| 139051 | December 9 | Birth | 1922 – Redd Foxx, American actor and singer (d. 1991) |
| 139052 | December 9 | Birth | 1925 – Dina Merrill, American actress and businesswoman |
| 139053 | December 9 | Birth | 1925 – Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 139054 | December 9 | Birth | 1925 – Atıf Yılmaz, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 139055 | December 9 | Birth | 1926 – Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 139056 | December 9 | Birth | 1926 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995) |
| 139057 | December 9 | Birth | 1926 – Roger McGee, American actor (d. 2013) |
| 139058 | December 9 | Birth | 1926 – Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach (d. 1972) |
| 139059 | December 9 | Birth | 1927 – Pierre Henry, French composer |
| 139060 | December 9 | Birth | 1928 – Joan Blos, American author and educator |
| 139061 | December 9 | Birth | 1928 – André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver |
| 139062 | December 9 | Birth | 1928 – Dick Van Patten, American actor (d. 2015) |
| 139063 | December 9 | Birth | 1929 – John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 139064 | December 9 | Birth | 1929 – Bob Hawke, Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia |
| 139065 | December 9 | Birth | 1930 – Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 139066 | December 9 | Birth | 1931 – William Reynolds, American actor |
| 139067 | December 9 | Birth | 1931 – Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 139068 | December 9 | Birth | 1931 – Paddi Edwards, English-American actress (d. 1999) |
| 139069 | December 9 | Birth | 1932 – Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic (d. 2013) |
| 139070 | December 9 | Birth | 1932 – Billy Edd Wheeler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright |
| 139071 | December 9 | Birth | 1933 – Ashleigh Brilliant, English-American author and illustrator |
| 139072 | December 9 | Birth | 1933 – Milt Campbell, American decathlete and football player (d. 2012) |
| 139073 | December 9 | Birth | 1933 – Morton Downey, Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (d. 2001) |
| 139074 | December 9 | Birth | 1933 – Monique Miller, Canadian actress |
| 139075 | December 9 | Birth | 1933 – Orville Moody, American sergeant and golfer (d. 2008) |
| 139076 | December 9 | Birth | 1933 – Martin Puhvel, Estonian-Canadian philologist and academic |
| 139077 | December 9 | Birth | 1934 – Judi Dench, English actress and singer |
| 139078 | December 9 | Birth | 1934 – Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Aces) (d. 1998) |
| 139079 | December 9 | Birth | 1936 – Ben Pon, Dutch race car driver |
| 139080 | December 9 | Birth | 1937 – Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998) |