Famous Births on 4 Jul

Famous Births on 4 Jul

1330 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)
1546 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
1694 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772)
1715 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (d. 1769)
1719 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797)
1790 - George Everest, Welsh surveyor (d. 1866)
1799 - King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (d. 1859)
1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
1807 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot (d. 1882)
1816 - Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (d. 1899)
1826 - Stephen Foster, American songwriter (d. 1864)
1845 - Thomas Barnardo, Irish humanitarian (d. 1905)
1847 - James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (d. 1906)
1854 - Victor BabeÅŸ, Romanian bacteriologist (d. 1926)
1868 - Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer (d. 1921)
1872 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
1881 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)
1882 - Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (d. 1957)
1883 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
1895 - Irving Caesar, American lyricist and composer (d. 1996)
1896 - Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981)
1898 - Dr. Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian (d. 1997)
1898 - Gertrude Lawrence, English-born actress (d. 1952)
1902 - Meyer Lansky, Russian-born American gangster (d. 1983)
1902 - George Murphy, American entertainer (d. 1992)
1903 - Flor Peeters, Belgian composer, organist and teacher (d. 1986)
1904 - Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)
1905 - Irving Johnson, American adventurer (d. 1991)
1907 - Gordon Griffith, American director (d. 1958)
1907 - Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (d. 1996)
1910 - Gloria Stuart, American actress
1911 - Mitch Miller, American entertainer
1912 - Viviane Romance, French actress (d. 1991)
1916 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American World War II figure (d. 2006)
1917 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
1918 - Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)
1918 - Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist
1918 - King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (d. 2006)
1918 - Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984)
1920 - Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
1920 - Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (d. 2007)
1921 - Gerard Debreu, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1921 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist (d. 2003)
1923 - Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor
1924 - Eva Marie Saint, American actress
1926 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer
1927 - Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
1927 - Neil Simon, American playwright
1929 - Al Davis, American businessman
1929 - Chuck Tanner, American baseball player
1929 - Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1930 - Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower
1930 - George Steinbrenner, American businessman
1930 - Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor
1931 - Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (d. 1977)
1931 - Sébastien Japrisot, French author, film director and sreenwriter (d. 2003)
1932 - Aurèle Vandendriessche, Belgian athlete
1934 - Colin Welland, English actor
1935 - Paul Scoon, Governor General of Grenada
1937 - Thomas Nagel, American philosopher
1937 - Sonja Haraldsen, Queen of Norway (spouse of King Harald V of Norway)
1938 - Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter
1940 - Karolyn Grimes, American actress
1942 - Hal Lanier, American baseball player
1942 - Floyd Little, American football player
1942 - Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister (d. 2008)
1943 - Milan Máčala, Czech football coach
1943 - Emerson Boozer, American football player
1943 - Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, American musician (d. 1970)
1943 - Geraldo Rivera, American reporter
1943 - Konrad "Conny" Bauer, German musician
1944 - Ray Meagher, Australian actor
1946 - Ed O'Ross, American actor
1946 - Michael Milken, American financier
1946 - Ron Kovic, American peace activist
1946 - Tish Howard, American model
1947 - Morganna Roberts, American entertainer
1948 - Jeremy Spencer, English musician
1948 - Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor
1948 - René Arnoux, French race car driver
1948 - Ed Armbrister, baseball player
1950 - David Jensen, Canadian-born British radio DJ
1951 - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician
1952 - Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Colombian politician
1954 - Jim Beattie, American baseball player
1955 - John Waite, English singer
1957 - Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand
1958 - Kirk Pengilly, Australian musician
1959 - Victoria Abril, Spanish actress
1960 - Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
1960 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1994)
1961 - Richard Garriott, English video game designer
1962 - Neil Morrissey, English actor
1962 - Pam Shriver, American former tennis player
1963 - José Oquendo, Puerto Rican baseball player
1963 - Matt Malley, American musician
1963 - Henri Leconte, French former tennis player
1964 - Cle Kooiman, American soccer player
1964 - Mark Slaughter, American singer
1965 - Horace Grant, American basketball player
1965 - Jo Whiley, English radio DJ
1966 - Lee Reherman, American actor
1967 - Rick Wilkins, American baseball player
1967 - Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
1967 - Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player
1968 - Jack Frost, American musician
1970 - Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer
1971 - Ned Zelic, Australian soccer player
1971 - Andrew Murray, English entrepreneur
1971 - Koko, sign-language gorilla
1971 - Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player
1971 - Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician
1973 - Tony Popovic, Australian soccer player
1973 - Jan Magnussen, Danish racing driver
1973 - Michael Johnson, English-born Jamaican footballer
1973 - Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver
1973 - Gackt, Japanese singer
1974 - La'Roi Glover, American football player
1974 - Vince Spadea, American tennis player
1975 - Tania Davis, Australian violist
1976 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1977 - Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel
1977 - Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
1978 - Vicky Kaya, Greek supermodel and actress
1978 - Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak)
1978 - Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
1978 - Becki Newton, American actress
1981 - Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
1982 - Hannah Harper,English porn star
1983 - Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
1983 - Ben Jorgensen, American musician
1983 - Andy Mrotek, American musician
1984 - Gina Glocksen, American singer
1984 - Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer
1986 - Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer
2003 - Alessia di Matteo, Italian medical figure (d. 2005)