(b. 1921) December 12 – Ike Turner, American musician, songwriter, record producer, and bandleader (b. 1931) December 16 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer and songwriter (b. 1951) December 22 – Julien Gracq, French writer (b. 1910) December 23 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1925) December 27 Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director and politician (b. 1922) Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (b. 1920) December 31 – Muhammad Osman Said, Former Libyan prime minister (b. 1922) Nobel Prizes Chemistry – Gerhard Ertl Economics – Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin, and Roger Myerson Literature – Doris Lessing Peace – Albert Gore Jr, and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Physics – Albert Fert, Peter Grünberg Physiology or Medicine – Mario Capecchi, Oliver Smithies, and Sir Martin Evans New English words and terms additive manufacturing colony collapse disorder hashtag listicle netbook sharing economy tweep References External links 2007 Calendar at Internet Accuracy Project.