| 140491 | December 13 | Birth | 1918 – Rosalia Lombardo, Italian pneumonia victim (d. 1920) |
| 140492 | December 13 | Birth | 1918 – Kim Won-kwon, South Korean jumper |
| 140493 | December 13 | Birth | 1919 – Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (d. 1942) |
| 140494 | December 13 | Birth | 1920 – George P. Shultz, American economist and politician, 60th United States Secretary of State |
| 140495 | December 13 | Birth | 1921 – Timofei Dokschitzer, Russian trumpeter (d. 2005) |
| 140496 | December 13 | Birth | 1923 – Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 140497 | December 13 | Birth | 1923 – Terence Beckett, English businessman (d. 2013) |
| 140498 | December 13 | Birth | 1923 – Edward Bede Clancy, Australian cardinal (d. 2014) |
| 140499 | December 13 | Birth | 1923 – Larry Doby, American baseball player and manager (d. 2003) |
| 140500 | December 13 | Birth | 1923 – Frankie Fraser, English gangster (d. 2014) |
| 140501 | December 13 | Birth | 1924 – Robert Coogan, American actor (d. 1978) |
| 140502 | December 13 | Birth | 1924 – George Shuba, American baseball player (d. 2014) |
| 140503 | December 13 | Birth | 1925 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and dancer |
| 140504 | December 13 | Birth | 1926 – George Rhoden, Jamaican runner |
| 140505 | December 13 | Birth | 1927 – James Wright, American poet and academic (d. 1980) |
| 140506 | December 13 | Birth | 1928 – Eve Meyer, American model, actress, and producer (d. 1977) |
| 140507 | December 13 | Birth | 1929 – Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor, singer, and producer |
| 140508 | December 13 | Birth | 1930 – Robert Prosky, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 140509 | December 13 | Birth | 1933 – Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014) |
| 140510 | December 13 | Birth | 1934 – Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (d. 2012) |
| 140511 | December 13 | Birth | 1935 – Joe Christopher, Virgin Islander baseball player |
| 140512 | December 13 | Birth | 1935 – Kenneth Hall, American football player |
| 140513 | December 13 | Birth | 1935 – Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player |
| 140514 | December 13 | Birth | 1936 – Aga Khan IV, Swiss-English businessman |
| 140515 | December 13 | Birth | 1936 – J. C. Martin, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 140516 | December 13 | Birth | 1937 – Rob Houwer, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 140517 | December 13 | Birth | 1937 – Ulf G. Lindén, Swedish businessman (d. 2009) |
| 140518 | December 13 | Birth | 1937 – Ron Taylor, Canadian baseball player and physician |
| 140519 | December 13 | Birth | 1938 – Heino, German singer |
| 140520 | December 13 | Birth | 1938 – Alvin Curran, American horn player and composer (Musica Elettronica Viva) |