| 136411 | December 2 | Birth | 1921 – Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal |
| 136412 | December 2 | Birth | 1922 – Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, and screenwriter (d. 2011) |
| 136413 | December 2 | Birth | 1923 – Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (d. 1977) |
| 136414 | December 2 | Birth | 1924 – Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010) |
| 136415 | December 2 | Birth | 1924 – Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 136416 | December 2 | Birth | 1925 – Julie Harris, American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 136417 | December 2 | Birth | 1928 – Guy Bourdin, French photographer (d. 1991) |
| 136418 | December 2 | Birth | 1929 – Dan Jenkins, American journalist and author |
| 136419 | December 2 | Birth | 1929 – Leon Litwack, American historian and author |
| 136420 | December 2 | Birth | 1930 – Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014) |
| 136421 | December 2 | Birth | 1930 – David Piper, English race car driver |
| 136422 | December 2 | Birth | 1931 – Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 136423 | December 2 | Birth | 1931 – Masaaki Hatsumi, Japanese martial artist, founded Bujinkan |
| 136424 | December 2 | Birth | 1931 – Wynton Kelly, American pianist and composer (d. 1971) |
| 136425 | December 2 | Birth | 1931 – Edwin Meese, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 75th United States Attorney General |
| 136426 | December 2 | Birth | 1933 – Peter Robin Harding, English marshal and pilot |
| 136427 | December 2 | Birth | 1933 – Mike Larrabee, American sprinter and educator (d. 2003) |
| 136428 | December 2 | Birth | 1933 – K. Veeramani, Indian lawyer and academic |
| 136429 | December 2 | Birth | 1934 – Tarcisio Bertone, Italian cardinal |
| 136430 | December 2 | Birth | 1934 – Sissela Bok, Swedish-American philosopher and ethicist |
| 136431 | December 2 | Birth | 1934 – Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (d. 2004) |
| 136432 | December 2 | Birth | 1935 – David Hackett Fischer, American historian, author, and academic |
| 136433 | December 2 | Birth | 1937 – Manohar Joshi, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Maharashtra |
| 136434 | December 2 | Birth | 1939 – Yael Dayan, Israeli journalist, author, and politician |
| 136435 | December 2 | Birth | 1939 – Francis Fox, Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Secretary of State for Canada |
| 136436 | December 2 | Birth | 1939 – Harry Reid, American lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada |
| 136437 | December 2 | Birth | 1941 – Mike England, Welsh footballer and manager |
| 136438 | December 2 | Birth | 1942 – Tim Boswell, English farmer and politician |
| 136439 | December 2 | Birth | 1942 – Anna G. Jónasdóttir, Icelandic political scientist and academic |
| 136440 | December 2 | Birth | 1943 – Wayne Allard, American veterinarian and politician |