| 144601 | December 24 | Birth | 1924 – Mohammed Rafi, Indian actor and singer (d. 1980) |
| 144602 | December 24 | Birth | 1924 – Norman Rossington, English actor (d. 1999) |
| 144603 | December 24 | Birth | 1925 – Roy Hollis, English footballer (d. 1998) |
| 144604 | December 24 | Birth | 1927 – Mary Higgins Clark, American author |
| 144605 | December 24 | Birth | 1928 – Lev Vlassenko, Georgian-Australian pianist and educator (d. 1996) |
| 144606 | December 24 | Birth | 1929 – Philip Ziegler, English historian and author |
| 144607 | December 24 | Birth | 1930 – Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1988) |
| 144608 | December 24 | Birth | 1930 – John J. Kelley, American runner (d. 2011) |
| 144609 | December 24 | Birth | 1931 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (d. 2011) |
| 144610 | December 24 | Birth | 1931 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and scholar (d. 2008) |
| 144611 | December 24 | Birth | 1932 – On Kawara, Japanese-American painter (d. 2014) |
| 144612 | December 24 | Birth | 1934 – John Critchinson, English pianist and composer |
| 144613 | December 24 | Birth | 1934 – Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia |
| 144614 | December 24 | Birth | 1936 – Ivan Lawrence, English lawyer and politician |
| 144615 | December 24 | Birth | 1937 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 144616 | December 24 | Birth | 1937 – John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Irish politician |
| 144617 | December 24 | Birth | 1938 – Bobby Henrich, American baseball player |
| 144618 | December 24 | Birth | 1938 – Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician |
| 144619 | December 24 | Birth | 1940 – Janet Carroll, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 144620 | December 24 | Birth | 1941 – David Arkin, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 144621 | December 24 | Birth | 1941 – Mike Hazlewood, English singer-songwriter (The Family Dogg) (d. 2001) |
| 144622 | December 24 | Birth | 1941 – John Levene, English actor |
| 144623 | December 24 | Birth | 1942 – Indra Bania, Indian actor, director, and playwright (d. 2015) |
| 144624 | December 24 | Birth | 1942 – Jonathan Borofsky, American sculptor and painter |
| 144625 | December 24 | Birth | 1942 – Đoàn Viết Hoạt, Vietnamese journalist, educator, and activist |
| 144626 | December 24 | Birth | 1943 – Tarja Halonen, Finnish lawyer and politician, 11th President of Finland |
| 144627 | December 24 | Birth | 1943 – Suzy Menkes, English journalist and critic |
| 144628 | December 24 | Birth | 1944 – Barry Elliot, English actor and screenwriter |
| 144629 | December 24 | Birth | 1944 – Mike Curb, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California |
| 144630 | December 24 | Birth | 1944 – Oswald Gracias, Indian cardinal |