| 138631 | December 8 | Birth | 1922 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) |
| 138632 | December 8 | Birth | 1923 – Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American soldier and chemist |
| 138633 | December 8 | Birth | 1924 – Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 138634 | December 8 | Birth | 1925 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1990) |
| 138635 | December 8 | Birth | 1925 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author and poet (d. 2000) |
| 138636 | December 8 | Birth | 1925 – Jimmy Smith, American organist (d. 2005) |
| 138637 | December 8 | Birth | 1927 – Ferdie Pacheco, American physician and author |
| 138638 | December 8 | Birth | 1927 – Vladimir Shatalov, Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut |
| 138639 | December 8 | Birth | 1928 – Bill Hewitt, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 1996) |
| 138640 | December 8 | Birth | 1928 – Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic (d. 2012) |
| 138641 | December 8 | Birth | 1929 – Paddy O'Byrne, Irish radio host and actor (d. 2013) |
| 138642 | December 8 | Birth | 1930 – Julian Critchley, English journalist and politician (d. 2000) |
| 138643 | December 8 | Birth | 1930 – Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 138644 | December 8 | Birth | 1931 – Bob Arum, American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank |
| 138645 | December 8 | Birth | 1933 – Flip Wilson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 138646 | December 8 | Birth | 1935 – Dharmendra, Indian actor, producer, and politician |
| 138647 | December 8 | Birth | 1935 – Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Russian-Israeli chess player |
| 138648 | December 8 | Birth | 1936 – David Carradine, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2009) |
| 138649 | December 8 | Birth | 1936 – Michael Hobson, American publisher |
| 138650 | December 8 | Birth | 1937 – James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 138651 | December 8 | Birth | 1937 – Arne Næss, Jr., German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004) |
| 138652 | December 8 | Birth | 1939 – Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 138653 | December 8 | Birth | 1939 – Jerry Butler, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Impressions) |
| 138654 | December 8 | Birth | 1939 – James Galway, Northern Irish musician |
| 138655 | December 8 | Birth | 1939 – Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 138656 | December 8 | Birth | 1939 – Soko Richardson, American drummer (Kings of Rhythm and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) (d. 2004) |
| 138657 | December 8 | Birth | 1940 – Brant Alyea, American baseball player |
| 138658 | December 8 | Birth | 1941 – Ed Brinkman, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008) |
| 138659 | December 8 | Birth | 1941 – Bob Brown, American football player |
| 138660 | December 8 | Birth | 1941 – Duke Cunningham, American commander and politician |