| 136830 | December 3 | Birth | 1947 – Patricia Krenwinkel, American murderer |
| 136801 | December 3 | Birth | 1930 – Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter |
| 136802 | December 3 | Birth | 1930 – Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (d. 2014) |
| 136803 | December 3 | Birth | 1930 – Yves Trudeau, Canadian sculptor |
| 136804 | December 3 | Birth | 1931 – Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author and poet (d. 2011) |
| 136805 | December 3 | Birth | 1931 – Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress |
| 136806 | December 3 | Birth | 1932 – Corry Brokken, Dutch singer, lawyer, and judge |
| 136807 | December 3 | Birth | 1932 – Takao Fujinami, Japanese politician, Chief Cabinet Secretary, member of House of Representatives of Japan (d. 2007) |
| 136808 | December 3 | Birth | 1933 – Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 136809 | December 3 | Birth | 1934 – Nicolas Coster, American actor and producer |
| 136810 | December 3 | Birth | 1934 – Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut |
| 136811 | December 3 | Birth | 1934 – Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic |
| 136812 | December 3 | Birth | 1935 – Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician |
| 136813 | December 3 | Birth | 1937 – Bobby Allison, American race car driver |
| 136814 | December 3 | Birth | 1937 – Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish author |
| 136815 | December 3 | Birth | 1937 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian physician and author (d. 2003) |
| 136816 | December 3 | Birth | 1938 – Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 136817 | December 3 | Birth | 1938 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician, software engineer and methodologist (d. 1998) |
| 136818 | December 3 | Birth | 1939 – Don Calfa, American actor |
| 136819 | December 3 | Birth | 1939 – John Paul, Sr., American race car driver |
| 136820 | December 3 | Birth | 1940 – Jeffrey R. Holland, American academic and religious leader |
| 136821 | December 3 | Birth | 1942 – Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2013) |
| 136822 | December 3 | Birth | 1942 – Alice Schwarzer, German journalist, founded EMMA magazine |
| 136823 | December 3 | Birth | 1942 – David K. Shipler, American journalist and author |
| 136824 | December 3 | Birth | 1943 – J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (d. 2012) |
| 136825 | December 3 | Birth | 1943 – Joseph Franklin Ada, Guamanian politician, 5th Governor of Guam, 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Guam, |
| 136826 | December 3 | Birth | 1944 – Ralph McTell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 136827 | December 3 | Birth | 1944 – Craig Raine, English poet, author, and playwright |
| 136828 | December 3 | Birth | 1945 – Paul Nicholas, English actor and singer |
| 136829 | December 3 | Birth | 1946 – Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist |