October 4 - Births

Births

• 1160 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin (d. 1220)
• 1276 – Margaret of Brabant (d. 1311)
• 1289 – Louis X of France (d. 1316)
• 1331 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician (d. 1382)
• 1379 – Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
• 1515 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
• 1542 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal (d. 1621)
• 1550 – Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
• 1562 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (d. 1647)
• 1570 – Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)
• 1585 – Anna of Tyrol (d. 1618)
• 1625 – Jacqueline Pascal, French nun (d. 1661)
• 1626 – Richard Cromwell, English politician (d. 1712)
• 1657 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747)
• 1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian illustrator (d. 1778)
• 1723 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798)
• 1759 – Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (d. 1803)
• 1787 – François Guizot, French politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1874)
• 1793 – Charles Pearson, British social reformer (d. 1862)
• 1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian politician (d. 1864)
• 1814 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (d. 1875)
• 1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, American politician, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
• 1836 – Juliette Adam, French author (d. 1936)
• 1841 – Prudente de Morais, Brazilian politician, 3rd President of Brazil (d. 1912)
• 1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria (d. 1925)
• 1861 – Walter Rauschenbusch, American theologian and pastor (d. 1918)
• 1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)
• 1862 – Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)
• 1868 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentine politician, 20th President of Argentina (d. 1942)
• 1875 – Bob McKinney, American baseball player (d. 1946)
• 1876 – Hugh McCrae, Australian author (d. 1958)
• 1877 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
• 1880 – Damon Runyon, American author (d. 1946)
• 1881 – Henry Potter, American golfer (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (d. 1948)
• 1883 – Charles Healy, American water polo player
• 1884 – Subramaniya Siva, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1925)
• 1886 – Luis Alberni, Spanish actor (d. 1962)
• 1888 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
• 1890 – Alan L. Hart, American physician and author (d. 1962)
• 1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1934)
• 1892 – Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist (d. 1934)
• 1895 – Buster Keaton, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)
• 1895 – Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (d. 1944)
• 1903 – Bona Arsenault, Canadian politician and historian (d. 1993)
• 1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist, invented the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (d. 1995)
• 1903 – Pierre Garbay, French army general (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian-German military officer (d. 1946)
• 1910 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Martial Célestin, Haitian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2011)
• 1914 – Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Brendan Gill, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006)
• 1916 – George Sidney, American director (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
• 1918 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Malcolm Baldrige, Jr., American businessman, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Shin Kyuk-Ho, Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group
• 1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Donald J. Sobol, American author (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Raymond Watson, American businessman (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Alvin Toffler, American journalist and author
• 1928 – Torben Ulrich, Danish-American tennis player
• 1929 – Scotty Beckett, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1929 – Leroy Van Dyke, American singer
• 1931 – Terence Conran, English designer and businessman
• 1931 – Basil D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Richard Rorty, American philosopher (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Milan Chvostek, Canadian director and producer
• 1934 – Sam Huff, American football player
• 1934 – Dimosthenis Sofianos, Greek journalist
• 1936 – Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer
• 1937 – Jackie Collins, English author and actress
• 1937 – Jim Sillars, Scottish politician
• 1938 – Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
• 1940 – Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer
• 1940 – Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
• 1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American author
• 1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver
• 1941 – Anne Rice, American author
• 1941 – Robert Wilson, American director and playwright
• 1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
• 1942 – Karl W. Richter, American pilot (d. 1967)
• 1942 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland
• 1942 – Christopher Stone, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1943 – H. Rap Brown, American activist
• 1943 – Karl-Gustav Kaisla, Finnish ice hockey referee (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer
• 1943 – Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Jimy Williams, American baseball player and manager
• 1944 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 – Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1946 – Chuck Hagel, American politician
• 1946 – Michael Mullen, American admiral
• 1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress
• 1946 – Bridget St John, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Julien Clerc, French singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1947 – Jim Fielder, American bass player (Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Mothers of Invention)
• 1947 – Ann Widdecombe, English politician
• 1948 – Linda McMahon, American businesswoman and politician
• 1948 – Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 – Armand Assante, American actor
• 1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director
• 1949 – Marion Pruett, American murderer (d. 1999)
• 1950 – Meg Bennett, American actress and scriptwriter
• 1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
• 1951 – Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter and drummer (Triumph)
• 1953 – Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-French actor
• 1953 – Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player
• 1955 – Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer
• 1956 – Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
• 1957 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
• 1957 – Kyra Schon, American actress
• 1957 – Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm
• 1958 – Anneka Rice, Welsh television host
• 1959 – Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player (Pet Shop Boys)
• 1959 – Tony Meo, English snooker player
• 1960 – Joe Boever, American baseball player
• 1961 – Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author
• 1962 – Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer
• 1962 – Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
• 1963 – A. C. Green, American basketball player
• 1963 – Koji Ishikawa, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1965 – Olaf Backasch, German footballer
• 1965 – Skip Heller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 – Micky Ward, American boxer
• 1967 – Marcus Bentley, English voice actor
• 1967 – Ekin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1967 – Liev Schreiber, American actor
• 1968 – Richard Hancox, English footballer
• 1968 – Tim Wise, American activist and author
• 1969 – Abraham Benrubi, American actor
• 1971 – Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
• 1971 – Darren Middleton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Powderfinger and Drag)
• 1972 – Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
• 1973 – Abyss, American wrestler
• 1974 – Paco León, Spanish actor
• 1975 – Daniella Deutscher, American actress
• 1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Mohamed Jameel, Maldivian footballer
• 1976 – Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer
• 1976 – Elisandro Naressi Roos, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
• 1976 – Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer
• 1977 – Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor
• 1977 – Richard Parry, Canadian musician and songwriter (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre)
• 1978 – Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
• 1978 – Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
• 1978 – Go Soo, South Korean actor
• 1979 – Brandon Barash, American actor
• 1979 – Stefan Booth, English actor and singer
• 1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress and producer
• 1979 – Bjorn Phau, German tennis player
• 1979 – Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
• 1980 – Me'Lisa Barber, American sprinter
• 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 – Shaura, Japanese singer (Moi dix Mois)
• 1981 – Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player
• 1982 – Jered Weaver, American baseball player
• 1983 – Dan Clarke, English race car driver
• 1983 – Risa Kudō, Japanese model and actress
• 1983 – Marios Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer
• 1983 – Chansi Stuckey, American football player
• 1983 – Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
• 1983 – Tatsuya Ueda, Japanese singer and actor (KAT-TUN)
• 1984 – Lena Katina, Russian singer-songwriter (t.A.T.u. and Neposedi)
• 1984 – Álvaro Parente, Portuguese race car driver
• 1985 – Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
• 1986 – Yuridia, Mexican singer
• 1987 – Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
• 1987 – Will Puddy, English footballer
• 1987 – Marina Weisband, German politician
• 1988 – Derrick Rose, American basketball player
• 1989 – Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
• 1989 – Lil Mama, American rapper
• 1989 – Stacey Solomon, English singer
• 2005 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium