(b. 1911) December 25 Dean Martin, American actor, singer and comedian (b. 1917) Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-American musicologist (b. 1894) December 27 – Edgar Bischoff, Romanian-born French composer (b. 1912) December 29 – Lita Grey, American actress (b. 1908) December 30 – Heiner Müller, German poet and playwright (b. 1929) Date unknown Richey Edwards, Welsh musician (b. 1967) Nobel Prizes Physics – Martin L. Perl, Frederick Reines Chemistry – Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina, F. Sherwood Rowland Medicine – Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Eric F. Wieschaus Literature – Seamus Heaney Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Lucas, Jr. Peace – Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs References External links 1995: A look back - CNN CNN Time Capsule: The Defining Moments of 1995 - CNN