December 4 - Births

Births

• 1555 – Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)
• 1580 – Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)
• 1585 – John Cotton, American Puritan leader (d. 1652)
• 1595 – Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)
• 1646 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)
• 1660 – André Campra, French composer (d. 1744)
• 1670 – John Aislabie, English politician (d. 1742)
• 1711 – Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758)
• 1713 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (d. 1786)
• 1777 – Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849)
• 1795 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (d. 1881)
• 1798 – Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (d. 1881)
• 1835 – Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902)
• 1844 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
• 1852 – Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (d. 1934)
• 1861 – Lillian Russell, American singer and actress (d. 1922)
• 1861 – Hannes Hafstein, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)
• 1868 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)
• 1875 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
• 1875 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (d. 1926)
• 1881 – Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969)
• 1889 – Lloyd Bacon, American actor and film director (d. 1955)
• 1892 – Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (d. 1975)
• 1892 – Liu Bocheng, Chinese Communist military commander and Marshal of the People's Liberation Army (d. 1986)
• 1895 – Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990)
• 1899 – Charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953)
• 1903 – Cornell Woolrich, American writer (d. 1968)
• 1908 – Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Alex North, American film music composer (d. 1991)
• 1910 – R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (d. 2009)
• 1912 – Pappy Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988)
• 1913 – Mark Robson, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1978)
• 1914 – Rudolf Hausner, Austrian artist (d. 1995)
• 1914 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
• 1915 – Eddie Heywood, American jazz musician (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (d. 1994)
• 1917 – Movita Castaneda, American actress
• 1918 – Albert Francis Capone, son of Al Capone (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress
• 1922 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959)
• 1923 – Charles Keating, American attorney and businessman
• 1924 – John Portman, American architect
• 1925 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer who made the first ascent of K2 (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Dena Dietrich, American actress
• 1930 – Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor
• 1930 – Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist
• 1931 – Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1931 – Wally George, American TV commentator (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Roh Tae-woo, former (13th) President of South Korea
• 1933 – Horst Buchholz, German-born actor (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Victor French, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1934 – Wink Martindale, American game show host
• 1935 – Paul O'Neill, 72nd Secretary of the Treasury
• 1935 – Robert Vesco, American financier and fugitive (d. 2007)
• 1936 – Derek Nally, Irish Politician
• 1937 – Max Baer, Jr., American actor
• 1938 – Andre Marrou, American politician, presidential candidate
• 1938 – Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano
• 1939 – Freddy Cannon, American musician
• 1940 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
• 1942 – Gemma Jones, English actress
• 1944 – Chris Hillman, American singer (The Byrds)
• 1944 – Anna McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer and songwriter
• 1944 – François Migault, French racing driver
• 1944 – Dennis Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1983)
• 1945 – Roberta Bondar, Canadian astronaut
• 1947 – Terry Woods, Irish musician (The Pogues, Steeleye Span)
• 1948 – Southside Johnny, American singer
• 1949 – Jeff Bridges, American actor
• 1949 – Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born actress
• 1951 – Gary Rossington, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1951 – Patricia Wettig, American actress
• 1953 – Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 – Tony Todd, American actor and producer
• 1955 – Dave Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – Bernard King, American basketball player
• 1957 – Raul Boesel, Brazilian racing driver
• 1957 – Eric S. Raymond, American open source advocate
• 1959 – Susan W Krebs, American politician
• 1959 – Paul McGrath, Irish footballer
• 1959 – Christa Rothenburger, German speed skater and cyclist
• 1960 – David Green, American baseball player
• 1960 – Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete
• 1961 – Frank Reich, American football player
• 1961 – Naomi Robson, American-born Australian journalist
• 1962 – Julie Lemieux, Canadian voice actress
• 1962 – Kevin Richardson, English footballer
• 1963 – Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• 1964 – Sertab Erener, Turkish singer
• 1964 – Jonathan Goldstein, American actor
• 1964 – Scott Hastings, Scottish Rugby Union international
• 1964 – Chelsea Noble, American actress
• 1964 – Marisa Tomei, American actress
• 1965 – Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director
• 1966 – Fred Armisen, American actor and musician
• 1966 – Masta Ace, American rapper
• 1966 – Suzanne Malveaux, American television news reporter
• 1966 – Chris Shepherd, English film director
• 1968 – Mike Barrowman, American swimmer
• 1969 – Jay-Z, American rapper
• 1970 – Kevin Sussman, American actor
• 1970 – John L. Adams, American actor
• 1970 – Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler
• 1971 – Shannon Briggs, American boxer
• 1972 – Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Nikki Tyler, American actress
• 1973 – Racci Shay, American Musician
• 1973 – Tyra Banks, American supermodel
• 1973 – Frank Boeijen, Dutch musician (The Gathering)
• 1973 – Keith Caputo, American singer (Life Of Agony)
• 1973 – Ferry Corsten, Dutch musician and DJ
• 1973 – Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1973 – Kate Rusby, English folk singer
• 1973 – Atsushi Tamura, Japanese comedian, musician (jealkb)
• 1974 – Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 – Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997)
• 1976 – Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
• 1977 – Big Pokey, American rapper
• 1977 – Morten Veland, Norwegian musician (Sirenia)
• 1978 – Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer
• 1979 – Ysabella Brave, American singer
• 1979 – Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
• 1979 – Jeff Taylor, Canadian computer scientist
• 1981 – Courtney Cummz, American pornographic actress
• 1981 – Lila McCann, American country singer
• 1982 – Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer
• 1982 – Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese racing driver
• 1983 – Jimmy Bartel, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 – Brooke Adams, American model
• 1984 – Lindsay Felton, American actress
• 1984 – Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Lauren London, American actress
• 1984 – Joe Thomas, American football player
• 1985 – Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
• 1985 – Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
• 1986 – Martell Webster, American basketball player