page_title: 1940 in the United States
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1940 in the United States / Births / December
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Richard Pryor.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1940 in the United States.
context_section_description: December 1 – Richard Pryor, African-American actor, comedian (d. 2005)
  December 4
  Freddy Cannon, American singer
  Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
  December 11
  David Gates, American singer-songwriter
  Donna Mills, American actress
  December 12 – Dionne Warwick, African-American singer and actress
  December 19 – Phil Ochs, American singer and songwriter (d. 1976)
  December 21
  Kelly Cherry, American poet and author
  Frank Zappa, American musician, songwriter, composer, guitarist, record producer, actor and filmmaker (d. 1993)
  December 23 – Jorma Kaukonen, American musician (Jefferson Airplane)
  December 24 – Janet Carroll, American actress, singer (d. 2012)
  December 26 – Edward C. Prescott, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
  December 29 – Fred Hansen, American Olympic athlete
caption: Richard Pryor
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