| 142801 | December 19 | Birth | 1932 – Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2006) |
| 142802 | December 19 | Birth | 1933 – Kevan Gosper, Australian runner and politician |
| 142803 | December 19 | Birth | 1933 – Christopher Smout, Scottish historian and academic |
| 142804 | December 19 | Birth | 1934 – Rudi Carrell, Dutch actor and singer (d. 2006) |
| 142805 | December 19 | Birth | 1934 – Al Kaline, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 142806 | December 19 | Birth | 1934 – Pratibha Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India |
| 142807 | December 19 | Birth | 1934 – Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American politician |
| 142808 | December 19 | Birth | 1935 – Barbara Bostock, American actress |
| 142809 | December 19 | Birth | 1935 – Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (d. 1974) |
| 142810 | December 19 | Birth | 1935 – Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (d. 2000) |
| 142811 | December 19 | Birth | 1936 – Marian McKnight, American model, Miss America 1957 |
| 142812 | December 19 | Birth | 1940 – Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976) |
| 142813 | December 19 | Birth | 1941 – Lee Myung-bak, South Korean politician, 10th President of South Korea |
| 142814 | December 19 | Birth | 1941 – Maurice White, American singer-songwriter and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire) |
| 142815 | December 19 | Birth | 1942 – Rufus, French actor |
| 142816 | December 19 | Birth | 1942 – Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (d. 2011) |
| 142817 | December 19 | Birth | 1942 – Dennis E. Fitch, American pilot (d. 2012) |
| 142818 | December 19 | Birth | 1943 – Ross M. Lence, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006) |
| 142819 | December 19 | Birth | 1943 – James L. Jones, American general and politician, 22nd United States National Security Advisor |
| 142820 | December 19 | Birth | 1943 – Sam Kelly, English actor (d. 2014) |
| 142821 | December 19 | Birth | 1944 – William Christie, American-French harpsichord player and conductor (Les Arts Florissants) |
| 142822 | December 19 | Birth | 1944 – Mitchell Feigenbaum, American physicist and mathematician |
| 142823 | December 19 | Birth | 1944 – Martin Hume Johnson, English physiologist and academic |
| 142824 | December 19 | Birth | 1944 – Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician |
| 142825 | December 19 | Birth | 1944 – Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ten Years After) (d. 2013) |
| 142826 | December 19 | Birth | 1944 – Tim Reid, American actor and director |
| 142827 | December 19 | Birth | 1944 – Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful) (d. 2002) |
| 142828 | December 19 | Birth | 1945 – Elaine Joyce, American actress |
| 142829 | December 19 | Birth | 1945 – John McEuen, American guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) |
| 142830 | December 19 | Birth | 1946 – Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster |