| 136261 | December 1 | Death | 1988 – J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (b. 1904) |
| 136262 | December 1 | Death | 1989 – Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931) |
| 136263 | December 1 | Death | 1990 – Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917) |
| 136264 | December 1 | Death | 1991 – George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) |
| 136265 | December 1 | Death | 1993 – Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, and Sun Red Sun) (b. 1959) |
| 136266 | December 1 | Death | 1995 – Hopper Levett, English cricketer (b. 1908) |
| 136267 | December 1 | Death | 1995 – Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907) |
| 136268 | December 1 | Death | 1995 – Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (b. 1931) |
| 136269 | December 1 | Death | 1996 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928) |
| 136270 | December 1 | Death | 1997 – Michel Bélanger, Canadian banker and businessman (b. 1929) |
| 136271 | December 1 | Death | 1997 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (b. 1908) |
| 136272 | December 1 | Death | 1997 – Endicott Peabody, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920) |
| 136273 | December 1 | Death | 2001 – Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (b. 1909) |
| 136274 | December 1 | Death | 2002 – Edward L. Beach, Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918) |
| 136275 | December 1 | Death | 2002 – Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942) |
| 136276 | December 1 | Death | 2003 – Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (b. 1911) |
| 136277 | December 1 | Death | 2003 – Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928) |
| 136278 | December 1 | Death | 2004 – Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911) |
| 136279 | December 1 | Death | 2004 – Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (b. 1931) |
| 136280 | December 1 | Death | 2005 – Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938) |
| 136281 | December 1 | Death | 2005 – Mary Hayley Bell, Chinese-English actress and playwright (b. 1911) |
| 136282 | December 1 | Death | 2005 – Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922) |
| 136283 | December 1 | Death | 2006 – Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948) |
| 136284 | December 1 | Death | 2006 – Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (b. 1937) |
| 136285 | December 1 | Death | 2007 – Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player and footballer (b. 1929) |
| 136286 | December 1 | Death | 2007 – Anton Rodgers, English actor and director (b. 1933) |
| 136287 | December 1 | Death | 2008 – Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938) |
| 136288 | December 1 | Death | 2008 – Mikel Laboa, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1934) |
| 136289 | December 1 | Death | 2008 – Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1917) |
| 136290 | December 1 | Death | 2009 – Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan tenor and actor (b. 1920) |