| 144421 | December 23 | Death | 1994 – Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (b. 1905) |
| 144422 | December 23 | Death | 1995 – Patric Knowles, English-American actor (b. 1911) |
| 144423 | December 23 | Death | 1997 – Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (b. 1908) |
| 144424 | December 23 | Death | 1998 – Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1927) |
| 144425 | December 23 | Death | 2000 – Billy Barty, American actor and singer (b. 1924) |
| 144426 | December 23 | Death | 2000 – Victor Borge, Danish-American actor, conductor, and pianist (b. 1909) |
| 144427 | December 23 | Death | 2000 – Noor Jehan, Pakistani actress and singer (b. 1926) |
| 144428 | December 23 | Death | 2001 – Bola Ige, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Oyo State (b. 1930) |
| 144429 | December 23 | Death | 2004 – P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921) |
| 144430 | December 23 | Death | 2005 – Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1914) |
| 144431 | December 23 | Death | 2005 – Norman D. Vaughan, American dog sled racer and explorer (b. 1905) |
| 144432 | December 23 | Death | 2006 – Charlie Drake, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1925) |
| 144433 | December 23 | Death | 2006 – Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (b. 1952) |
| 144434 | December 23 | Death | 2006 – Johnny Vincent, English footballer (b. 1947) |
| 144435 | December 23 | Death | 2007 – William Francis Ganong, Jr., American physiologist and academic (b. 1924) |
| 144436 | December 23 | Death | 2007 – Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1915) |
| 144437 | December 23 | Death | 2007 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1925) |
| 144438 | December 23 | Death | 2009 – Robert L. Howard, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1939) |
| 144439 | December 23 | Death | 2009 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan general and politician (b. 1910) |
| 144440 | December 23 | Death | 2009 – Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1914) |
| 144441 | December 23 | Death | 2010 – Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (b. 1916) |
| 144442 | December 23 | Death | 2010 – K. Karunakaran, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918) |
| 144443 | December 23 | Death | 2011 – Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician (b. 1946) |
| 144444 | December 23 | Death | 2012 – Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (b. 1963) |
| 144445 | December 23 | Death | 2012 – Jean Harris, American educator and murderer (b. 1923) |
| 144446 | December 23 | Death | 2012 – Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1979) |
| 144447 | December 23 | Death | 2012 – Mike Scaccia, American guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, League of Blind Women, and Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters) (b. 1965) |
| 144448 | December 23 | Death | 2012 – Pedro Toledo, Puerto Rican police officer (b. 1943) |
| 144449 | December 23 | Death | 2012 – Evelyn Ward, American actress (b. 1923) |
| 144450 | December 23 | Death | 2013 – Stan Brooks American radio broadcaster (b. 1927) |