René Schneider

Chilean general (1913–1970).

Born December 31st, 1913 in Concepción.

Died October 25th, 1970 at 56 years old in Santiago.

Francisco García

Dominican republic basketball player.

Born December 31st, 1981 (age 44 years) in Santo Domingo.

Bruce Ramsay

Canadian actor.

Born December 31st, 1966 (age 59 years) in Montreal.

Richard Hamilton

American actor (1920–2004).

Born December 31st, 1920 in Chicago.

Died December 21st, 2004 at 83 years old in New York.

Don Page

Canadian physicist.

Born December 31st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bethel.

Jonathan Horton

American gymnast.

Born December 31st, 1985 (age 40 years) in Houston.

Helene Demuth

Housekeeper of karl marx (1820-1890).

Born December 31st, 1820 in Sankt Wendel.

Died November 4th, 1890 at 69 years old in London (cancer).

Jennifer Higdon

American composer.

Born December 31st, 1962 (age 63 years) in Brooklyn.

Kikkan Randall

American female cross-country skier.

Born December 31st, 1982 (age 43 years) in Salt Lake City.

Daphne Oram

British composer and electronic musician (1925–2003).

Born December 31st, 1925 in Devizes.

Died January 5th, 2003 at 77 years old in Maidstone Hospital.

Vaughan Jones

New zealand mathematician and fields medalist (1952–2020).

Born December 31st, 1952 in Gisborne.

Died September 6th, 2020 at 67 years old in Nashville (infection). ^[ref]

Ibrahima Bakayoko

Ivorian and french footballer.

Born December 31st, 1976 (age 49 years) in Séguéla.

Sandy Jardine

Scottish association football player and manager (1948-2014).

Born December 31st, 1948 in Edinburgh.

Died April 24th, 2014 at 65 years old in Edinburgh (liver cancer).

Prince Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen

Head of the house of wettin (1893–1968).

Born December 31st, 1893 in Dresden.

Died August 9th, 1968 at 74 years old in Samedan.

Saw Maung

Prime minister of burma (1928-1997).

Born December 31st, 1928 in Mandalay.

Died July 24th, 1997 at 68 years old in Yangon (myocardial infarction).

Didi Kempot

Indonesian singer-songwriter.

Born December 31st, 1966 in Surakarta.

Died May 5th, 2020 at 53 years old in Surakarta (cardiac arrest). ^[ref]

Alexander Bolshunov

Russian cross-country skier.

Born December 31st, 1996 (age 29 years) in Podyvotye.

Jacob Israël de Haan

Dutch lawyer, legal scholar, diplomat, journalist, novelist and poet, assassinated by the haganah (1881-1924).

Born December 31st, 1881 in Smilde.

Died June 30th, 1924 at 42 years old in Jaffa Road.

Lawrence Beesley

British titanic survivor (1877–1967).

Born December 31st, 1877 in Wirksworth.

Died February 14th, 1967 at 89 years old in London.

Jaqueline Carvalho

Female volleyball player from brazil.

Born December 31st, 1983 (age 42 years) in Recife.

Johan Rockström

Swedish environmental scientist (born 1965).

Born December 31st, 1965 (age 60 years) in Finspång. ^[ref]

Vishnudevananda Saraswati

Indian author, peace activist, founder of a multinational network of yoga centers.

Born December 31st, 1927 in Kerala.

Died November 9th, 1993 at 65 years old in Mangaluru.

King Kelly

Major league baseball player and manager (1857–1894).

Born December 31st, 1857 in Troy.

Died November 8th, 1894 at 36 years old in Boston (pneumonia).

Maurice Yaméogo

Burkina faso president (1921-1993).

Born December 31st, 1921 in Koudougou. ^[ref]

Died September 15th, 1993 at 71 years old in airplane, Ouagadougou. ^[ref]

Alina Sanko

Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder (born 1998).

Born December 31st, 1998 (age 27 years) in Azov.