Famous Birthdays for April 4th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 188 – Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)^[26]
• 1436 – Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut (d. 1501)
• 1490 – Vojtěch I of Pernstein, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1534)
• 1492 – Ambrosius Blarer, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (d. 1564)
• 1572 – William Strachey, English author (d. 1621)^[27]
• 1586 – Richard Saltonstall, English diplomat (d. 1661)
• 1593 – Edward Nicholas, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1669)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1640 – Gaspar Sanz, Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710)
• 1646 – Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (d. 1715)^[28]
• 1648 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor (d. 1721)
• 1676 – Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (d. 1760)
• 1688 – Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1768)
• 1718 – Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (d. 1783)
• 1752 – Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (d. 1837)
• 1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan organist and composer (d. 1797)
• 1762 – Stephen Storace, English actor and composer (d. 1796)
• 1772 – Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement (d. 1810)
• 1780 – Edward Hicks, American minister and painter (d. 1849)
• 1785 – Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer (d. 1859)^[29]
• 1792 – Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)
• 1802 – Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (d. 1887)^[30]
• 1818 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American author and poet (d. 1883)
• 1819 – Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
• 1821 – Linus Yale Jr., American engineer and businessman (d. 1868)
• 1826 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (d. 1901)
• 1829 – Owen Suffolk, Australian bushranger, poet, confidence-man and author (d. ?)
• 1835 – John Hughlings Jackson, English physician and neurologist (d. 1911)
• 1842 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1891)
• 1843 – William Henry Jackson, American painter and photographer (d. 1942)
• 1846 – Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and educator (d. 1870)
• 1851 – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1931)
• 1853 – Remy de Gourmont, French poet, novelist, and critic (d. 1915)
• 1868 – Philippa Fawcett, English mathematician and educator (d. 1948)
• 1869 – Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (d. 1958)
• 1875 – Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor (d. 1964)
• 1876 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet (d. 1958)
• 1878 – Walter Conrad Arensberg, American art collector, critic and poet (d. 1954)^[31]
• 1878 – Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian (d. 1958)
• 1879 – Gustav Goßler, German rower (d. 1940)
• 1884 – James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul (d. 1971)
• 1884 – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (d. 1943)
• 1886 – Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)
• 1888 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian and academic (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1968)
• 1892 – Italo Mus, Italian painter (d. 1967)
• 1892 – Edith Södergran, Swedish-Finnish poet (d. 1923)^[32]
• 1895 – Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (d. 1991)
• 1896 – Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1955)
• 1897 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940)
• 1899 – Hillel Oppenheimer, German-Israeli botanist and academic (d. 1971)

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French journalist and author (d. 1969)
• 1902 – Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author and poet (d. 1935)
• 1905 – Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer (d. 1987)
• 1906 – Bea Benaderet, Turkish-Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress (d. 1968)
• 1906 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician and academic (d. 1967)
• 1913 – Dave Brown, Australian rugby league player (d. 1974)
• 1913 – Rosemary Lane, American actress and singer (d. 1974)
• 1913 – Frances Langford, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Jules Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
• 1914 – Richard Coogan, American actor (d. 2014)
• 1914 – Marguerite Duras, French novelist, screenwriter, and director (d. 1996)
• 1914 – David W. Goodall, Australian ecologist and botanist (d. 2018)
• 1915 – Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian general and politician, 10th President of Serbia (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1916 – David White, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1918 – George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English soldier and politician, Leader of the House of Lords (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Ignatius IV of Antioch, Greek patriarch (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Orunamamu, American-Canadian author and educator (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (d. 2015)
• 1922 – Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Peter Vaughan, English actor (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Gene Reynolds, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2020)
• 1924 – Bob Christie, American race car driver (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
• 1925 – Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Frank Truitt, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1979)
• 1925 – Emmett Williams, American poet and author (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 1928 – Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Monty Norman, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2022)
