| 139471 | December 10 | Birth | 1941 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1985) |
| 139472 | December 10 | Birth | 1941 – Peter Sarstedt, Indian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 139473 | December 10 | Birth | 1942 – Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman |
| 139474 | December 10 | Birth | 1944 – Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, former President of Latvia |
| 139475 | December 10 | Birth | 1944 – John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman |
| 139476 | December 10 | Birth | 1944 – Steve Renko, American baseball player |
| 139477 | December 10 | Birth | 1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan |
| 139478 | December 10 | Birth | 1945 – George Amon Webster, American singer and pianist (Cathedral Quartet) (d. 2013) |
| 139479 | December 10 | Birth | 1946 – Thomas Lux, American poet and academic |
| 139480 | December 10 | Birth | 1947 – Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan |
| 139481 | December 10 | Birth | 1947 – Douglas Kenney, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980) |
| 139482 | December 10 | Birth | 1947 – Howard Newby, English sociologist and academic |
| 139483 | December 10 | Birth | 1947 – Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player |
| 139484 | December 10 | Birth | 1948 – Dušan Bajević, Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager |
| 139485 | December 10 | Birth | 1948 – Jessica Cleaves, American singer (The Friends of Distinction and Earth, Wind & Fire) (d. 2014) |
| 139486 | December 10 | Birth | 1948 – Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013) |
| 139487 | December 10 | Birth | 1948 – Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian-Palestinian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004) |
| 139488 | December 10 | Birth | 1950 – John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician |
| 139489 | December 10 | Birth | 1950 – Nicky Henderson, English horse trainer |
| 139490 | December 10 | Birth | 1951 – Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer and actress |
| 139491 | December 10 | Birth | 1952 – Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host |
| 139492 | December 10 | Birth | 1952 – Susan Dey, American actress and producer |
| 139493 | December 10 | Birth | 1952 – Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer |
| 139494 | December 10 | Birth | 1952 – Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice |
| 139495 | December 10 | Birth | 1953 – Chris Bury, American journalist and academic |
| 139496 | December 10 | Birth | 1954 – Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic |
| 139497 | December 10 | Birth | 1954 – Price Cobb, American race car driver |
| 139498 | December 10 | Birth | 1954 – Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wang Chung) |
| 139499 | December 10 | Birth | 1954 – Gavin Smith, American businessman (d. 2012) |
| 139500 | December 10 | Birth | 1956 – Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois |