dogs; The Male Animal; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1961)
- Dec 10 Earnest Haenchen, German new testament expert, born in Czarnków, Poland (d. 1975)
- Dec 10 Gertrud Kolmar, German lyric poet and writer, born in Berlin (d. 1943)
- Dec 14 Joaquin Zamacois Soler, Chilean-Spanish composer, born in Santiago de Chile, Chile (d. 1976)
- Dec 17 Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (Boston Pops), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1979)
- Dec 17 David Butler, American director (April in Paris, Calamity Jane), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1979)
- Dec 17 Hans Henny Jahnn, German playwright, born in Stellingen, Germany (d. 1959)
- Dec 17 Hans Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1952)
- Dec 17 Willem Schermerhorn, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1945-46), born in Akersloot, Netherlands (d. 1977)
- Dec 19 Ford C Frick, American Baseball HOF executive (NL President 1934-51; MLB Commissioner 1951-65), born in Wawaka, Indiana (d. 1978)
- Dec 19 Paul Dessau, German orchestral, film, and theater composer and conductor (Adventures of Casanova; Deutsches Miserere; Never Trust a Woman), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1979)
- Dec 19 Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1974)
Robert Menzies (1894-1978)
Dec 20 12th Prime Minister of Australia (United Australia Party: 1939-41, Liberal: 1949-66) and its longest-serving, born in Jeparit, Victoria
- Dec 22 Mihail Andricu, Romanian pianist, composer, violinist, and music professor (Bucharest Conservatory, 1926-59), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1974)
- Dec 23 Arthur Gilligan, English cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 34 wickets; England captain 1924-25; Sussex CCC), born in London, England (d. 1976)
- Dec 24 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, born in Paris, France (d. 1917)
- Dec 26 Antonio Molina, Filipino composer, conductor and music administrator (Ana Maria, Hatinggabi), born in Quiapo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines (d. 1980)
- Dec 26 Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
- Dec 27 Paul Costello, American rower (Olympic gold double sculls 1920, 24, 28), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
- Dec 28 Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian World War I fighter ace known as the "Eagle of Flanders" with 11 known kills and 19 unconfirmed, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1973)
- Dec 28 Ed Healey, American NFL player (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
- Dec 31 Ernest John Moeran, English composer, born in London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom (d. 1950)
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