• 1929 – Humbert Allen Astredo, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Netty Herawaty, Indonesian actress (d. 1989)
• 1931 – James Dickens, English politician (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence officer
• 1931 – Catherine Tizard, New Zealand politician, 16th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2021)
• 1932 – Clive Davis, American record producer, founded Arista Records and J Records
• 1932 – Richard Lugar, American lieutenant and politician, 44th Mayor of Indianapolis (d. 2019)
• 1932 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1932 – Johanna Reiss, Dutch-American author
• 1932 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and producer (d. 1986)
• 1933 – Bill France Jr., American businessman (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Brian Hewson, English runner
• 1933 – Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricketer (d. 2020)
• 1934 – Helen Hanft, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (d. 1996)
• 1935 – Geoff Braybrooke, English-New Zealand soldier and politician (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Kenneth Mars, American actor and comedian (d. 2011)
• 1935 – Trevor Griffiths, English playwright and educator
• 1938 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (d. 1989)
• 1939 – JoAnne Carner, American golfer
• 1939 – Darlene Hooley, American educator and politician
• 1939 – Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer (d. 2018)
• 1940 – Richard Attwood, English race car driver
• 1940 – Sharon Sheeley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1941 – Zia Uddin, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician^[33]
• 1942 – Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Kitty Kelley, American journalist and biographer
• 1942 – Elizabeth Levy, American author
• 1944 – Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
• 1944 – Mary Kenny, Irish journalist, author, and playwright
• 1944 – Bob McDill, American country music songwriter
• 1944 – Craig T. Nelson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 – Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian triple jumper and educator (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French-German educator and politician
• 1945 – Caroline McWilliams, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Colin Coates, Australian speed skater
• 1946 – Dave Hill, English guitarist
• 1946 – Katsuaki Satō, Japanese martial artist and coach
• 1946 – György Spiró, Hungarian author and playwright
• 1946 – Bubba Wyche, American football player and coach
• 1947 – Wiranto, Indonesian general and politician
• 1947 – Ray Fosse, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2021)
• 1947 – Eliseo Soriano, Filipino minister and television host (d. 2021)
• 1948 – Abdullah Öcalan, Turkish activist
• 1948 – Berry Oakley, American bass player (d. 1972)
• 1948 – Richard Parsons, American lawyer and businessman
• 1948 – Dan Simmons, American author
• 1948 – Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
• 1948 – Pick Withers, English drummer
• 1949 – Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican-American singer (d. 1999)
• 1949 – Litsa Diamanti, Greek singer ^[34]
• 1949 – Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese-American mathematician and academic
• 1950 – Christine Lahti, American actress and director
• 1951 – John Hannah, American football player and coach
• 1952 – Rosemarie Ackermann, German high jumper
• 1952 – Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2010)
• 1952 – Gregg Hansford, Australian race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1995)
• 1952 – Cherie Lunghi, English actress and dancer
• 1952 – Karen Magnussen, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1952 – Gary Moore, Northern Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2011)
• 1952 – Villy Søvndal, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1953 – Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
• 1953 – Henry Fotheringham, South African cricketer
• 1953 – Simcha Jacobovici, Canadian director, producer, journalist, and author
• 1953 – Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician, 31st Lord Mayor of Belfast
• 1953 – Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer
• 1956 – Evelyn Hart, Canadian ballerina
• 1956 – Tom Herr, American baseball player and manager
• 1956 – David E. Kelley, American screenwriter and producer
• 1957 – Paul Downton, English cricketer
• 1957 – Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Graeme Kelling, Scottish guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1957 – Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese singer and trumpet player
• 1958 – Peter Baltes, German bass player
• 1958 – Cazuza, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
• 1958 – Rodney Eade, Australian footballer and coach
• 1959 – Phil Morris, American actor and screenwriter
• 1960 – Jonathan Agnew, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1960 – Jane Eaglen, English soprano
• 1960 – Godknows Igali, Nigerian diplomat, civil servant and technocrat
• 1960 – Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-Australian actor and producer
• 1961 – Hildi Santo-Tomas, American interior decorator
• 1962 – Craig Adams, English bass player and songwriter
• 1962 – Kailasho Devi, Indian social worker and politician
• 1963 – A. Michael Baldwin, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Jack Del Rio, American football player and coach
• 1963 – Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2020)
• 1963 – Jane McDonald, English singer and broadcaster
• 1963 – Graham Norton, Irish actor and talk show host
• 1964 – Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1964 – Dr. Chud, American drummer and singer
• 1964 – Anthony Clark, American actor
