Ali Nasir Muhammad

Leader of south yemen from 1980 to 1986.

Born December 31st, 1939 (age 85 years) in Mudiyah.

Bob Shaw

Science fiction author from northern ireland.

Born December 31st, 1931 in Belfast.

Died February 12th, 1996 at 64 years old in Manchester (cancer). ^[ref]

Guilherme do Prado

Brazilian footballer.

Born December 31st, 1981 (age 43 years) in Campinas.

Tsvetan Sokolov

Bulgarian volleyball player.

Born December 31st, 1989 (age 35 years) in Dupnitsa.

Gilbert Stork

Belgian chemist (1921-2017).

Born December 31st, 1921 in Brussels metropolitan area.

Died October 23rd, 2017 at 95 years old ^[ref]

Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu

Turkish politician (1954-2009).

Born December 31st, 1954 in Şarkışla.

Died March 25th, 2009 at 54 years old in Göksun. ^[ref]

Yulia Barsukova

Gymnast.

Born December 31st, 1978 (age 46 years) in Moscow.

Jeremy Bernstein

American physicist.

Born December 31st, 1929 (age 95 years) in Rochester.

Jakob Schubert

Austrian rock climber.

Born December 31st, 1990 (age 34 years) in Innsbruck.

Siné

French cartoonist.

Born December 31st, 1928 in 20th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Died May 5th, 2016 at 87 years old in Bichat–Claude Bernard Hospital (lung cancer). ^[ref]