Goscombe John, British sculptor (b. 1860) Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop and reverend (b. 1868) December 16 – Leonid Yachenin, Soviet politician (b. 1897) December 18 Garimella Satyanarayana, Indian poet (b. 1893) Ernst Stromer, German paleontologist (b. 1871) December 19 – Pehr G. Holmes, American politician (b. 1881) December 25 Bernardino Molinari, Italian conductor (b. 1880) Herman Sörgel, German architect (b. 1885) December 26 – Lyn Harding, British actor (b. 1867) December 27 – Henri Winkelman, Dutch general (b. 1876) December 28 Carlo Agostini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and reverend (b. 1871) Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen consort of Christian X of Denmark (b. 1879) December 29 – Fletcher Henderson, American musician (b. 1897) December 30 Luke McNamee, American admiral and Governor of Guam (b. 1871) Gabriel Skagestad, Norwegian theologian, Roman Catholic priest, bishop and reverend (b. 1879) Nobel Prizes Physics – Felix Bloch, Edward Mills Purcell Chemistry – Archer John Porter Martin, Richard Laurence Millington Synge Medicine – Selman Abraham Waksman Literature – François Mauriac Peace – Albert Schweitzer References Leap years in the Gregorian calendar