• 1964 – David Cross, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Paul Parker, England international footballer and TV pundit^[35]
• 1964 – Đặng Thân, Vietnamese writer and poet
• 1965 – Vinny Burns, English guitarist and producer
• 1965 – Robert Downey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Nancy McKeon, American actress
• 1966 – Mike Starr, American bass player (d. 2011)
• 1966 – Christos Tsekos, Greek basketball player
• 1967 – Edith Masai, Kenyan-German runner
• 1967 – George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player and politician
• 1968 – Jesús Rollán, Spanish water polo player (d. 2006)
• 1969 – Piotr Anderszewski, Polish pianist and composer
• 1969 – Karren Brady, English journalist and businesswoman
• 1970 – Georgios Amanatidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1970 – Dimitris Basis, Greek singer ^[36]
• 1970 – Greg Garcia, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Barry Pepper, Canadian actor and producer
• 1970 – Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis player
• 1970 – Josh Todd, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1970 – Yelena Yelesina, Russian high jumper
• 1971 – Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 – Malik Yusef, American actor, producer, and poet
• 1971 – John Zandig, American wrestler and promoter
• 1972 – Jim Dymock, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1972 – Jill Scott, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1972 – Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish bass player
• 1973 – Chris Banks, American football player (d. 2014)
• 1973 – David Blaine, American magician and producer
• 1973 – Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1973 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1973 – Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete and coach
• 1973 – Kelly Price, American singer-songwriter
• 1975 – Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman
• 1975 – Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish skier
• 1975 – Joyce Giraud, Puerto Rican television actress and producer, Miss Puerto Rico 1994
• 1975 – Pamela Ribon, American actress, screenwriter, and author
• 1975 – Miranda Lee Richards, American singer-songwriter
• 1975 – Scott Rolen, American baseball player
• 1975 – Kevin Weekes, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Nathan Blacklock, Australian rugby player
• 1976 – Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (d. 1997)
• 1976 – Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – James Roday, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1977 – Stephan Bonnar, American mixed martial artist
• 1977 – Keith Bulluck, American football player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1977 – Stephen Mulhern, English magician and television host
• 1977 – Omarr Smith, American football player and coach
• 1978 – Jason Ellison, American baseball player and scout
• 1978 – Alan Mahon, Irish footballer
• 1979 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
• 1979 – Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Natasha Lyonne, American actress
• 1979 – Andy McKee, American guitarist
• 1979 – Maksim Opalev, Russian canoeist^[37]
• 1980 – Johnny Borrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Trevor Moore, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)
• 1980 – Eric Steinbach, American football player
• 1980 – Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
• 1981 – Currensy, American rapper
• 1981 – Eduardo Luís Carloto, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Casey Daigle, American baseball player
• 1981 – Anna Pyatykh, Russian triple jumper^[38]
• 1981 – Ned Vizzini, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1982 – Justin Cook, American voice actor and producer
• 1982 – Magnus Lindgren, Swedish chef (d. 2012)
• 1983 – Evgeny Artyukhin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Eric Andre, American comedian^[39]
• 1983 – Ben Gordon, American basketball player
• 1983 – Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Natalie Pike, Scottish-English model and actress
• 1983 – Amanda Righetti, American actress
• 1984 – Sean May, American basketball player
• 1984 – Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer
• 1985 – Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player
• 1985 – Dudi Sela, Israeli tennis player
• 1985 – Ricardo Vilar, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Eunhyuk, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1986 – Cameron Barker, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Maurice Manificat, French skier
• 1986 – Aiden McGeady, Scottish-born Irish footballer
• 1986 – Alexander Tettey, Norwegian footballer
• 1987 – Sami Khedira, German footballer
• 1987 – McDonald Mariga, Kenyan footballer
• 1987 – Cameron Maybin, American baseball player
• 1987 – Marcos Vellidis, Greek footballer
• 1987 – Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
• 1988 – Frank Fielding, English footballer
• 1989 – Vurnon Anita, Dutch footballer
• 1989 – Steven Finn, English cricketer^[40]
• 1989 – Chris Herd, Australian footballer^[41]
• 1991 – Yui Koike, Japanese singer and actress
• 1991 – Asia Muhammad, American tennis player^[42]
• 1991 – Justin O'Neill, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 – Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer
• 1991 – Marlon Stöckinger, Filipino race car driver^[43]
• 1992 – Lucy May Barker, English actress and singer
• 1992 – Christina Metaxa, Cypriot singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Ricky Dillon, American youtuber and singer
• 1993 – Samir Carruthers, English footballer
• 1993 – Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player
• 1994 – Shunsuke Nishikawa, Japanese actor
• 1994 – Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer and actress
• 1996 – Austin Mahone, American singer-songwriter and actor