| 146851 | December 30 | Birth | 1945 – Vernon Wells, Australian actor and producer |
| 146852 | December 30 | Birth | 1946 – Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet |
| 146853 | December 30 | Birth | 1947 – Michael Burns, American actor and historian |
| 146854 | December 30 | Birth | 1947 – James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer |
| 146855 | December 30 | Birth | 1947 – Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys, The Move, and The Idle Race) |
| 146856 | December 30 | Birth | 1947 – Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach |
| 146857 | December 30 | Birth | 1948 – Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (d. 1996) |
| 146858 | December 30 | Birth | 1949 – David Bedford, English runner |
| 146859 | December 30 | Birth | 1949 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2014) |
| 146860 | December 30 | Birth | 1950 – Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author |
| 146861 | December 30 | Birth | 1950 – Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author |
| 146862 | December 30 | Birth | 1950 – Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language |
| 146863 | December 30 | Birth | 1950 – Martti Vainio, Finnish runner |
| 146864 | December 30 | Birth | 1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer |
| 146865 | December 30 | Birth | 1951 – Nick Rose, English runner |
| 146866 | December 30 | Birth | 1952 – June Anderson, American soprano and actress |
| 146867 | December 30 | Birth | 1952 – Melissa Fay Greene, American author |
| 146868 | December 30 | Birth | 1953 – Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut |
| 146869 | December 30 | Birth | 1953 – Bill Kazmaier, American strongman and wrestler |
| 146870 | December 30 | Birth | 1953 – Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (DeGarmo and Key) (d. 2010) |
| 146871 | December 30 | Birth | 1953 – Graham Vick, English director and producer |
| 146872 | December 30 | Birth | 1953 – Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host |
| 146873 | December 30 | Birth | 1954 – Barry Greenstein, American poker player |
| 146874 | December 30 | Birth | 1955 – Dindo Yogo, Congolese singer (Viva La Musica, Langa Langa Stars, and Zaiko Langa Langa) (d. 2000) |
| 146875 | December 30 | Birth | 1956 – Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer (Dzeltenie Pastnieki) |
| 146876 | December 30 | Birth | 1956 – Suzy Bogguss, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 146877 | December 30 | Birth | 1956 – Claudia di Girolamo, Chilean actress |
| 146878 | December 30 | Birth | 1956 – Patricia Kalember, American actress |
| 146879 | December 30 | Birth | 1956 – Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer |
| 146880 | December 30 | Birth | 1956 – Jacek Wszoła, Polish high jumper |