Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian singer Sissy Spacek, American actress (Carrie) Manny Mori, former president of Micronesia Joe Louis Walker, American musician Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani prime minister December 26 – José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize December 27 – Klaus Fischer, German footballer December 28 Barbara De Fina, American film producer Sam Katz, American politician, Philadelphia December 29 – Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer December 30 – Jerry Coyne, American biologist December 31 – Ellen Datlow, American science fiction writer Date unknown Michael Houghton, British-born virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Boutros Romhein, Syrian sculptor Bakri Hassan Saleh, 12th prime minister of Sudan Deaths January January 6 Victor Fleming, American director (b. 1889) Gennaro Righelli, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1886) January 7 José Ramos Preto, Portuguese jurist, politician and 75th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1870) Suehiko Shiono, Japanese lawyer, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1880) January 8 – Yoshijirō Umezu, Japanese general (b. 1882) January 9 Tommy Handley, British radio comedian (b. 1892) Martin Grabmann, German Catholic priest, mediaevalist and historian (b. 1875) January 10 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer (b. 1865) January 11 – Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (b. 1889) January 13 – Eduardo Barron, Spanish engineer, pilot (b. 1888) January 14 Juan Bielovucic, Peruvian aviator (b. 1889) Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist (b. 1892) Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882) January 15 – Charles Ponzi, Italian-born American con man (b. 1882) January 19 – William Wright, American actor (b. 1911) January 21 – Joseph Cawthorn, American actor (b. 1868) January 22 Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett, British industrialist, politician (b. 1898) Henry Slocum, American tennis player (b. 1862) January 23 – Erich Klossowski, German-born Polish historian, painter (b. 1875) January 28 – Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908) January 31 – Henri De Vries, Dutch actor (b. 1864) February February 1 – Herbert Stothart, American composer (b. 1885) February 2 Pedro Paulo Bruno, Brazilian painter, singer, poet and landscaper (b. 1888) Theodoros Natsinas, Greek teacher (b. 1872) February 3 – Carlos Obligado, Argentine poet, critic and writer (b. 1889) February 6 Hiroaki Abe, Japanese admiral (b. 1889) Ulrich Greifelt, German SS general of police (b. 1896) February 10 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, British politician (b. 1878) Francesco Ticciati, Italian composer, pianist, teacher and lecturer (b. 1893) February 11 – Giovanni Zenatello, Italian