| 146461 | December 29 | Birth | 1908 – Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993) |
| 146462 | December 29 | Birth | 1908 – Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992) |
| 146463 | December 29 | Birth | 1910 – Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 146464 | December 29 | Birth | 1911 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988) |
| 146465 | December 29 | Birth | 1914 – Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (d. 1976) |
| 146466 | December 29 | Birth | 1914 – Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989) |
| 146467 | December 29 | Birth | 1914 – Albert Tucker, Australian painter (d. 1999) |
| 146468 | December 29 | Birth | 1915 – Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (d. 1996) |
| 146469 | December 29 | Birth | 1915 – Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965) |
| 146470 | December 29 | Birth | 1917 – Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998) |
| 146471 | December 29 | Birth | 1917 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005) |
| 146472 | December 29 | Birth | 1919 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014) |
| 146473 | December 29 | Birth | 1919 – Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (d. 2013) |
| 146474 | December 29 | Birth | 1920 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1995) |
| 146475 | December 29 | Birth | 1921 – Robert C. Baker, American chef, invented the chicken nugget (d. 2006) |
| 146476 | December 29 | Birth | 1921 – Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014) |
| 146477 | December 29 | Birth | 1922 – Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014) |
| 146478 | December 29 | Birth | 1922 – William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998) |
| 146479 | December 29 | Birth | 1923 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (d. 1986) |
| 146480 | December 29 | Birth | 1923 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian holocaust survivor and author (d. 2012) |
| 146481 | December 29 | Birth | 1924 – Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012) |
| 146482 | December 29 | Birth | 1925 – Pete Dye, American golfer and architect |
| 146483 | December 29 | Birth | 1927 – Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (d. 1985) |
| 146484 | December 29 | Birth | 1928 – Bernard Cribbins, English actor, singer, and director |
| 146485 | December 29 | Birth | 1929 – Matt Murphy, American guitarist (The Blues Brothers) |
| 146486 | December 29 | Birth | 1931 – Yi Gu, Japanese-American son of Yi Bangja (d. 2005) |
| 146487 | December 29 | Birth | 1931 – Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 146488 | December 29 | Birth | 1932 – Inga Swenson, American actress and singer |
| 146489 | December 29 | Birth | 1933 – Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author |
| 146490 | December 29 | Birth | 1934 – Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995) |