| 144781 | December 24 | Death | 1957 – Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (b. 1893) |
| 144782 | December 24 | Death | 1961 – Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (b. 1895) |
| 144783 | December 24 | Death | 1962 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (b. 1890) |
| 144784 | December 24 | Death | 1965 – John Black, English businessman (b. 1895) |
| 144785 | December 24 | Death | 1965 – William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (b. 1906) |
| 144786 | December 24 | Death | 1967 – Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1913) |
| 144787 | December 24 | Death | 1969 – Stanisław Błeszyński, Polish entomologist (b. 1927) |
| 144788 | December 24 | Death | 1969 – Cortelia Clark, African American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1907) |
| 144789 | December 24 | Death | 1969 – Olivia FitzRoy, British author of children's books (b. 1921) |
| 144790 | December 24 | Death | 1969 – Alfred B. Skar, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1896) |
| 144791 | December 24 | Death | 1969 – Seabury Quinn, American author (b. 1889) |
| 144792 | December 24 | Death | 1971 – Dora Altmann, German-American actress (b. 1881) |
| 144793 | December 24 | Death | 1971 – Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist (b. 1924) |
| 144794 | December 24 | Death | 1972 – Daniel McVey, Australian public servant (b. 1892) |
| 144795 | December 24 | Death | 1972 – Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882) |
| 144796 | December 24 | Death | 1972 – Melville Ruick, American actor (b. 1898) |
| 144797 | December 24 | Death | 1973 – Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b. 1893) |
| 144798 | December 24 | Death | 1975 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911) |
| 144799 | December 24 | Death | 1976 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (b. 1907) |
| 144800 | December 24 | Death | 1977 – Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (b. 1917) |
| 144801 | December 24 | Death | 1980 – Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891) |
| 144802 | December 24 | Death | 1980 – Siggie Nordstrom, American actress and singer (Nordstrom Sisters) (b. 1893) |
| 144803 | December 24 | Death | 1982 – Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897) |
| 144804 | December 24 | Death | 1984 – Peter Lawford, English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1923) |
| 144805 | December 24 | Death | 1985 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (b. 1904) |
| 144806 | December 24 | Death | 1985 – Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927) |
| 144807 | December 24 | Death | 1986 – Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911) |
| 144808 | December 24 | Death | 1987 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919) |
| 144809 | December 24 | Death | 1987 – Betty Noyes, American singer and actress (b. 1912) |
| 144810 | December 24 | Death | 1987 – M. G. Ramachandran, Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1917) |