| 144811 | December 24 | Death | 1988 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905) |
| 144812 | December 24 | Death | 1990 – Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922) |
| 144813 | December 24 | Death | 1991 – Virginia Sorensen, American author (b. 1912) |
| 144814 | December 24 | Death | 1992 – Peyo, Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (b. 1928) |
| 144815 | December 24 | Death | 1992 – Bobby LaKind, American singer-songwriter and conga player (b. 1945) |
| 144816 | December 24 | Death | 1993 – Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (b. 1898) |
| 144817 | December 24 | Death | 1994 – John Boswell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1947) |
| 144818 | December 24 | Death | 1994 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1916) |
| 144819 | December 24 | Death | 1997 – James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
| 144820 | December 24 | Death | 1997 – Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920) |
| 144821 | December 24 | Death | 1997 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925) |
| 144822 | December 24 | Death | 1998 – Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915) |
| 144823 | December 24 | Death | 1999 – Bill Bowerman, American businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911) |
| 144824 | December 24 | Death | 1999 – Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907) |
| 144825 | December 24 | Death | 1999 – João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (b. 1918) |
| 144826 | December 24 | Death | 2000 – John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b. 1923) |
| 144827 | December 24 | Death | 2000 – Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935) |
| 144828 | December 24 | Death | 2002 – Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920) |
| 144829 | December 24 | Death | 2002 – Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938) |
| 144830 | December 24 | Death | 2004 – Johnny Oates, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946) |
| 144831 | December 24 | Death | 2005 – Michael Vale, American actor (b. 1922) |
| 144832 | December 24 | Death | 2006 – Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1907) |
| 144833 | December 24 | Death | 2006 – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1961) |
| 144834 | December 24 | Death | 2006 – Frank Stanton, American businessman (b. 1908) |
| 144835 | December 24 | Death | 2007 – Nicholas Pumfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1951) |
| 144836 | December 24 | Death | 2007 – George Warrington, American businessman (d. 1952) |
| 144837 | December 24 | Death | 2008 – Harold Pinter, English actor, director, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930) |
| 144838 | December 24 | Death | 2009 – Marcus Bakker, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1923) |
| 144839 | December 24 | Death | 2009 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (b. 1916) |
| 144840 | December 24 | Death | 2009 – George Michael, American sportscaster (b. 1939) |