| 145261 | December 25 | Death | 2002 – William T. Orr, American actor and producer (b. 1917) |
| 145262 | December 25 | Death | 2003 – Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (b. 1929) |
| 145263 | December 25 | Death | 2004 – Robert Elliott, American actor (b. 1944) |
| 145264 | December 25 | Death | 2004 – Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1940) |
| 145265 | December 25 | Death | 2005 – Derek Bailey, English guitarist (b. 1930) |
| 145266 | December 25 | Death | 2005 – Robert Barbers, Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1944) |
| 145267 | December 25 | Death | 2005 – Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b. 1918) |
| 145268 | December 25 | Death | 2006 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Famous Flames) (b. 1933) |
| 145269 | December 25 | Death | 2006 – Hiroaki Hidaka, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962) |
| 145270 | December 25 | Death | 2007 – Des Barrick, English cricketer (b. 1927) |
| 145271 | December 25 | Death | 2007 – Jim Beauchamp, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939) |
| 145272 | December 25 | Death | 2007 – Mighty King Kong, Kenyan singer (b. 1973) |
| 145273 | December 25 | Death | 2008 – Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927) |
| 145274 | December 25 | Death | 2009 – Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brute and The Undertow Orchestra) (b. 1964) |
| 145275 | December 25 | Death | 2010 – Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (b. 1922) |
| 145276 | December 25 | Death | 2011 – Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (b. 1920) |
| 145277 | December 25 | Death | 2011 – Jim Sherwood, American saxophonist (The Mothers of Invention) (b. 1942) |
| 145278 | December 25 | Death | 2011 – Simms Taback, American author and illustrator (b. 1932) |
| 145279 | December 25 | Death | 2012 – Sita bint Fahd Al Damir, Saudi Arabian wife of Khalid of Saudi Arabia (b. 1922) |
| 145280 | December 25 | Death | 2012 – Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1940) |
| 145281 | December 25 | Death | 2012 – Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1959) |
| 145282 | December 25 | Death | 2012 – Frank Calabrese, Sr., American mobster (b. 1937) |
| 145283 | December 25 | Death | 2012 – Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (b. 1918) |
| 145284 | December 25 | Death | 2012 – Joe Krivak, American football player and coach (b. 1935) |
| 145285 | December 25 | Death | 2013 – Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (b. 1961) |
| 145286 | December 25 | Death | 2013 – David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist and academic (b. 1930) |
| 145287 | December 25 | Death | 2013 – Wayne Harrison, English footballer (b. 1967) |
| 145288 | December 25 | Death | 2013 – Mike Hegan, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1942) |
| 145289 | December 25 | Death | 2013 – Mel Mathay, Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City (b. 1932) |
| 145290 | December 25 | Death | 2013 – Adnan Şenses, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935) |