actress Tod Machover, American composer November 25 – Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player November 27 Steve Bannon, American political figure Boris Grebenshchikov, Soviet and Russian rock musician Curtis Armstrong, American actor November 28 – Pamela Hayden, American voice actress November 29 Alex Grey, American artist Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1996) Rosemary West, British serial killer November 30 – June Pointer, American singer (The Pointer Sisters) (d. 2006) December December 2 – Joel Fuhrman, American certified family physician December 6 Geoff Hoon, British Labour Party politician Tom Hulce, American actor and theater producer Gary Ward, American baseball player December 8 Kim Basinger, American actress and fashion model Norman G. Finkelstein, American political scientist Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992) December 9 – John Malkovich, American actor and film director December 13 Ben Bernanke, American economist, Federal Reserve System chairman Bob Gainey, Canadian hockey player December 14 – Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 4th Greek Minister for National Defence December 17 Ikue Mori, Japanese drummer, composer and graphic designer Bill Pullman, American actor December 18 Kevin Beattie, English footballer (d. 2018) Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov, Chechen bard December 21 – András Schiff, Hungarian concert pianist and conductor December 23 Nuria Bages, Mexican stage and television actress Marián Geišberg, Slovak actor (d. 2018) Martha Wash, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer December 24 – Timothy Carhart, American actor December 26 Leonel Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonian politician, 4th President of Estonia December 27 – Gina Lopez, Filipino environmentalist and philanthropist (d. 2019) December 28 Richard Clayderman, French pianist Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese professional wrestler December 29 Thomas Bach, 9th President of the International Olympic Committee Stanley Williams, American reformed murderer (d. 2005) December 31 – James Remar, American actor Date unknown Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, 6th President of Mauritania (d. 2017) Dan Petrescu, Romanian businessman and billionaire Deaths January January 1 Maksim Purkayev, Soviet general (b. 1894) Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1923) January 2 – Guccio Gucci, founder of Gucci (b. 1881) January 4 Arthur Hoyt, American actor (b. 1874) Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Japanese prince (b. 1902) January 5 – Mitchell Hepburn, Canadian politician, 11th Premier of Ontario (b. 1896) January 7 Henry Diesen, Norwegian admiral (b. 1883) Osa Johnson, American adventurer and documentary filmmaker (b. 1894) January 8 – Charles Edward Merriam, American political scientist (b. 1874) January