designer (d. 2018) December 25 Maryna Bazhanova, Russian handball player (d. 2020) Tony Currie, Australian rugby league player Francis Dunnery, English singer-songwriter and musician December 27 Pierlucio Tinazzi, Italian security guard (d. 1999) Mark Few, American basketball coach Bill Self, American basketball coach Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer Joe Mantello, American actor and director December 28 Michelle Cameron, Canadian synchronised swimmer Choi Soo-jong, South Korean actor Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist and composer (d. 1999) December 29 – Carles Puigdemont, Spanish politician December 30 – Alessandra Mussolini, Italian politician December 31 – Pedro Cardoso, Brazilian actor, screenwriter, playwright and television director Deaths January January 1 – Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1883) January 4 – Hans Lammers, German Nazi minister (b. 1879) January 6 – Marziyya Davudova, Soviet actress (b. 1901) January 13 – Ernie Kovacs, American TV comedian (b. 1919) January 16 Ivan Meštrović, Croatian-born American sculptor and architect (b. 1883) R. H. Tawney, English historian and social critic (b. 1880) January 17 – Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (b. 1905) January 19 – Snub Pollard, American actor (b. 1889) January 20 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet (b. 1887) January 21 – Arturo Bragaglia, Italian actor (b. 1893) January 26 – Lucky Luciano, American gangster (b. 1897) January 29 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (b. 1875) February February 1 – Carey Wilson, American screenwriter (b. 1889) February 2 – Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-born Israeli biochemist (b. 1914) James B. Leonardo – American politician (b. 1889) February 4 – Daniel Halévy, French historian (b. 1872) February 5 – Jacques Ibert, French composer (b. 1890) February 6 Roy Atwell, American actor, comedian and composer (b. 1878) Hussein Khalidi, Jordanian statesman, 29th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1895) Cândido Portinari, Brazilian painter (b. 1903) February 10 – Eduard von Steiger, Swiss politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1881) February 11 – Indalecio Prieto, Spanish Socialist politician (b. 1891) February 13 – Hugh Dalton, British Labour politician (b. 1887) February 17 Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907) Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876) February 19 James Barton, American actor (b. 1890) Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek inventor (b. 1883) February 20 – Halliwell Hobbes, English-born film actor (b. 1877) February 24 – Hu Shih, Chinese philosopher (b. 1891) February 25 – Antonina De Angelis, Italian Roman Catholic professed sister and blessed (b. 1880) February 27 – Willie Best, American actor