December 31

Births

 * 1918 - Virginia Davis (actress)
 * 1920 - Rex Allen (actor, singer, and songwriter)
 * 1936 - Sharon Mae Disney
 * 1943 - Ben Kingsley (actor); John Denver (singer-songwriter)
 * 1953 - James Remar (actor and voice actor)
 * 1958 - Bebe Neuwirth (actress, musician and dancer)
 * 1959 - Val Kilmer (actor)

Deaths

 * 1948 - Merrill De Maris (writer)
 * 2013 - James Avery (actor and voice actor)
 * 2015 - Wayne Rogers (actor, writer, producer, director and singer) and Natalie Cole (singer, actress, producer, screenwriter and composer)
 * 1983 - Ralph Wright (actor, writer, and director )