Marien Ngouabi

President of congo-brazzaville from 1969 to 1977.

Born December 31st, 1938 in Owando.

Died March 18th, 1977 at 38 years old in Brazzaville.

Doug Anthony

Australian politician, deputy prime minister of australia (1929–2020).

Born December 31st, 1929 in Murwillumbah.

Died December 20th, 2020 at 90 years old in Murwillumbah. ^[ref]

Jimmy Haslip

American electric bass player and record producer.

Born December 31st, 1951 (age 74 years) in New York City.

Agnieszka Grochowska

Polish actress.

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

Jakob Schubert

Austrian rock climber.

Born December 31st, 1990 (age 35 years) in Innsbruck. ^[ref]

Taufiq Kiemas

First gentleman of indonesia.

Born December 31st, 1943 in Jakarta. ^[ref]

Died June 8th, 2013 at 69 years old in Singapore General Hospital.

Ceza

Turkish rapper (born 1976).

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

Ayaka Fukuhara

Japanese voice actress.

Born December 31st, 1989 (age 36 years) in Kagoshima Prefecture.

Ludovic Blas

French footballer.

Born December 31st, 1997 (age 28 years) in Colombes.

Sam Coffey

American soccer player.

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

Tsuda Umeko

Japanese educator (1864–1929).

Born December 31st, 1864 in Minamichō.

Died August 16th, 1929 at 64 years old in Kamakura (intracranial hemorrhage).

Shandon Anderson

American basketball forward and guard.

Born December 31st, 1973 (age 52 years) in Atlanta.

Siw Malmkvist

Swedish schlager singer and actress.

Born December 31st, 1936 (age 89 years) in Landskrona.

Artur Fischer

German inventor (1919–2016).

Born December 31st, 1919 in Waldachtal.

Died January 27th, 2016 at 96 years old in Waldachtal. ^[ref]

Giovanni Pascoli

Italian poet and classical scholar (1855-1912).

Born December 31st, 1855 in San Mauro Pascoli.

Died April 6th, 1912 at 56 years old in Bologna (liver cancer).

Robert Goodwill

British politician (born 1956).

Born December 31st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Terrington.

Anshu Jamsenpa

Indian mountaineer.

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

Silvestre Revueltas

Mexican composer, violinist, and conductor (1899-1940).

Born December 31st, 1899 in Durango.

Died October 5th, 1940 at 40 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia).

Darwin Ceren

Salvadoran footballer.

Born December 31st, 1989 (age 36 years) in Quezaltepeque.

Iêda Maria Vargas

Brazilian model (1944–2025).

Born December 31st, 1944 in Porto Alegre.

Died December 22nd, 2025 at 80 years old in Gramado. ^[ref]

Isma'il Pasha

Khedive of egypt from 1863 to 1879.

Born December 31st, 1831 in Cairo.

Died March 2nd, 1895 at 63 years old in Istanbul.

Avram Hershko

Israeli scientist.

Born December 31st, 1937 (age 88 years) in Karcag.

Alan Rabinowitz

American zoologist (1953–2018).

Born December 31st, 1953 in Brooklyn.

Died August 5th, 2018 at 64 years old in Manhattan (leukemia). ^[ref]

Muhterem Nur

Turkish actor and singer (1932–2020).

Born December 31st, 1932 in Bitola.

Died March 20th, 2020 at 87 years old in Istanbul. ^[ref]

Alberto Gonçalves Da Costa

Brazilian footballer.

Born December 31st, 1980 (age 45 years) in Belém.