December December 1 Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998) Laura Ling, American journalist imprisoned by North Korea in 2009 December 3 Cornelius Griffin, American football player Marcos Denner, Brazilian footballer December 4 – Amie Comeaux, American country music singer (d. 1997) December 5 Amy Acker, American actress Evonne Hsu, Taiwanese singer December 6 – Alicia Machado, Venezuelan beauty queen, Miss Universe 1996 December 7 Mark Duplass, American actor, screenwriter and director Basma Hassan, Egyptian actress Georges Laraque, Canadian ice-hockey player Derek Ramsay, Filipino actor and model December 8 Zoe Konstantopoulou, Greek lawyer and politician Dominic Monaghan, English-German actor December 11 Caroline Ducey, French actress Tatyana Kotova, Russian long jumper December 13 Mark Paston, New Zealand footballer Radosław Sobolewski, Polish footballer Rama Yade, Senegalese born-French politician December 14 – Leland Chapman, American bail bondsman December 17 Takeo Spikes, American football player Dan Hageman, American screenwriter and television producer December 18 Koyuki, Japanese actress December 21 – Mirela Maniani, Greek javelin thrower December 23 Jamie Noble, American professional wrestler Amjad Sabri, Pakistani Qawwali singer (d. 2016) Christopher Pizzey, English actor and comedian December 24 – Ángel Matos, Cuban taekwondo athlete December 25 Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish metal keyboardist (Nightwish) Armin van Buuren, Dutch music producer and DJ December 26 Nadia Litz, Canadian actress and producer Dmitri Tertyshny, Russian professional ice hockey (d. 1999) December 27 Fernando Pisani, Canadian ice-hockey player Aaron Stanford, American actor December 28 – Joe Manganiello, American actor December 28 - Deddy Corbuzier, Indonesian actor, YouTuber and magician. December 29 – Danny McBride, American actor, comedian and writer December 31 – Ceza, Turkish rapper December 31 Ceza, Turkish rapper Vanessa Kerry, American physician and health care administrator Chris Terrio, American film director/screenwriter Date unknown Pedro X. Molina, Nicaraguan caricaturist Birgit C. Muller, Austrian fashion designer, producer and philanthropist Deaths January January 3 – John Ainsworth-Davis, Welsh surgeon and athlete (b. 1895) January 5 John A. Costello, former Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (b. 1891) Mal Evans, English road manager to The Beatles (b. 1935) Károly Takács, Hungarian Olympic shooter (b. 1910) January 8 – Zhou Enlai, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898) January 10 – Howlin' Wolf, American blues singer (b. 1910) January 12 – Agatha Christie, English detective fiction writer (b. 1890) January 13 – Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922) January 14 Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia