| 138271 | December 7 | Birth | 1921 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar |
| 138272 | December 7 | Birth | 1923 – Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar |
| 138273 | December 7 | Birth | 1923 – Ted Knight, American actor (d. 1986) |
| 138274 | December 7 | Birth | 1924 – Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (d. 2013) |
| 138275 | December 7 | Birth | 1924 – John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005) |
| 138276 | December 7 | Birth | 1924 – Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal |
| 138277 | December 7 | Birth | 1925 – Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver |
| 138278 | December 7 | Birth | 1926 – Leon Kossoff, English painter |
| 138279 | December 7 | Birth | 1926 – William John McNaughton, American priest, 1st Bishop of Incheon |
| 138280 | December 7 | Birth | 1927 – Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 138281 | December 7 | Birth | 1927 – Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (d. 2009) |
| 138282 | December 7 | Birth | 1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher |
| 138283 | December 7 | Birth | 1930 – Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author |
| 138284 | December 7 | Birth | 1930 – Hal Smith, American baseball player |
| 138285 | December 7 | Birth | 1931 – Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (d. 2013) |
| 138286 | December 7 | Birth | 1932 – Curt Brasket, American chess player (d. 2014) |
| 138287 | December 7 | Birth | 1932 – Ellen Burstyn, American actress and singer |
| 138288 | December 7 | Birth | 1932 – Paul Caponigro, American photographer and pianist |
| 138289 | December 7 | Birth | 1932 – Rosemary Rogers, Sri Lankan-American journalist and author |
| 138290 | December 7 | Birth | 1932 – J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance |
| 138291 | December 7 | Birth | 1933 – Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 138292 | December 7 | Birth | 1937 – Thad Cochran, American soldier, lawyer, and politician |
| 138293 | December 7 | Birth | 1937 – Kenneth Colley, English actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 138294 | December 7 | Birth | 1938 – Bud Spangler, American drummer, composer, and producer (d. 2014) |
| 138295 | December 7 | Birth | 1939 – Blackie Dammett, American actor and author |
| 138296 | December 7 | Birth | 1940 – Stan Boardman, English comedian and actor |
| 138297 | December 7 | Birth | 1940 – Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 138298 | December 7 | Birth | 1941 – Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist |
| 138299 | December 7 | Birth | 1942 – Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981) |
| 138300 | December 7 | Birth | 1942 – Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015) |