| 137761 | December 5 | Death | 2001 – Franco Rasetti, Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901) |
| 137762 | December 5 | Death | 2002 – Roone Arledge, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1931) |
| 137763 | December 5 | Death | 2002 – Ne Win, Burmese general and politician, 4th President of Burma (b. 1911) |
| 137764 | December 5 | Death | 2005 – Edward L. Masry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932) |
| 137765 | December 5 | Death | 2005 – Kevin McQuay, Australian businessman (b. 1949) |
| 137766 | December 5 | Death | 2005 – Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905) |
| 137767 | December 5 | Death | 2006 – David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player (b. 1924) |
| 137768 | December 5 | Death | 2007 – Andrew Imbrie, American composer and academic (b. 1921) |
| 137769 | December 5 | Death | 2007 – George Paraskevaides, Greek-Cypriot businessman, co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides (b. 1916) |
| 137770 | December 5 | Death | 2007 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (b. 1928) |
| 137771 | December 5 | Death | 2008 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (b. 1929) |
| 137772 | December 5 | Death | 2008 – George Brecht, American artist (b. 1926) |
| 137773 | December 5 | Death | 2008 – Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romanian politician (b. 1928) |
| 137774 | December 5 | Death | 2008 – Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924) |
| 137775 | December 5 | Death | 2008 – Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (b. 1920) |
| 137776 | December 5 | Death | 2008 – Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957) |
| 137777 | December 5 | Death | 2009 – Vimolchatra, Thai princess (b. 1921) |
| 137778 | December 5 | Death | 2009 – William Lederer, American soldier and author (b. 1912) |
| 137779 | December 5 | Death | 2010 – Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
| 137780 | December 5 | Death | 2010 – John Leslie, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1945) |
| 137781 | December 5 | Death | 2010 – Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938) |
| 137782 | December 5 | Death | 2011 – Peter Gethin, English race car driver (b. 1940) |
| 137783 | December 5 | Death | 2011 – Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1942) |
| 137784 | December 5 | Death | 2012 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (b. 1920) |
| 137785 | December 5 | Death | 2012 – Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Japanese actor (b. 1955) |
| 137786 | December 5 | Death | 2012 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b. 1909) |
| 137787 | December 5 | Death | 2012 – Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília (b. 1907) |
| 137788 | December 5 | Death | 2012 – Yves Niaré, French shot putter (b. 1977) |
| 137789 | December 5 | Death | 2012 – Kaisa Sere, Finnish computer scientist (b. 1954) |
| 137790 | December 5 | Death | 2012 – Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (b. 1920) |