October 4 - Births

Births

• 1160 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220)
• 1276 – Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)
• 1289 – King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
• 1331 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)
• 1379 – King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
• 1515 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
• 1542 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)
• 1550 – King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
• 1562 – Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (d. 1647)
• 1570 – Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)
• 1585 – Anna of Tyrol, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1618)
• 1625 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (d. 1661)
• 1626 – Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
• 1657 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747)
• 1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (d. 1778)
• 1723 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798)
• 1759 – Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (d. 1803)
• 1787 – François Guizot, French statesman (d. 1874)
• 1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (d. 1864)
• 1814 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (d. 1875)
• 1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
• 1836 – Juliette Adam, French writer (d. 1936)
• 1841 – Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (d. 1912)
• 1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1925)
• 1858 – Michael I. Pupin, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (d. 1935)
• 1861 – Walter Rauschenbusch, Christian Theologian and Baptist Minister (d. 1918)
• 1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)
• 1862 – Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)
• 1868 – Marcelo T. de Alvear, Argentine politician
• 1876 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (d. 1958)
• 1877 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
• 1880 – Damon Runyon, American writer (d. 1946)
• 1881 – Walther von Brauchitsch, German statesman (d. 1948)
• 1884 – Subramaniya Siva, Indian revolutionary figure (d. 1925)
• 1886 – Luis Alberni, Spanish actor (d. 1962)
• 1888 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
• 1890 – Dr. Alan L. Hart, American transsexual, radiologist, and novelist (d. 1962)
• 1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (d. 1934)
• 1892 – Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist (d. 1934)
• 1895 – Buster Keaton, American comedian (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist (d. 1993)
• 1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
• 1903 – Pierre Garbay, French army general and military governor of Paris (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German military officer and senior Nazi (d. 1946)
• 1907 – Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong media mogul
• 1910 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1911 – Sir Michael Hordern, British actor (d. 1995)
• 1914 – Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Brendan Gill, American writer (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Jan Murray, American comedian (d. 2006)
• 1916 – George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Violeta Parra, Chilean folklorist and visual artist (d. 1967)
• 1918 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Malcolm Baldrige, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Shin Kyuk-Ho, Japanese businessman
• 1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Alvin Toffler, American writer
• 1928 – Torben Ulrich, Danish musician and filmmaker
• 1929 – Scotty Beckett, American child actor (d. 1968)
• 1929 – Leroy Van Dyke, American singer
• 1931 – Sir Terence Conran, English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer
• 1931 – Basil D'Oliveira CBE, South African born cricketer
• 1931 – Richard Rorty, American academic (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Milan Chvostek, Canadian television director
• 1934 – Sam Huff, American football player
• 1934 – Dimosthenis Sofianos, Greek journalist
• 1937 – Jackie Collins, British author
• 1937 – Jim Sillars, Scottish politician
• 1938 – Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1940 – Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
• 1940 – Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
• 1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American writer
• 1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian racing driver
• 1941 – Anne Rice, American writer
• 1941 – Robert Wilson, American theatre director
• 1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American musician (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
• 1942 – Karl W. Richter, American aviator (d. 1967)
• 1942 – Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland
• 1942 – Christopher Stone, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1943 – H. Rap Brown, American civil rights activist
• 1943 – Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer
• 1943 – Florian Pittis, Romanian artist (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Jimy Williams, American baseball manager
• 1944 – Tony La Russa, American baseball manager
• 1944 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
• 1945 – Clifton Davis, American actor
• 1946 – Chuck Hagel, American politician
• 1946 – Michael Mullen, American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• 1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
• 1946 – Bridget St John, English singer/songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Julien Clerc, French singer
• 1947 – Jim Fielder, American bassist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1947 – Ann Widdecombe, British politician
• 1948 – Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
• 1949 – Armand Assante, American actor
• 1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director
• 1949 – Marion Pruett, American spree killer (d. 1999)
• 1950 – Meg Bennett, American writer and actress
• 1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
• 1953 – Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-French actor
• 1955 – Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer
• 1956 – Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
• 1957 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
• 1957 – Russell Simmons, American entrepreneur
• 1957 – Kyra Schon, American actress
• 1957 – Alexander Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
• 1959 – Chris Lowe, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
• 1959 – Tony Meo, English snooker player
• 1960 – Joe Boever, American baseball player
• 1961 – Philippe Russo, French singer
• 1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author
• 1962 – Carlos Carsolio, Mexican alpinist
• 1962 – Jon Secada, Cuban singer and songwriter
• 1963 – A. C. Green, American basketball player
• 1963 – Koji Ishikawa, Japanese children's author
• 1965 – Olaf Backasch, German footballer
• 1965 – Skip Heller, American musician
• 1967 – Marcus Bentley, British voice actor
• 1967 – Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer
• 1967 – Liev Schreiber, American actor
• 1968 – Richard Hancox, English footballer
• 1968 – Tim Wise, American writer and activist
• 1971 – Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
• 1971 – Darren Middleton, Australian guitarist
• 1972 – Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
• 1973 – Chris Parks, American wrestler
• 1974 – Paco León, Spanish actor
• 1975 – Daniella Deutscher, American actress
• 1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian football player
• 1976 – Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer
• 1976 – Santiago, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress
• 1977 – Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor and television presenter
• 1977 – Richard Parry, Canadian musician and composer (Arcade Fire)
• 1978 – Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
• 1978 – Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
• 1978 – Ko Soo, South Korean television and movie actor
• 1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
• 1979 – Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
• 1979 – Stefan Booth, British actor
• 1979 – Bjorn Phau, German tennis player
• 1980 – Me'Lisa Barber, American athlete
• 1980 – Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
• 1980 – Mellisa Hollingsworth, Canadian skeleton racer
• 1980 – James Jones, American basketball player
• 1980 – Kristina Lenko, Canadian ice skater
• 1980 – Tim Peper, American actor
• 1980 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
• 1981 – Scott Hammond, American photographer
• 1981 – Juka, Japanese singer
• 1981 – Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player
• 1982 – Jered Weaver, American baseball player
• 1983 – Dan Clarke, British racing driver
• 1983 – Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol
• 1983 – Chansi Stuckey, American football player
• 1983 – Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
• 1983 – Ueda Tatsuya, Japanese boy band singer (KAT-TUN)
• 1984 – Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
• 1984 – Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver
• 1985 – Shontelle Layne, Barbados born singer
• 1985 – Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
• 1986 – Yuridia, Mexican singer
• 1987 – Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
• 1988 – Derrick Rose, American basketball player
• 1989 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
• 1989 – Lil Mama, American rapper
• 1989 – Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater
• 1989 – Stacey Solomon, English singer
• 2005 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium