Chemistry Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt, German speed skater Eula Valdez, Filipino actress December 18 – Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress December 19 – Ken Marino, American actor and comedian December 20 – Nadia Farès, Moroccan born-French actress December 21 – Khrystyne Haje, American actress December 22 – Dina Meyer, American actress December 23 – Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, American photographer December 24 – Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress and model (d. 2008) December 25 – Helena Christensen, Danish model December 28 – Lior Ashkenazi, Israeli actor December 30 – Fabrice Guy, French Olympic skier Unknown date Eleonora Requena, Venezuelan poet. Martin Ssempa, Ugandan pastor and internet meme. Isadora Zubillaga, Venezuelan diplomat and activist. Deaths January January 4 Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1904) Joseph Pholien, Belgian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1884) January 6 – Karl Kobelt, 2-time President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1891) January 7 Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler (b. 1930) Mario Roatta, Italian general (b. 1887) January 9 – Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Japanese athlete (b. 1940) January 10 Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish politician (b. 1882) Eben Dönges, acting Prime Minister of South Africa and elected President of South Africa (b. 1898) January 15 – Leopold Infeld, Polish physicist (b. 1898) January 16 – Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, religious broadcaster, and founder of Bob Jones University (b. 1883) January 18 – John Ridgely, American actor (b. 1909) January 21 – Georg Dertinger, German politician (b. 1902) January 22 Aleksandr Arbuzov, Russian chemist (b. 1877) Duke Kahanamoku, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1890) January 29 – Tsuguharu Foujita, Japanese-French painter and printmaker (b. 1886) February February 4 Eddie Baker, American actor (b. 1897) Neal Cassady, American author and poet (b. 1926) February 7 – Nick Adams, American actor (b. 1931) February 10 – Pitirim Sorokin, Russian-American sociologist (b. 1889) February 11 – Howard Lindsay, American playwright (b. 1888) February 13 Mae Marsh, American actress (b. 1894) Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer (b. 1880) February 15 – Little Walter, American blues musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1930) February 17 – Sir Donald Wolfit, English actor (b. 1902) February 19 – Georg Hackenschmidt, German strongman and professional wrestler (b. 1877) February 20 – Anthony Asquith, British director and writer (b. 1902) February 21 – Howard Florey, Australian-born pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b. 1898) February 22 – Peter Arno, American cartoonist (b. 1904) February 25 – Camille Huysmans, Belgian