| 137941 | December 6 | Birth | 1936 – Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author |
| 137942 | December 6 | Birth | 1937 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (d. 2006) |
| 137943 | December 6 | Birth | 1938 – Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor |
| 137944 | December 6 | Birth | 1940 – Lawrence Bergman, Canadian politician |
| 137945 | December 6 | Birth | 1940 – Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer |
| 137946 | December 6 | Birth | 1941 – Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991) |
| 137947 | December 6 | Birth | 1941 – Bruce Nauman, American artist |
| 137948 | December 6 | Birth | 1941 – Bill Thomas, American academic and politician |
| 137949 | December 6 | Birth | 1941 – Wende Wagner, American actress (d. 1997) |
| 137950 | December 6 | Birth | 1942 – Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright |
| 137951 | December 6 | Birth | 1942 – Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter (Bread and The Pleasure Fair) |
| 137952 | December 6 | Birth | 1943 – Tony Goldman, American real estate developer and arts visionary |
| 137953 | December 6 | Birth | 1943 – Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2008) |
| 137954 | December 6 | Birth | 1945 – Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager |
| 137955 | December 6 | Birth | 1945 – Dan Harrington, American poker player |
| 137956 | December 6 | Birth | 1945 – Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 137957 | December 6 | Birth | 1946 – Frankie Beverly, American singer-songwriter and producer (Maze) |
| 137958 | December 6 | Birth | 1946 – Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager |
| 137959 | December 6 | Birth | 1947 – Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 137960 | December 6 | Birth | 1947 – Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005) |
| 137961 | December 6 | Birth | 1947 – Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter (Weather Report) |
| 137962 | December 6 | Birth | 1948 – Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and singer |
| 137963 | December 6 | Birth | 1948 – Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (d. 2014) |
| 137964 | December 6 | Birth | 1948 – Don Nickles, American businessman and politician |
| 137965 | December 6 | Birth | 1948 – Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver |
| 137966 | December 6 | Birth | 1948 – JoBeth Williams, American actress, singer, and director |
| 137967 | December 6 | Birth | 1949 – Linda Barnes, American author |
| 137968 | December 6 | Birth | 1949 – Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986) |
| 137969 | December 6 | Birth | 1949 – Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (d. 2007) |
| 137970 | December 6 | Birth | 1949 – Gregory Venables, English-Argentinian bishop |