Floyd) Rick Nolan, American politician December 18 – Keith Richards, English rock guitarist, songwriter (The Rolling Stones) December 19 Sam Kelly, English actor (d. 2014) Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006) Jimmy Mackay, Australian football player (d. 1998) December 20 – Jacqueline Pearce, English screen actress (d. 2018) December 21 – Jack Nance, American actor (d. 1996) December 22 – Paul Wolfowitz, American political scientist December 23 Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (d. 1987) Harry Shearer, American actor, comedian and screenwriter Queen Silvia of Sweden, Queen consort of Sweden December 24 Tarja Halonen, 11th President of Finland James A. Johnson, American business leader, philanthropist December 25 – Hanna Schygulla, German actress December 27 – Sam Hinds, 3-Time Prime Minister of Guyana December 28 Keith Floyd, British chef (d. 2009) Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (d. 2018) Craig MacIntosh, American illustrator Billy Chapin, American child actor (d.2016) Richard Whiteley, English television presenter (d. 2005) December 31 John Denver, American musician (d. 1997) Sir Ben Kingsley, British actor (Gandhi) Pete Quaife, English musician, artist and author (The Kinks) (d. 2010) Deaths January January 2 Qazim Koculi, Albanian politician, acting Prime Minister of Albania (murdered) (b. 1887) Wilhelm Lorenz, German general (died of wounds) (b. 1894) January 3 – Bid McPhee, American baseball player, MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1859) January 4 Hàm Nghi, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1872) Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-born Polish athlete, resistance member (executed) (b. 1911) Kate Price, Irish-born American actress (b. 1872) January 5 – George Washington Carver, African-American botanist (b. c. 1864) January 7 George Washington Crile, founder of the Cleveland Clinic (b. 1864) Nikola Tesla, Croatian-born American electrical engineer, inventor (b. 1856) January 8 – Richard Hillary, Australian-born British Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot, author (killed on active service in aviation accident) (b. 1919) January 9 – R. G. Collingwood, English philosopher, historian and archaeologist (b. 1889) January 10 – Lewis Hall, American soldier (killed on active service) (b. 1895) January 11 – Agustín Pedro Justo, Argentinian military officer, diplomat and politician, 23rd President of Argentina (b. 1876) January 12 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist, writer (in Neuengamme concentration camp) (b. 1902) January 13 Henner Henkel, German tennis champion (killed in action) (b. 1915) Xavier Martinez, Mexican-born American painter (b. 1869) Else Ury, German writer, children's book author (b. 1877) January 14 – Laura E. Richards, American author (b. 1850) January 15 – Eric Knight,