Bickert, Canadian jazz musician (d. 2019) December December 1 Dame Heather Begg, New Zealand mezzo-soprano (d. 2009) Jean-Jacques Guyon, French equestrian (d. 2017) December 2 – Sergio Bonelli, Italian comic book author and publisher (d. 2011) December 3 – Corry Brokken, Dutch singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1957 winner (d. 2016) December 4 Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Tengku Ampuan of Pahang (d. 1988) Roh Tae-woo, 6th President of South Korea (d. 2021) December 5 Sheldon Glashow, American physicist Little Richard, American singer and actor (d. 2020) December 7 Ellen Burstyn, American actress J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and a former Minister of Finance (d. 2020) December 9 – Donald Byrd, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2013) December 10 – Howard McCurdy, Canadian politician (d. 2018) December 11 – Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contra leader (d. 1991) December 12 – Bob Pettit, American basketball player December 13 – Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor December 15 – Jesse Belvin, American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, and songwriter (d. 1960) December 16 – Rodion Shchedrin, Russian composer and pianist December 28 Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (d. 1990) Titien Sumarni, Indonesian actress (d. 1966) December 29 – Inga Swenson, American actress and singer Deaths January – February January 2 – Paul Pau, French general (b. 1848) January 7 – André Maginot, French soldier and politician (b. 1877) January 8 Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and writer (b. 1862) Eurosia Fabris, Italian Roman Catholic nun and blessed (b. 1866) January 12 – James Felts, American newspaper editor and politician (b. 1866) January 13 – Ernest Mangnall, English football manager (b. 1866) January 18 – Dmitry Shcherbachev, Russian general (b. 1857) January 21 – Lytton Strachey, British writer and biographer (b. 1880) January 24 – Sir Alfred Yarrow, British shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1842) January 26 Edward "Eddie" Stinson, American aviator and aircraft manufacturer (b. 1893) William Wrigley Jr., American chewing gum industrialist (b. 1861) February 1 – Farabundo Martí, Salvadorean revolutionary (murdered) (b. 1893) February 2 – Louise Reed Stowell, American scientist, author (b. 1850) February 8 Mad Dog Coll, American gangster (b. 1908) Jean César Graziani, French general (b. 1859) Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect (b. 1867) February 10 – Edgar Wallace, British novelist and screenwriter (b. 1875) February 15 – Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (b. 1865) February 16 Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1841) Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born