| 140161 | December 12 | Birth | 1927 – Robert Noyce, American inventor and businessman, co-invented the microchip and co-founded the Intel Corporation (d. 1990) |
| 140162 | December 12 | Birth | 1928 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani diplomat and author (d. 2008) |
| 140163 | December 12 | Birth | 1928 – Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and academic (d. 2011) |
| 140164 | December 12 | Birth | 1929 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese pianist and composer (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band) |
| 140165 | December 12 | Birth | 1929 – John Osborne, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1994) |
| 140166 | December 12 | Birth | 1930 – Bill Beutel, American journalist (d. 2006) |
| 140167 | December 12 | Birth | 1930 – Silvio Santos, Brazilian television host, founded Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão |
| 140168 | December 12 | Birth | 1931 – Lionel Blair, English actor, dancer, and choreographer |
| 140169 | December 12 | Birth | 1932 – Bob Pettit, American basketball player and coach |
| 140170 | December 12 | Birth | 1933 – Christa Stubnick, German sprinter |
| 140171 | December 12 | Birth | 1934 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (d. 2012) |
| 140172 | December 12 | Birth | 1935 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Minister of Agriculture (d. 2013) |
| 140173 | December 12 | Birth | 1936 – Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper |
| 140174 | December 12 | Birth | 1937 – Michael Jeffery, Australian general and politician, 24th Governor-General of Australia |
| 140175 | December 12 | Birth | 1937 – Philip Ledger, English classical musician and academic (d. 2012) |
| 140176 | December 12 | Birth | 1938 – Connie Francis, American singer and actress |
| 140177 | December 12 | Birth | 1940 – Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Agriculture |
| 140178 | December 12 | Birth | 1940 – Dionne Warwick, American singer and actress |
| 140179 | December 12 | Birth | 1942 – Fatma Girik, Turkish actress and politician |
| 140180 | December 12 | Birth | 1942 – Anita Otto, German discus thrower |
| 140181 | December 12 | Birth | 1942 – Morris Sadek, Egyptian-American lawyer and activist |
| 140182 | December 12 | Birth | 1942 – Brough Scott, English jockey and journalist |
| 140183 | December 12 | Birth | 1943 – Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French author and translator |
| 140184 | December 12 | Birth | 1943 – Phyllis Somerville, American actress |
| 140185 | December 12 | Birth | 1943 – Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (d. 2015) |
| 140186 | December 12 | Birth | 1943 – Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 1999) |
| 140187 | December 12 | Birth | 1944 – Jean Doré, Canadian politician, 39th Mayor of Montreal (d. 2015) |
| 140188 | December 12 | Birth | 1944 – Cara Duff-MacCormick, Canadian actress |
| 140189 | December 12 | Birth | 1944 – Zoe Laskari, Greek model and actress |
| 140190 | December 12 | Birth | 1945 – Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaican politician, 7th Prime Minister of Jamaica |