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- December 3 - James Kim, American television personality (b. 1971)
- December 3 - Logan Whitehurst, American comedy singer (b. 1977)
- December 3 - Craig Hinton, British novelist (b. 1964)
- December 5 - David Bronstein, Soviet Union chess grandmaster (b. 1924)
- December 6 - John Feeney, New Zealand documentary film-director (b. 1922)
- December 7 - Jeane Kirkpatrick, American political theorist and U.N. ambassador (b. 1926)
- December 7 - J. B. Hunt, American trucking magnate (b. 1927)
- December 8 - Jose Uribe, Dominican Major League Baseball player (b. 1959)
- December 10 - Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator (b. 1915)
- December 12 - Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- December 12 - Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935)
- December 12 - Raymond P. Shafer, American politician (b. 1917)
- December 13 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932)
- December 13 - "Homesick" James Williamson, American blues musician (b. 1910)
- December 13 - Federico Crescentini, Sanmarinese football player (b. 1982)
- December 14 - Ahmet Ertegün, Turkish record executive (b. 1923)
- December 14 - Mike Evans, American actor (b. 1949)
- December 15 - Clay Regazzoni, Swiss race car driver (b. 1939)
- December 16 - Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1940)
- December 18 - Joseph Barbera, American animator (b. 1911)
- December 20 - Ma Ji, Chinese actor (b. 1934)
- December 21 - Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940)
- December 22 - Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
- December 23 - Robert Stafford, American politician (b. 1913)
- December 23 - Dutch Mason, Canadian blues musician (b. 1938)
- December 23 - Marilyn Waltz, American actress, model, and Playboy playmate (b. 1931)
- December 24 - Braguinha, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1907)
- December 24 - Charlie Drake, English comedian (b. 1925)
- December 24 - Frank Stanton, American television executive (b. 1908)
- December 24 - Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian musician, composer, poet and comedian (b. 1961)
- December 25 - James Brown, American singer (b. 1933)
- December 26 - Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
- December 26 - Chris Brown, U.S. baseball player (b. 1961)
- December 30 - Saddam Hussein, 5th President of Iraq (b. 1937)
- December 30 - Antony Lambton, Viscount Lambton, British politician (b. 1922)
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- Chemistry - Roger D. Kornberg.
- Economics - Edmund Phelps.
- Literature - Orhan Pamuk.
- Peace - Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank.
- Physics - John C. Mather, George F. Smoot.
- Physiology or Medicine - Andrew Z. Fire, Craig C. Mello.
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- ^ International Years proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly | UNESCO.ORG
- ^ THE BATTLE OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE / Mixed decision for gay couples in New Jersey / State's top court says they deserve same rights as heterosexuals - but splits on including marriage
- ^ "Most-premature baby allowed home", BBC NEWS, 2007-02-21.
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