| 143851 | December 22 | Birth | 1905 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (d. 1982) |
| 143852 | December 22 | Birth | 1907 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991) |
| 143853 | December 22 | Birth | 1908 – Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991) |
| 143854 | December 22 | Birth | 1909 – Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998) |
| 143855 | December 22 | Birth | 1911 – Danny O'Dea, English actor (d. 2003) |
| 143856 | December 22 | Birth | 1912 – Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943) |
| 143857 | December 22 | Birth | 1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, American wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007) |
| 143858 | December 22 | Birth | 1913 – Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler (d. 1998) |
| 143859 | December 22 | Birth | 1914 – Satchidananda Saraswati, Indian-American guru and educator (d. 2002) |
| 143860 | December 22 | Birth | 1915 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 143861 | December 22 | Birth | 1915 – Phillip Glasier, English author and academic (d. 2000) |
| 143862 | December 22 | Birth | 1917 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999) |
| 143863 | December 22 | Birth | 1919 – Lil Green, American singer-songwriter (d. 1954) |
| 143864 | December 22 | Birth | 1921 – Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1996) |
| 143865 | December 22 | Birth | 1921 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) |
| 143866 | December 22 | Birth | 1922 – Ruth Roman, American actress and singer (d. 1999) |
| 143867 | December 22 | Birth | 1922 – Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2015) |
| 143868 | December 22 | Birth | 1923 – Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist |
| 143869 | December 22 | Birth | 1924 – Frank Corsaro, American actor and director |
| 143870 | December 22 | Birth | 1925 – Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006) |
| 143871 | December 22 | Birth | 1925 – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 143872 | December 22 | Birth | 1928 – George H. Buck, Jr., American businessman (d. 2013) |
| 143873 | December 22 | Birth | 1930 – Ardalion Ignatyev, Russian sprinter (d. 1998) |
| 143874 | December 22 | Birth | 1931 – Gisela Birkemeyer, German hurdler and coach |
| 143875 | December 22 | Birth | 1931 – Carlos Graça, São Toméan politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2013) |
| 143876 | December 22 | Birth | 1932 – Phil Woosnam, Welsh-American soccer player and manager (d. 2013) |
| 143877 | December 22 | Birth | 1933 – John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (d. 1968) |
| 143878 | December 22 | Birth | 1934 – David Pearson, American race car driver |
| 143879 | December 22 | Birth | 1935 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 143880 | December 22 | Birth | 1936 – James Burke, Irish historian and author |