- Dec 1 Virginie Loveling, Flemish writer (Sophie) and poet, dies at 87
- Dec 2 Tomás Bretón, Spanish conductor and composer (La Dolores; La verbena de la Paloma), dies at 72
- Dec 8 Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk and musicologist, dies at 88
- Dec 12 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist and writer (Ball du Comte), dies of typhoid at 20
- Dec 14 Giuseppe Gallignani, Italian composer and conductor, takes his own life at 72
- Dec 16 Kacsóh Pongrác, Hungarian composer, dies at 50
- Dec 22 Arthur H. Bird, American composer, dies at 67
- Dec 26 Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)
Dec 27 French engineer and architect who designed and built the Eiffel Tower, dies at 91
- Dec 27 Michael J. Owens, American glassmaker and inventor (glass bottle-making machine), dies at 64
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide