Historical Births Today: 04 October

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)


• 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, prime minister of the Province of Canada (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 - Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)


• 1861 - Walter Rauschenbusch, Christian Theologian and Baptist Minister (d. 1918)


• 1862 - Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)


• 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 Commander-in-Chief (d. 1948)


• 1884 - Subramaniya Siva, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1925)


• 1886 - Luis Alberni, Spanish actor (d. 1962)


• 1888 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)


• 1892 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (d. 1934)


• 1892 - Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist (d. 1934)


• 1895 - Buster Keaton, American comedian (d. 1966)


• 1903 - John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)


• 1903 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German military officer and senior Nazi (d. 1946)


• 1903 - Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist (d. 1993)


• 1907 - Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong media mogul


• 1910 - Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)


• 1914 - Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)


• 1914 - Brendan Gill, American writer (d. 1997)


• 1916 - Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate


• 1916 - Jan Murray, American comedian (d. 2006)


• 1916 - George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)


• 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


• 1924 - Charlton Heston, American actor and former president of the NRA (d. 2008)


• 1928 - Torben Ulrich, Danish musician, writer, filmmaker and tennis player


• 1929 - Scotty Beckett, American child actor, Our Gang comedies (d. 1968)


• 1929 - Leroy Van Dyke, American singer


• 1931 - Richard Rorty, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Stanford University (d. 2007)


• 1932 - Milan Chvostek, Canadian television director


• 1934 - Sam Huff, American football player


• 1937 - Jackie Collins, British author


• 1937 - Jim Sillars, Scottish politician


• 1938 - Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate


• 1940 - Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer


• 1940 - Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist


• 1941 - Roy Blount, Jr., American writer


• 1941 - Anne Rice, American writer


• 1941 - Robert Wilson (director), American theatre director


• 1941 - Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian racing driver


• 1942 - Karl W. Richter, American aviator (d. 1967)


• 1943 - H. Rap Brown, American civil rights activist


• 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 - Bridget St John, English singer/songwriter and guitarist


• 1946 - Susan Sarandon, American actress


• 1947 - Ann Widdecombe, British politician


• 1947 - Julien Clerc, French singer


• 1947 - Jim Fielder, American bassist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)


• 1948 - Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment


• 1949 - Armand Assante, American actor


• 1949 - Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director


• 1950 - Meg Bennett, American writer and actress


• 1951 - Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet


• 1953 - Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-French actor


• 1955 - Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer


• 1957 - Alexander Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast


• 1957 - Bill Fagerbakke, American actor


• 1957 - Kyra Schon, American actress


• 1959 - Chris Lowe, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)


• 1959 - Tony Meo, English snooker player


• 1960 - Joe Boever, American baseball player


• 1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author


• 1962 - Jon Secada, Cuban singer and songwriter


• 1963 - A.C. Green, American basketball player


• 1964 - Sarah Lancashire, British actress


• 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


• 1970 - Richard Hancox, English footballer


• 1971 - Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer


• 1972 - Kurt Thomas, American basketball player


• 1973 - Chris Parks, American wrestler


• 1974 - Paco León, Spanish actor


• 1975 - Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian football player


• 1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress


• 1976 - Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer


• 1976 - Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor and television presenter


• 1978 - Ko Soo, South Korean television and movie actor


• 1979 - Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress


• 1979 - Stefan Booth, British actor


• 1980 - Kristina Lenko, Canadian ice skater


• 1980 - Me'Lisa Barber, American athlete


• 1980 - Sarah Fisher, American race car driver


• 1980 - Tim Peper, American actor


• 1980 - Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer


• 1981 - Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1981 - Scott Hammond, American photographer


• 1981 - Juka, Japanese singer


• 1982 - Jered Weaver, American baseball player


• 1982 - Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player


• 1983 - Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol


• 1983 - Ueda Tatsuya, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)


• 1983 - Dan Clarke, British racing driver


• 1983 - Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player


• 1984 - Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)


• 1984 - Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver


• 1986 - Yuridia, Mexican singer


• 1987 - Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer


• 1989 - Dakota Johnson, American actress


• 1989 - Lil Mama, American rapper


• 1989 - Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater


• 2005 - Prince Emmanuel of Belgium