– Peter May, Scottish novelist and television dramatist December 21 – Fiorella Bonicelli, Uruguayan tennis player December 27 Levy Fidelix, Brazilian politician, businessman, and journalist (d. 2021) Ernesto Zedillo, 54th President of Mexico (1994-2000) December 29 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (d. 2007) Full date unknown Peter Hargitay, public relations executive and a partner of the European Consultancy Network Deaths January January 2 – Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and footballer (b. 1887) January 3 – Georgios Drossinis, Greek author, poet, scholar and editor (b. 1859) January 5 – Yasunosuke Gonda, Japanese sociologist and theorist (b. 1887) January 6 Ken Le Breton, Australian speedway rider (b. 1924) Maila Talvio, Finnish writer, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1871) January 7 René Guénon, French metaphysician (b. 1886) Lucien Cuénot, French biologist (b. 1866) January 10 – Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885) January 12 Jacques de Baroncelli, French director and screenwriter (b. 1881) Albert Guay, Canadian murderer (executed) (b. 1917) Prince Maximilian of Saxony (b. 1870) January 13 Dorothea Bate, British palaeontologist, a pioneer of archaeozoology (b. 1878) Florence Kahn, American actress (b. 1878) Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and eminence (b. 1871) January 15 – Sir Ernest Swinton, British Army general (b. 1868) January 16 – Tsunejirō Ishii, Japanese admiral (b. 1887) January 17 – Franziskus Hennemann, South African Titular bishop and reverend (b. 1882) January 18 Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary to India (b. 1867) Jack Holt, American actor (b. 1888) January 21 – Yuriko Miyamoto, Japanese novelist (b. 1899) January 23 – Robert J. Blackham, British general and author (b. 1868) January 27 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish military leader and statesman, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867) January 28 Dominic Salvatore Gentile, American pilot (b. 1920) Petar Dujam Munzani, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop and reverend (b. 1890) January 29 – Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (b. 1880) January 30 – Ferdinand Porsche, German auto engineer (b. 1875) February February 1 – Blas Taracena Aguirre, Spanish archaeologist (b. 1895) February 3 Choudhry Rahmat Ali, one of the founding fathers of Pakistan (b. 1895) Zaifeng, Prince Chun, Qing Dynasty prince (b. 1883) February 8 Fritz Thyssen, German businessman and industrialist (b. 1873) Zygmunt Szendzielarz, Polish commander (b. 1910) February 9 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1909) February 13 – Lloyd C. Douglas, American author (b. 1877) February 14 – Andrés Barbero,