German-Italian rock vocalist and guitarist (Kreator) Joe Randa, American Major League Baseball player and radio talk-show host December 19 Richard Hammond, British television presenter Lauren Sánchez, American news anchor Kristy Swanson, American actress December 21 Julie Delpy, French actress Magnus Samuelsson, Swedish bodybuilder, World's Strongest Man December 22 – Dagmar Hase, German swimmer December 24 Milan Blagojevic, Australian footballer Pernille Fischer Christensen, Danish film director Leavander Johnson, American lightweight boxer (d. 2005) Sean Cameron Michael, South African actor and singer Ed Miliband, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office Mark Millar, Scottish author Luis Musrri, Chilean footballer Oleg Skripochka, Russian cosmonaut Gintaras Staučė, Lithuanian footballer Chen Yueling, American race walker Jonathan Zittrain, American professor December 25 – Nicolas Godin, French musician December 27 Chyna, American professional wrestler (d. 2016) Sarah Vowell, American historian, author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress December 28 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer December 30 Kersti Kaljulaid, 5th President of Estonia Jay Kay, English singer (Jamiroquai) Deaths January January 1 Barton MacLane, American actor (b. 1902) Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (b. 1881) January 3 – Commodore Cochran, American Olympic athlete (b. 1902) January 4 – Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (b. 1935) January 8 – Albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889) January 19 – Jan Palach, Czech student (b. 1948) January 27 – Charles Winninger, American actor (b. 1884) January 29 – Allen Dulles, American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (b. 1893) January 30 – Dominique Pire, Belgian Dominican friar, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1910) January 31 – Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894) February February 2 – Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887) February 3 Eduardo Mondlane, leader of the Mozambique nationalist organization FRELIMO (b. 1920) Al Taliaferro, American Disney comics artist (b. 1905) February 5 – Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902) February 9 – George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (b. 1885) February 13 – Florence Mary Taylor, English-born Australian architect (b. 1879) February 14 – Vito Genovese, Italian-American mobster (b. 1897) February 18 – Dragiša Cvetković, 13th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893) February 19 – Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899) February 20 – Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883) February 23 Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902) Madhubala, Indian actress (b. 1933) February 25 – Jan Zajíc, Czech student (b. 1950) February 26 Levi Eshkol, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel