actor (d. 2002) December 20 Uri Geller, Israeli illusionist Lesley Judd, English television presenter Sonny Perdue, American politician, 81st Governor of Georgia, 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005) Dick Wolf, American television producer December 21 Brian Davison, Rhodesian cricketer, Tasmanian politician Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1998) December 23 Edita Gruberová, Slovakian soprano (d. 2021) Susan Lucci, American actress (General Hospital) John Sullivan, English television scriptwriter (d. 2011) December 24 Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock guitarist (Focus) Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French politician, member of the European Parliament Brenda Howard, American bisexual activist (d. 2005) Jeff Sessions, American politician, United States Attorney General December 25 – Jimmy Buffett, American rock singer, songwriter ("Margaritaville") December 27 – Janet Street-Porter, English broadcast journalist December 28 Mike Beebe, American politician and attorney Edgar Winter, American rock musician ("Frankenstein") December 29 Marianne Faithfull, English singer, actress Ruth Shady, Peruvian archaeologist December 30 Patti Smith, American poet, singer Berti Vogts, German football player and manager December 31 Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer Lyudmila Pakhomova, Soviet Ice dancer (d.1986) Date unknown Ali Abu Al-Ragheb, Prime Minister of Jordan Jang Song-thaek, North Korean politician (d. 2013) Miklós Lukáts, Hungarian politician (d. 2022) Afsaneh Najmabadi, Iranian historian, gender theorist Raul Bragança Neto, 8th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2014) Deaths January January 2 – Fabijan Abrantovich, Soviet civic, religious leader (b. 1884) January 3 – William Joyce, Irish-born American World War II Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as "Lord Haw-Haw" (executed) (b. 1906) January 4 – George Woolf, Canadian jockey (b. 1910) January 5 – Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864) January 6 Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1892) Slim Summerville, American actor (b. 1892) January 8 – Dion Fortune, British writer (b. 1890) January 9 Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903) Sir Nevil Macready, British army general, police commissioner (b. 1862) January 10 László Bárdossy, Hungarian diplomat, politician and 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1890) Harry Von Tilzer, American songwriter (b. 1872) January 13 – Wilhelm Souchon, German admiral (b. 1864) January 15 – Karl Nabersberg, German youth leader (b. 1908) January 23 – Matteo Bartoli, Italian linguist (b. 1873) January 25 – Orishatukeh Faduma, American missionary (b. 1855) January 29 Hideo Hatoyama, Japanese jurist (b. 1884) Harry Hopkins, American politician (b. 1890) Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch–born American astronomer (b. 1884) January 31 Pietro Boetto, Italian Roman Catholic