scholar, Second Gentleman of California December 4 – Bernard King, American basketball player and commentator December 5 Klaus Allofs, German football player Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist December 6 Peter Buck, American guitarist Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (d. 1982) December 7 Chuy Bravo, Mexican-American actor and entertainer (d. 2019) Larry Bird, American basketball player Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of Slovakia December 9 Antony Alda, American actor (d. 2009) Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French writer Baruch Goldstein, American-Israeli physician and mass murderer (d. 1994) December 10 – Rod Blagojevich, American politician and convicted felon, Governor of Illinois (2003–2009) December 11 – Lani Brockman, American playwright December 12 Ana Alicia, Mexican actress Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist December 13 – Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer December 14 – Béla Réthy, German sports journalist December 16 – Duncan Faure, South African musician December 18 – Ron White, American comedian December 19 Masami Akita, Japanese noise musician (also known as Merzbow) Jimmy Cauty, British musician (The KLF, The Timelords) December 21 – Anna Erlandsson, Swedish filmmaker and animator December 23 Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (d. 2001) Dave Murray, British musician (Iron Maiden) December 24 Anil Kapoor, Indian actor Shim Hwa-jin, South Korean academic December 26 Michael Jones (aka Kashif), musician, singer-songwriter (B.T. Express) (d. 2016) David Sedaris, American essayist December 28 Nigel Kennedy, English violinist Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born footballer Phil Verchota, American ice hockey player December 29 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian December 30 Patricia Kalember, American actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, African American-actress December 31 Shelagh Rogers, Canadian radio host Hussein Ahmed Salah, Djiboutian marathon runner Date unknown Dong Hao, Chinese host, voice actor and painter Gilma Jiménez, Colombian politician (d. 2013) Nancy Lynn, American aerobatic pilot (d. 2006) Ephraim Mirvis, South African-born Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth Mirtha Rivero, Venezuelan journalist and writer. Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist Chris Wilson, Australian musician (d. 2019) Deaths January January 3 Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (b. 1864) Joseph Wirth, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879) January 5 – Mistinguett, French singer and actress (b. 1875) January 9 – Marion Leonard, American actress (b. 1881) January 10 Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist (b. 1862) Karl Ludwig Schmidt, German theologian (b. 1891) January 12 Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894) Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) January 13 – Lyonel Feininger, German painter (b. 1871) January 14 – Sheila Kaye-Smith,