Steve Byers

Canadian actor.

Born December 31st, 1979 (age 46 years) in Scarborough.

Stephen Elop

Former chief executive officer of nokia corporation.

Born December 31st, 1963 (age 62 years) in Ancaster.

Joe Scally

American soccer player.

Born December 31st, 2002 (age 23 years) in Lake Grove.

Thomas Austin Preston

American poker player (1928–2012).

Born December 31st, 1928 in Johnson.

Died April 29th, 2012 at 83 years old in Amarillo (cancer).

Horacio Quiroga

Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer (1878–1937).

Born December 31st, 1878 in Salto.

Died February 19th, 1937 at 58 years old in Buenos Aires (cyanide poisoning).

John Taliaferro Thompson

United states army officer (1860-1940).

Born December 31st, 1860 in Newport.

Died June 21st, 1940 at 79 years old in Great Neck.

Matthew Atkinson

American actor and musician.

Born December 31st, 1988 (age 37 years) in Atlanta.

Vicki Draves

American diver (1924-2010).

Born December 31st, 1924 in San Francisco.

Died April 11th, 2010 at 85 years old in Palm Springs (pneumonia, pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Gerhard Ludwig Müller

Catholic cardinal from germany.

Born December 31st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Mainz.

Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein

German princess.

Born December 31st, 1885 in Gut Grünholz.

Died October 3rd, 1970 at 84 years old in Grein (disease).