U.S. Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district Allison Janney, American actress November 20 – Sean Young, American actress November 23 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982) November 24 – Akio Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor and actor November 25 – Charles Kennedy, British politician (d. 2015) November 26 – Dai Davies Welsh politician and independent Member of Parliament (MP) November 27 – Viktoria Mullova, Russian violinist November 28 – Judd Nelson, American actor November 29 Rahm Emanuel, American politician Platon Lebedev, Russian executive Neal Broten, American professional ice hockey player November 30 George Faber, British television producer Sylvia Hanika, German tennis player Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist December December 1 Billy Childish, English painter, writer and musician Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player December 2 – Hans Kristian Amundsen, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician (d. 2018) December 3 – Kathy Jordan, American tennis player December 4 – Christa Luding-Rothenburger, German speed skater December 5 – Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese artist December 6 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese president of Nintendo (d. 2015) December 8 – Yun Duk-min, Korean diplomat December 9 Mario Cantone, American comedian, writer, and actor Karl Shuker, British zoologist, crypto-zoologist, and author December 13 – Johnny Whitaker, American actor December 14 – Evan Ziporyn, American composer December 16 Alison LaPlaca, American actress Steve Mattsson, American writer December 17 – Gregg Araki, American director December 19 – Waise Lee, Hong Kong actor December 20 – Stephen Chan Chi Wan, general manager of TVB December 21 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American athlete (d. 1998) December 22 – Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager December 24 Keith Deller, English darts player Lee Daniels, American director and producer December 25 – Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut (d. 2003) December 27 – Gerina Dunwich, American author December 28 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer December 29 Marco Antonio Solís, Mexican singer Patricia Clarkson, American actress December 30 – Tracey Ullman, British-American comedian and actress December 31 Val Kilmer, American actor Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician and composer, 14th President of Nauru Date unknown Greg Cox, American novelist Tom Grummett, Canadian comics artist Jacki Randall, American artist Deaths January January 2 – William D. Francis, Australian botanist (b. 1889) January 3 – Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, novelist and translator (b. 1887) January 6 – José Enrique Pedreira, Puerto Rican composer (b. 1904) January 8 – Zhang Xi, Chinese politician (b. 1912) January 9 – Giuseppe Bottai,