More Notable Birthdays on December 31: 1959 - Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Top Gun, Willow 1946 - Patti Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock vocalist, Radio Ethiopia 1943 - Ben Kingsley, Scarborough England, actor, Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice 1937 - Anthony Hopkins, born in Wales, actor, Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty 1869 - Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter, Odalisque