Reginald Owen, English actor (b. 1887) November 12 – Rudolf Friml, Czech composer (b. 1879) November 13 – Arnold Jackson, British Olympic athlete (b. 1891) November 17 Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral (b. 1888) Eugène Minkowski, French psychiatrist (b. 1885) November 23 – Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916) November 25 – Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886) November 28 Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1876) Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1908) November 30 – Hans Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (b. 1901) December December 1 – Antonio Segni, 34th Prime Minister of Italy (1955–1957, 1959–1960), 4th President of the Italian Republic (b. 1891) December 2 – Ettore Bastico, Italian field marshal (b. 1876) December 9 William Dieterle, German film director (b. 1893) Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (b. 1881) December 13 – René Mayer, 91st Prime Minister of France (b. 1895) December 20 – Günter Eich, German lyricist, dramatist, and author (b. 1907) December 21 – Paul Hausser, German Waffen SS general and commander (b. 1880) December 23 – Andrei Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer (b. 1888) December 24 Charles Atlas, Italian-born American strongman and sideshow performer (b. 1892) Gisela Richter, English art historian (b. 1882) December 25 – C. Rajagopalachari, Indian politician and freedom-fighter. Last Governor-General of India (1948–50) (b. 1878) December 26 – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884) December 27 – Lester B. Pearson, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1897) December 31 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1934) Nobel Prizes Physics – John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper, John Robert Schrieffer Chemistry – Christian B. Anfinsen, Stanford Moore, William H. Stein Physiology or Medicine – Gerald M. Edelman, Rodney R. Porter Literature – Heinrich Böll Peace – not awarded Economics – John Hicks, Kenneth Arrow Other academic awards Turing Award – Edsger W. Dijkstra References Leap years in the Gregorian calendar