French mathematician (b. 1906) Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (b. 1914) December December 3 Luis Alcoriza, Mexican film director (b. 1918) Nureddin al-Atassi, Syrian Baathist, 54th Prime Minister of Syria and 17th President of Syria (b. 1929) December 9 – Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (b. 1920) December 12 Ali Amini, Iranian politician and 67th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1905) Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (b. 1901) Sir Robert Rex, 1st Premier of Niue (b. 1909) December 17 Günther Anders, German philosopher (b. 1902) Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909) December 21 Stella Adler, American acting teacher (b. 1901) Albert King, American blues musician (b. 1923) Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-born violinist (b. 1903) December 22 – Frederick William Franz, 4th President of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (b. 1893) December 23 – Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (b. 1950) December 24 – Peyo, Belgian comics artist (b. 1928) December 26 – Nikita Magaloff, Georgian-Russian pianist (b. 1912) December 27 – Stephen Albert, American composer (b. 1941) December 30 – Lusine Zakaryan, Armenian soprano (b. 1937) Nobel Prizes Physics – Georges Charpak Chemistry – Rudolph A. Marcus Medicine – Edmond H. Fischer, Edwin G. Krebs Literature – Derek Walcott Peace – Rigoberta Menchú Economics – Gary Becker References Sources 1992 House by Bill Frolick – article about 1992 from The New Yorker magazine. Leap years in the Gregorian calendar