Connie Willis (78)
December 31st, 1945

American science fiction writer – Connie Willis was born in Denver (Capital city of state of Colorado, United States) on December 31st, 1945 and is 78 years old today.

Other personalities born on December 31

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

80

Ben Kingsley

English actor

*December 31st, 1943, Snainton

82

Alex Ferguson

Scottish association football manager and player (born 1941)

*December 31st, 1941, Govan

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

67

Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist

*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville

70

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

63

Donna Summer

American singer

*December 31st, 1948, Boston †May 17th, 2012, Naples

79

Dieter Weirich

German journalist and politician

*December 31st, 1944, Sülzbach

88

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

77

Diane von Fürstenberg

Belgian-born American fashion designer

*December 31st, 1946, Brussels metropolitan area

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

53

John Denver

American musician (1943–1997)

*December 31st, 1943, Roswell †October 12th, 1997, Monterey

80

Wolfgang Gerhardt

German politician

*December 31st, 1943, Ulrichstein

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

69

Christine Scheiblich

East German rower

*December 31st, 1954, Wilsdruff

82

Sarah Miles

British actress

*December 31st, 1941, Ingatestone

93

Francesco Alberoni

Italian journalist and professor of sociology (1929–2023)

*December 31st, 1929, Borgonovo Val Tidone †August 14th, 2023, Milan

75

Rita Lee

Brazilian singer and musician (1947–2023)

*December 31st, 1947, São Paulo †May 8th, 2023, São Paulo

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

69

Alex Salmond

First minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014

*December 31st, 1954, Linlithgow

65

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin

96

Simon Wiesenthal

Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter

*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna

76

Tim Matheson

American actor

*December 31st, 1947, Glendale

64

Val Kilmer

American actor (born 1959)

*December 31st, 1959, Los Angeles

79

Marcel Rufo

French pediatrician

*December 31st, 1944, Toulon

88

Mies Bouwman

Dutch television presenter

*December 31st, 1929, Amsterdam †February 26th, 2018, Elst

38

Jan Smit

Dutch singer and TV presenter

*December 31st, 1985, Volendam

58

Gong Li

Chinese-Singaporean actress

*December 31st, 1965, Shenyang

Also born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

79

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

79

Linda Hunt

American actress

*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

78

Patrick Modiano

French writer

*July 30th, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt

78

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

Connie Willis