| 142111 | December 17 | Birth | 1956 – Peter Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 142112 | December 17 | Birth | 1956 – Dominic Lawson, English journalist |
| 142113 | December 17 | Birth | 1956 – Totka Petrova, Bulgarian runner |
| 142114 | December 17 | Birth | 1957 – Wendy Hoyte, English sprinter |
| 142115 | December 17 | Birth | 1957 – Bob Ojeda, American baseball player and coach |
| 142116 | December 17 | Birth | 1958 – Mike Mills, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods, and Automatic Baby) |
| 142117 | December 17 | Birth | 1959 – Albert King, American basketball player and sportscaster |
| 142118 | December 17 | Birth | 1960 – Moreno Argentin, Italian cyclist |
| 142119 | December 17 | Birth | 1961 – Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author |
| 142120 | December 17 | Birth | 1961 – Sara Dallin, English singer and bass player (Bananarama) |
| 142121 | December 17 | Birth | 1961 – Marek Kaleta, Estonian javelin thrower |
| 142122 | December 17 | Birth | 1962 – Paul Dobson, English footballer |
| 142123 | December 17 | Birth | 1962 – Richard Jewell, American police officer (d. 2007) |
| 142124 | December 17 | Birth | 1962 – Galina Malchugina, Russian sprinter |
| 142125 | December 17 | Birth | 1962 – Rocco Mediate, American golfer and journalist |
| 142126 | December 17 | Birth | 1964 – Ginger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Wildhearts, Ginger & The Sonic Circus, and Silver Ginger 5) |
| 142127 | December 17 | Birth | 1964 – Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach |
| 142128 | December 17 | Birth | 1964 – Michele Tafoya, American sportscaster |
| 142129 | December 17 | Birth | 1964 – Joe Wolf, American basketball player and coach |
| 142130 | December 17 | Birth | 1965 – Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 142131 | December 17 | Birth | 1966 – Yuko Arimori, Japanese runner |
| 142132 | December 17 | Birth | 1966 – Tracy Byrd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 142133 | December 17 | Birth | 1966 – Valeri Liukin, Kazakh-Russian gymnast and coach |
| 142134 | December 17 | Birth | 1966 – Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 142135 | December 17 | Birth | 1967 – Gigi D'Agostino, Italian DJ and producer |
| 142136 | December 17 | Birth | 1967 – Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster |
| 142137 | December 17 | Birth | 1967 – Karsten Neitzel, German footballer and manager |
| 142138 | December 17 | Birth | 1968 – Claudio Suárez, Mexican footballer |
| 142139 | December 17 | Birth | 1968 – Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver |
| 142140 | December 17 | Birth | 1969 – Inna Lasovskaya, Russian triple jumper |