(d. 2019) December 4 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959) December 8 Lucian Freud, German born painter (d. 2011) Gerhard Löwenthal, German journalist (d. 2002) December 9 – Redd Foxx, African-American comedian and actor (d. 1991) December 10 – Edith Ballantyne, Czech-born Canadian peace activist December 11 Frank Blaichman, Polish author (d. 2018) Dilip Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2021) Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, television personality (d. 2008) December 12 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter, writer (d. 1979) December 14 Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001) Antonio Larreta, Uruguayan theatre actor, critic and writer (d. 2015) December 18 – Carlos Altamirano, Chilean lawyer and socialist politician (d. 2019) December 21 Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (d. 1989) Paul Winchell, American actor (d. 2005) December 22 – Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, Princess of Luxembourg (d. 2011) December 24 Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990) Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-American filmmaker and poet (d. 2019) December 28 Stan Lee, American comics creator (d. 2018) Ramapada Chowdhury, Indian novelist and writer (d. 2018) December 29 – William Gaddis, American writer (d. 1998) December 30 Boes Boestami, Indonesian actor (d. 1970) Magín Díaz, Colombian musician and composer (d. 2017) Deaths January January 1 – István Kühár, Prekmurje Slovene writer, politician (b. 1887) January 5 – Sir Ernest Shackleton, British explorer (b. 1874) January 10 Ōkuma Shigenobu, 2-time Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838) Frank Tudor, Australian politician (b. 1866) January 15 – John Kirk, British explorer (b. 1832) January 22 Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854) Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b. 1837) James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Irish-born politician, diplomat and historian (b. 1838) William Christie, British astronomer (b. 1845) January 23 – Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855) January 27 Nellie Bly, American undercover journalist (b. 1864) Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (b. 1840) January 31 – Heinrich Reinhardt, Austrian composer (b. 1865) February February 1 Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese field marshal, 3rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838) William Desmond Taylor, Irish-born film director (b. 1872) February 3 Christiaan de Wet, Boer general, rebel leader, and politician (b. 1854) John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (b. 1839) February 4 – Henry Jones, British philosopher (b. 1852) February 8 – Kabayama Sukenori, Japanese samurai, general and statesman (b. 1837) February 14 – Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish Minister of Interior (b. 1880) February 16 – Newton Knight, American farmer,