- Dec 7 Albert Griffiths ("Young Griffo"), Australian boxer (World Featherweight champion 1890-92), dies of apoplexy at 56
- Dec 12 Heinrich Reitsch, composer, dies at 67
- Dec 14 Julian Sochocki, Russian-Polish mathematician, dies at 85
- Dec 16 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88
- Dec 17 Hubert Harrison, West Indian-American writer and freedom fighter, dies at 44
- Dec 18 Harry Barrett, British athlete (WR marathon 2:42:31 1909), dies at 47
- Dec 21 Jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies
- Dec 25 Sergei Sazonov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1910-16), dies in exile in France at 66
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