| 135991 | December 1 | Birth | 1869 – Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic, assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923) |
| 135992 | December 1 | Birth | 1883 – Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic (d. 1974) |
| 135993 | December 1 | Birth | 1884 – Torben Meyer, Danish actor (d. 1975) |
| 135994 | December 1 | Birth | 1884 – Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976) |
| 135995 | December 1 | Birth | 1886 – Rex Stout, American author (d. 1975) |
| 135996 | December 1 | Birth | 1895 – Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author (d. 1977) |
| 135997 | December 1 | Birth | 1896 – Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 1974) |
| 135998 | December 1 | Birth | 1897 – Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977) |
| 135999 | December 1 | Birth | 1898 – Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977) |
| 136000 | December 1 | Birth | 1901 – Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (d. 1988) |
| 136001 | December 1 | Birth | 1902 – Rudolf Loo, Estonian wrestler (d. 1983) |
| 136002 | December 1 | Birth | 1905 – Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1994) |
| 136003 | December 1 | Birth | 1909 – Hans-Heinrich Sievert, German decathlete (d. 1963) |
| 136004 | December 1 | Birth | 1910 – Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004) |
| 136005 | December 1 | Birth | 1911 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (d. 1984) |
| 136006 | December 1 | Birth | 1911 – Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999) |
| 136007 | December 1 | Birth | 1912 – Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986) |
| 136008 | December 1 | Birth | 1913 – Mary Martin, American actress and singer (d. 1990) |
| 136009 | December 1 | Birth | 1916 – Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2015) |
| 136010 | December 1 | Birth | 1917 – Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (d. 1995) |
| 136011 | December 1 | Birth | 1917 – Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011) |
| 136012 | December 1 | Birth | 1920 – Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha (d. 2014) |
| 136013 | December 1 | Birth | 1921 – Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013) |
| 136014 | December 1 | Birth | 1922 – Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (d. 1979) |
| 136015 | December 1 | Birth | 1922 – Paul Picerni, American actor (d. 2011) |
| 136016 | December 1 | Birth | 1923 – Morris, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2001) |
| 136017 | December 1 | Birth | 1923 – William F. House, American otologist and physician (d. 2012) |
| 136018 | December 1 | Birth | 1923 – Dick Shawn, American actor and singer (d. 1987) |
| 136019 | December 1 | Birth | 1923 – Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence |
| 136020 | December 1 | Birth | 1924 – Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (d. 2015) |