| 144991 | December 25 | Birth | 1908 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (d. 2001) |
| 144992 | December 25 | Birth | 1909 – Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer (d. 1996) |
| 144993 | December 25 | Birth | 1911 – Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (d. 2010) |
| 144994 | December 25 | Birth | 1913 – Candy Candido, American singer, bass player, and voice actor (d. 1999) |
| 144995 | December 25 | Birth | 1913 – Tony Martin, American singer and actor (d. 2012) |
| 144996 | December 25 | Birth | 1913 – Henri Nannen, German journalist (d. 1966) |
| 144997 | December 25 | Birth | 1914 – James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (d. 2007) |
| 144998 | December 25 | Birth | 1915 – Pete Rugolo, Italian-American composer and producer (d. 2011) |
| 144999 | December 25 | Birth | 1916 – Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (d. 2012) |
| 145000 | December 25 | Birth | 1917 – Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009) |
| 145001 | December 25 | Birth | 1918 – Anwar Sadat, Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) |
| 145002 | December 25 | Birth | 1919 – Naushad Ali, Indian composer and director (d. 2006) |
| 145003 | December 25 | Birth | 1919 – Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician, founded the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999) |
| 145004 | December 25 | Birth | 1919 – Noele Gordon, English actress (d. 1985) |
| 145005 | December 25 | Birth | 1921 – Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (d. 2000) |
| 145006 | December 25 | Birth | 1921 – Steve Otto, Polish-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 145007 | December 25 | Birth | 1922 – William Demby, American author (d. 2013) |
| 145008 | December 25 | Birth | 1923 – René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (d. 2015) |
| 145009 | December 25 | Birth | 1924 – Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone (d. 1975) |
| 145010 | December 25 | Birth | 1924 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India |
| 145011 | December 25 | Birth | 1925 – Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (d. 1998) |
| 145012 | December 25 | Birth | 1925 – Ned Garver, American baseball player |
| 145013 | December 25 | Birth | 1925 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (d. 2007) |
| 145014 | December 25 | Birth | 1926 – Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (d. 1987) |
| 145015 | December 25 | Birth | 1927 – Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (d. 1975) |
| 145016 | December 25 | Birth | 1927 – Leo Kubiak, American basketball and baseball player |
| 145017 | December 25 | Birth | 1927 – Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player |
| 145018 | December 25 | Birth | 1928 – Dick Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 145019 | December 25 | Birth | 1929 – Stuart Hall, English radio and television host |
| 145020 | December 25 | Birth | 1929 – Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (d. 2013) |