| 139081 | December 9 | Birth | 1938 – John Braheny, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013) |
| 139082 | December 9 | Birth | 1938 – David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993) |
| 139083 | December 9 | Birth | 1938 – Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2013) |
| 139084 | December 9 | Birth | 1938 – Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (d. 2014) |
| 139085 | December 9 | Birth | 1940 – Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005) |
| 139086 | December 9 | Birth | 1941 – Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2013) |
| 139087 | December 9 | Birth | 1941 – Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer |
| 139088 | December 9 | Birth | 1941 – Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Charlatans and The Acoustic Warriors) |
| 139089 | December 9 | Birth | 1941 – Kayoko Shiraishi, Japanese actress |
| 139090 | December 9 | Birth | 1942 – Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1997) |
| 139091 | December 9 | Birth | 1942 – Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor |
| 139092 | December 9 | Birth | 1942 – Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014) |
| 139093 | December 9 | Birth | 1942 – David Harsent, English author, poet, and academic |
| 139094 | December 9 | Birth | 1942 – Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (d. 2014) |
| 139095 | December 9 | Birth | 1942 – Diana Yorgova, Bulgarian long jumper |
| 139096 | December 9 | Birth | 1943 – Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008) |
| 139097 | December 9 | Birth | 1943 – Joanna Trollope, English author, playwright, and director |
| 139098 | December 9 | Birth | 1944 – Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter and actor (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and The Rutles) |
| 139099 | December 9 | Birth | 1944 – Tadashi Irie, Japanese mobster |
| 139100 | December 9 | Birth | 1944 – Ki Longfellow, American author, playwright, and producer |
| 139101 | December 9 | Birth | 1944 – Bob O'Connor, American politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (d. 2006) |
| 139102 | December 9 | Birth | 1945 – Matti Mäntylä, Finnish actor |
| 139103 | December 9 | Birth | 1945 – Michael Nouri, American actor |
| 139104 | December 9 | Birth | 1946 – David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone, English economist and academic |
| 139105 | December 9 | Birth | 1946 – Dennis Dunaway, American bass player and songwriter |
| 139106 | December 9 | Birth | 1946 – Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician |
| 139107 | December 9 | Birth | 1946 – Nicholas Reade, English bishop |
| 139108 | December 9 | Birth | 1947 – Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician |
| 139109 | December 9 | Birth | 1947 – Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense |
| 139110 | December 9 | Birth | 1947 – Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire |