| 138481 | December 7 | Death | 1990 – Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter (b. 1904) |
| 138482 | December 7 | Death | 1993 – Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivoirian politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (b. 1905) |
| 138483 | December 7 | Death | 1993 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) |
| 138484 | December 7 | Death | 1994 – J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939) |
| 138485 | December 7 | Death | 1995 – Kathleen Harrison, English actress (b. 1892) |
| 138486 | December 7 | Death | 1997 – Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942) |
| 138487 | December 7 | Death | 1998 – John Addison, English-American composer (b. 1920) |
| 138488 | December 7 | Death | 1998 – Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925) |
| 138489 | December 7 | Death | 2000 – Vlado Gotovac, Croatian poet and politician (b. 1930) |
| 138490 | December 7 | Death | 2003 – Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913) |
| 138491 | December 7 | Death | 2003 – Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933) |
| 138492 | December 7 | Death | 2004 – Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (b. 1914) |
| 138493 | December 7 | Death | 2004 – Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913) |
| 138494 | December 7 | Death | 2004 – Jay Van Andel, American businessman, co-founded Amway (b. 1924) |
| 138495 | December 7 | Death | 2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, Costa Rican-American shooting victim (b. 1961) |
| 138496 | December 7 | Death | 2005 – Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931) |
| 138497 | December 7 | Death | 2005 – Lucy d'Abreu, Indian-Scottish super-centenarian (b. 1892) |
| 138498 | December 7 | Death | 2006 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926) |
| 138499 | December 7 | Death | 2006 – Jay McShann, American singer and pianist (b. 1910) |
| 138500 | December 7 | Death | 2008 – Marky Cielo, Filipino actor and dancer (b. 1988) |
| 138501 | December 7 | Death | 2008 – Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (b. 1908) |
| 138502 | December 7 | Death | 2009 – Mark Ritts, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1946) |
| 138503 | December 7 | Death | 2010 – Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (b. 1949) |
| 138504 | December 7 | Death | 2010 – Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (b. 1928) |
| 138505 | December 7 | Death | 2011 – Harry Morgan, American actor and director (b. 1915) |
| 138506 | December 7 | Death | 2012 – Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti, Kuwaiti-Pakistani terrorist (b. 1965) |
| 138507 | December 7 | Death | 2012 – Ammar El Sherei, Egyptian accordion player, composer, and academic (b. 1948) |
| 138508 | December 7 | Death | 2012 – Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (b. 1922) |
| 138509 | December 7 | Death | 2012 – Jeni Le Gon, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916) |
| 138510 | December 7 | Death | 2012 – Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (b. 1924) |