| 145021 | December 25 | Birth | 1929 – Chris Kenner, American singer-songwriter (d. 1976) |
| 145022 | December 25 | Birth | 1930 – Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian-American boxer and coach |
| 145023 | December 25 | Birth | 1930 – Armenak Alachachian, Armenian basketball player and coach |
| 145024 | December 25 | Birth | 1930 – Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet and illustrator (d. 1986) |
| 145025 | December 25 | Birth | 1932 – Mabel King, American actress and singer (d. 1999) |
| 145026 | December 25 | Birth | 1933 – Basil Heatley, English runner |
| 145027 | December 25 | Birth | 1935 – Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan |
| 145028 | December 25 | Birth | 1935 – Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (d. 2009) |
| 145029 | December 25 | Birth | 1935 – Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American politician (d. 2007) |
| 145030 | December 25 | Birth | 1935 – Anne Roiphe, American author and activist |
| 145031 | December 25 | Birth | 1936 – Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy |
| 145032 | December 25 | Birth | 1936 – Ismail Merchant, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2005) |
| 145033 | December 25 | Birth | 1937 – O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers) (d. 1986) |
| 145034 | December 25 | Birth | 1938 – Duane Armstrong, American painter |
| 145035 | December 25 | Birth | 1938 – David Borden, American composer and academic |
| 145036 | December 25 | Birth | 1938 – Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 145037 | December 25 | Birth | 1939 – Royce D. Applegate, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2003) |
| 145038 | December 25 | Birth | 1939 – Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani businessman |
| 145039 | December 25 | Birth | 1939 – Bob James, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Fourplay) |
| 145040 | December 25 | Birth | 1939 – Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (d. 2013) |
| 145041 | December 25 | Birth | 1940 – Pete Brown, English singer-songwriter |
| 145042 | December 25 | Birth | 1940 – Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author |
| 145043 | December 25 | Birth | 1941 – Kenneth Calman, Scottish physician and academic |
| 145044 | December 25 | Birth | 1942 – Françoise Dürr, Algerian-French tennis player |
| 145045 | December 25 | Birth | 1942 – Barbara Follett, Jamaican-English politician |
| 145046 | December 25 | Birth | 1942 – Barry Goldberg, American musician, songwriter, and producer (The Electric Flag, Steve Miller Band, and The Rides) |
| 145047 | December 25 | Birth | 1942 – Enrique Morente, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2010) |
| 145048 | December 25 | Birth | 1943 – Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian race car driver |
| 145049 | December 25 | Birth | 1943 – Hanna Schygulla, German actress and singer |
| 145050 | December 25 | Birth | 1944 – Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer and manager |