| 138301 | December 7 | Birth | 1942 – Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (d. 2006) |
| 138302 | December 7 | Birth | 1943 – Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter |
| 138303 | December 7 | Birth | 1943 – Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic |
| 138304 | December 7 | Birth | 1943 – Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician |
| 138305 | December 7 | Birth | 1943 – Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician |
| 138306 | December 7 | Birth | 1943 – John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot |
| 138307 | December 7 | Birth | 1944 – Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker (d. 2008) |
| 138308 | December 7 | Birth | 1944 – Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer |
| 138309 | December 7 | Birth | 1944 – Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician |
| 138310 | December 7 | Birth | 1945 – Marion Rung, Finnish singer |
| 138311 | December 7 | Birth | 1946 – Kirsti Sparboe, Norwegian singer and actress |
| 138312 | December 7 | Birth | 1947 – Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 138313 | December 7 | Birth | 1947 – Anne Fine, English author |
| 138314 | December 7 | Birth | 1947 – Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer |
| 138315 | December 7 | Birth | 1947 – Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster |
| 138316 | December 7 | Birth | 1948 – Gary Morris, American singer and actor |
| 138317 | December 7 | Birth | 1948 – Mads Vinding, Danish bassist |
| 138318 | December 7 | Birth | 1949 – James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler |
| 138319 | December 7 | Birth | 1949 – Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
| 138320 | December 7 | Birth | 1950 – Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 138321 | December 7 | Birth | 1952 – Susan Collins, American politician |
| 138322 | December 7 | Birth | 1952 – Georges Corraface, French actor and producer |
| 138323 | December 7 | Birth | 1952 – Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager |
| 138324 | December 7 | Birth | 1954 – Mary Fallin, American politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma |
| 138325 | December 7 | Birth | 1954 – Mark Hofmann, American murderer |
| 138326 | December 7 | Birth | 1954 – Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz and Brooks) |
| 138327 | December 7 | Birth | 1955 – Priscilla Barnes, American actress and producer |
| 138328 | December 7 | Birth | 1955 – John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales |
| 138329 | December 7 | Birth | 1956 – Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach |
| 138330 | December 7 | Birth | 1957 – Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant |