| 142771 | December 19 | Birth | 1910 – Jean Genet, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1986) |
| 142772 | December 19 | Birth | 1914 – Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 142773 | December 19 | Birth | 1915 – Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1963) |
| 142774 | December 19 | Birth | 1915 – Claudia Testoni, Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper (d. 1998) |
| 142775 | December 19 | Birth | 1916 – Roy Ward Baker, English director and producer (d. 2010) |
| 142776 | December 19 | Birth | 1916 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist, journalist, and academic (d. 2010) |
| 142777 | December 19 | Birth | 1918 – Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980) |
| 142778 | December 19 | Birth | 1920 – Little Jimmy Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015) |
| 142779 | December 19 | Birth | 1920 – David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (d. 1987) |
| 142780 | December 19 | Birth | 1922 – Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (d. 1987) |
| 142781 | December 19 | Birth | 1923 – Robert V. Bruce, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 142782 | December 19 | Birth | 1923 – Armando Filiput, Italian hurdler (d. 1982) |
| 142783 | December 19 | Birth | 1923 – Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (d. 1990) |
| 142784 | December 19 | Birth | 1924 – Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994) |
| 142785 | December 19 | Birth | 1924 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989) |
| 142786 | December 19 | Birth | 1924 – Gary Morton, American comedian, actor, and producer (d. 1999) |
| 142787 | December 19 | Birth | 1924 – Edmund Purdom, English-Italian actor (d. 2009) |
| 142788 | December 19 | Birth | 1925 – Tankred Dorst, German playwright and author |
| 142789 | December 19 | Birth | 1925 – William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (d. 2002) |
| 142790 | December 19 | Birth | 1925 – Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 142791 | December 19 | Birth | 1926 – Bobby Layne, American football player and coach (d. 1986) |
| 142792 | December 19 | Birth | 1926 – Herb Stempel, American game show contestant |
| 142793 | December 19 | Birth | 1927 – James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| 142794 | December 19 | Birth | 1928 – Eve Bunting, Irish-American author and academic |
| 142795 | December 19 | Birth | 1928 – Nathan Oliveira, American painter and sculptor (d. 2010) |
| 142796 | December 19 | Birth | 1929 – Bob Brookmeyer, American trombonist, pianist, and composer (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) (d. 2011) |
| 142797 | December 19 | Birth | 1929 – David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish ceramic designer |
| 142798 | December 19 | Birth | 1929 – Gregory Carroll, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Orioles and The Four Buddies) (d. 2013) |
| 142799 | December 19 | Birth | 1929 – Howard Sackler, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 142800 | December 19 | Birth | 1930 – Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (d. 2014) |