Damon Runyon (1880-1946)
Dec 10 American journalist and writer (Guys & Dolls-based on his work), dies at 66
Walter Johnson (1887-1946)
Dec 10 American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (3 x Triple Crown of Pitching; World Series 1924; AL MVP 1913, 24; Washington Senators), dies from a brain tumour at 59
- Dec 12 Ben Carter, American actor (Crash Dive; Dark Alibi; Maryland), casting agent, and civil rights activist, dies from diphtheria at 36
- Dec 15 Frederic Norton, British composer (Chu Chin Chow), dies at 77
- Dec 15 Konrad Haebler, German historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89
- Dec 17 Constance Garnett, English translator of Russian (first to translate Chekhov and Dostoevsky into English), dies at 84
- Dec 19 Paul Langevin, French physicist (b. 1872)
- Dec 23 John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (b. 1873)
- Dec 25 W C Fields, writer and comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67
- Dec 28 Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American singer, pianist, songwriter (I Love You Truly; A Perfect Day), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 85
- Dec 30 Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer (Shanewis (or The Robin Woman); The Sky Hawk), dies at 65
- Dec 31 Frederik "Frits" Tartaud, Dutch actor, and husband of Dutch actress Alida Klein, dies at 89
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