18 Pauline Ester, French singer Rikiya Koyama, Japanese voice actor Charles Oakley, American basketball player Brad Pitt, American actor and film producer, co-founder of Plan B Entertainment December 19 Jennifer Beals, American actress Til Schweiger, German actor December 20 Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo Joel Gretsch, American actor December 21 Donovan Ruddock, Jamaican Canadian former professional boxer Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor and politician Jacques Simonet, Belgian politician (d. 2007) Chua Tian Chang, Malaysian politician December 22 Vladimir Flórez, Colombian cartoonist Bryan Gunn, Scottish footballer Russell Lewis, British child actor and television writer Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American Surrealist painter December 23 – Donna Tartt, American author December 24 Sanjay Mehrotra, Indian entrepreneur Caroline Aherne, English actress, comedienne and writer (d. 2016) December 26 – Lars Ulrich, Danish rock drummer (Metallica) December 29 Graciano Rocchigiani, German professional boxer (d. 2018) Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player Sean Payton, American football coach Ulf Kristersson, 35th Prime Minister of Sweden December 30 – Kim Hill, American Christian singer December 31 – Azalina Othman Said, Malaysian politician Deaths January January 2 Jack Carson, Canadian actor (b. 1910) Dick Powell, American actor (b. 1904) January 3 – Shinobu Ishihara, Japanese ophthalmologist (b. 1879) January 5 – Erik Strandmark, Swedish film actor (b. 1919) January 6 – Frank Tuttle, American film director (b. 1892) January 7 – Erik Lundqvist, Swedish athlete (b. 1908) January 9 – Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-born American aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer (b. 1888) January 10 – Franz Planer, Austrian film cinematographer (b. 1894) January 13 Sonny Clark, American jazz pianist (b. 1931) Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese politician, 1st President of Togo (assassinated) (b. 1902) Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish writer (b. 1888) January 14 – Gustav Regler, German socialist novelist (b. 1898) January 15 – Cesare Fantoni, Italian actor and voice actor (b. 1905) January 18 Hugh Gaitskell, British politician, leader of the Labour Party (b. 1906) Edward Charles Titchmarsh, British mathematician (b. 1899) January 20 Fyodor Terentyev, Soviet Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1925) Avra Theodoropoulou, Greek suffragist (b. 1880) January 21 – Al St. John, American actor (b. 1892) January 23 Mohammad Ali Bogra, Pakistani statesman, politician and diplomat, 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1909) Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (b. 1908) January 24 Otto Harbach, American lyricist and librettist (b. 1873) Kenneth Western, part of The Western Brothers (b. 1899) January 25 – Marion Sunshine, American actress (b.