| 136381 | December 2 | Birth | 1860 – Charles Studd, England cricketer and missionary (d. 1931) |
| 136382 | December 2 | Birth | 1863 – Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1926) |
| 136383 | December 2 | Birth | 1865 – Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (d. 1946) |
| 136384 | December 2 | Birth | 1866 – Harry Burleigh, American singer-songwriter (d. 1949) |
| 136385 | December 2 | Birth | 1884 – Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1953) |
| 136386 | December 2 | Birth | 1885 – George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950) |
| 136387 | December 2 | Birth | 1891 – Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator (d. 1969) |
| 136388 | December 2 | Birth | 1891 – Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author (d. 1987) |
| 136389 | December 2 | Birth | 1893 – Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 2002) |
| 136390 | December 2 | Birth | 1894 – Warren William, American actor and singer (d. 1948) |
| 136391 | December 2 | Birth | 1895 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (d. 1967) |
| 136392 | December 2 | Birth | 1897 – Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general (d. 1982) |
| 136393 | December 2 | Birth | 1898 – Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918) |
| 136394 | December 2 | Birth | 1899 – John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 136395 | December 2 | Birth | 1899 – John Cobb, English race car driver (d. 1952) |
| 136396 | December 2 | Birth | 1899 – Ray Morehart, American baseball player (d. 1989) |
| 136397 | December 2 | Birth | 1901 – Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian-Italian footballer (d. 1986) |
| 136398 | December 2 | Birth | 1906 – Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (d. 1977) |
| 136399 | December 2 | Birth | 1909 – Arvo Askola, Finnish runner (d. 1975) |
| 136400 | December 2 | Birth | 1909 – Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (d. 1987) |
| 136401 | December 2 | Birth | 1909 – Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author (d. 1987) |
| 136402 | December 2 | Birth | 1910 – Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author (d. 1991) |
| 136403 | December 2 | Birth | 1910 – Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner (d. 1979) |
| 136404 | December 2 | Birth | 1912 – George Emmett, English cricketer and coach (d. 1976) |
| 136405 | December 2 | Birth | 1913 – Marc Platt, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2014) |
| 136406 | December 2 | Birth | 1914 – Bill Erwin, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 136407 | December 2 | Birth | 1914 – Adolph Green, American playwright and composer (d. 2002) |
| 136408 | December 2 | Birth | 1915 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan |
| 136409 | December 2 | Birth | 1916 – Howard Finster, American artist (d. 2001) |
| 136410 | December 2 | Birth | 1917 – Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992) |