| 136231 | December 1 | Death | 1884 – William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809) |
| 136232 | December 1 | Death | 1913 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864) |
| 136233 | December 1 | Death | 1914 – Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840) |
| 136234 | December 1 | Death | 1916 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858) |
| 136235 | December 1 | Death | 1917 – John January, American soccer player (b. 1882) |
| 136236 | December 1 | Death | 1923 – Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836) |
| 136237 | December 1 | Death | 1928 – José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888) |
| 136238 | December 1 | Death | 1933 – Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865) |
| 136239 | December 1 | Death | 1934 – Sergey Kirov, Russian politician (b. 1886) |
| 136240 | December 1 | Death | 1935 – Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879) |
| 136241 | December 1 | Death | 1943 – Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862) |
| 136242 | December 1 | Death | 1947 – Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875) |
| 136243 | December 1 | Death | 1947 – G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877) |
| 136244 | December 1 | Death | 1950 – Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894) |
| 136245 | December 1 | Death | 1954 – Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898) |
| 136246 | December 1 | Death | 1964 – J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892) |
| 136247 | December 1 | Death | 1964 – Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877) |
| 136248 | December 1 | Death | 1968 – Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887) |
| 136249 | December 1 | Death | 1968 – Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921) |
| 136250 | December 1 | Death | 1969 – Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist (b. 1937) |
| 136251 | December 1 | Death | 1972 – Andreas Tzimas, Greek communist politician and Resistance leader (b. 1909) |
| 136252 | December 1 | Death | 1973 – David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886) |
| 136253 | December 1 | Death | 1975 – Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927) |
| 136254 | December 1 | Death | 1975 – Ernesto Maserati, Italian automotive engineer and racer (b. 1898) |
| 136255 | December 1 | Death | 1975 – Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906) |
| 136256 | December 1 | Death | 1981 – Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929) |
| 136257 | December 1 | Death | 1984 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911) |
| 136258 | December 1 | Death | 1986 – Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912) |
| 136259 | December 1 | Death | 1987 – James Baldwin, American author, poet, and critic (b. 1924) |
| 136260 | December 1 | Death | 1987 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918) |