– Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine footballer December 12 – Lao Lishi, Chinese diver December 14 – Ana Polvorosa, Spanish actress December 15 – Mikey Garcia, American boxer December 18 Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater Ayaka, Japanese singer Deiveson Figueiredo, Brazilian martial mixed artist Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor Piotr Nowakowski, Polish volleyball player December 19 Shuko Aoyama, Japanese tennis player Karim Benzema, French footballer Ronan Farrow, American activist December 20 – Emmanuel Ekpo, Nigerian footballer December 22 – Eder, Portuguese footballer December 23 – Taťána Kuchařová, Czech dancer, model and beauty queen December 25 – LJ Reyes, Filipino actress December 26 – Mikhail Kukushkin, Russian born-Kazakh tennis player December 27 – Lily Cole, British model December 28 – Thomas Dekker, American actor, musician, singer, director and producer December 29 – Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor December 30 – Jeanette Ottesen, Dutch swimmer December 31 Seydou Doumbia, Ivorian football player Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast Maiara & Maraisa, Brazilian Sertanejo music duo Deaths January January 2 – Jean de Gribaldy, French road cyclist and directeur sportif (b. 1922) January 5 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian supercentenarian (b. 1875) January 9 – Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905) January 10 Håkan Malmrot, Swedish Olympic swimmer (b. 1900) Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919) January 14 – Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (b. 1897) January 15 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904) January 22 – R. Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939) January 25 – Asim Ferhatović, Yugoslav footballer (b. 1933) January 27 – Norman McLaren, Canadian animator and director (b. 1914) January 28 – Galo Plaza, Ecuadorian statesman, 29th President of Ecuador (b. 1906) January 31 – Yves Allégret, French film director (b. 1905) February February 1 Gustav Knuth, German film actor (b. 1901) Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1900) February 2 Alistair MacLean, British novelist (b. 1922) Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian football goalkeeper (b. 1927) February 3 – Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, younger brother of Japanese Emperor Hirohito (b. 1905) February 4 – Liberace, American pianist, singer and actor (b. 1919) February 5 – Otto Wöhler, German general, serving during World War I and World War II (b. 1894) February 7 – Claudio Villa, Italian singer (b. 1926) February 10 – Robert O'Brien, American racing driver (b. 1908) February 11 – Mark Ashton, Irish gay rights activist (b. 1960) February 12 Dennis Poore, British entrepreneur, financier