- Dec 1 Nicholas Peter Negroponte, American founder/director (Media Lab at MIT), born in New York City
- Dec 8 Mary Woronov, American actress (Eating Raoul, Terror Vision), born in Brooklyn Heights, New York
- Dec 8 Patti Chandler, American actress (Bikini Beach), born in Culver City, California
- Dec 10 Theodore Wilson, American actor (That's My Mama, Sanford Arms), born in New York City
- Dec 13 (Margaret) "Marti" Webb, British actress and singer (Evita; Tell Me on a Sunday), born in Hampstead, London
- Dec 13 Arturo Ripstein, Mexican film director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot), born in Mexico City
- Dec 13 Maurice Hines, American tap-dancer, choreographer, actor, and theater director, born in New York City (d. 2023) [1]
- Dec 14 Britt Allcroft, British film and television producer and writer who created the children's TV series "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends", born in Worthing, West Sussex, England
- Dec 16 Steven Bochco, American TV producer and co-creator of Hill Street Blues, LA Law and NYPD Blue, born in New York City (d. 2018)
- Dec 17 Ron Geesin, Scottish musician and avant-garde, symphonic rock, and film score composer, born in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland
- Dec 18 Alan Rudolph, American actor and director (Endangers Species, Love at Large, Made in Heaven), born in Los Angeles, California
- Dec 19 Sam Kelly [Roger Michael Kelly], English actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Porridge), born in Manchester, England (d. 2014)
- Dec 20 Angel Tompkins, American actress (Gloria-Search), born in Albany, California
- Dec 21 (Marvin John) "Jack" Nance, American stage and screen actor (Eraserhead; Twin Peaks), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
- Dec 23 Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (A Patch of Blue, Beguilled), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1987)
- Dec 23 Harry Shearer, American screenwriter, actor (SNL, 1975-85; The Simpsons; This Is Spinal Tap), radio host (Le Show), and musician, born in Los Angeles, California
- Dec 23 Roelof den Ambtman, Dutch actor and director (One Evening at Eva), born in Maurik, Netherlands
- Dec 24 Christiane Schmidtmer, German actress (Ship of Fools), born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 2003)
- Dec 25 Hanna Schygulla, Katowice Silesia, actress (Love is Colder than Death)
- Dec 27 Corrine "Cokie" Roberts, American journalist, pioneering newscaster (ABC; NPR; PBS), and author, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2019)
- Dec 28 Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (Countdown), and broadcast journalist (Calendar), born in Bradford, England (d. 2005)
Ben Kingsley (80 years old)
Dec 31 English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal), born in Scarborough, England
- Dec 31 Pete Quaife, British rock bassist (The Kinks, 1963-69 - "Sunny Afternoon"), and cartoonist, born in Tavistock, Devonshire, England (d. 2010)
About December 1943
How Old? 80 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Signs: Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19)
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