Births on 4 October
1900s
Rishabh Pant
1997
Indian cricketer (born 1997)
Yuju (singer)
1997
South Korean singer (born 1997)
Ella Balinska
1996
English actress (born 1996)
Jeonghan
1995
South Korean singer (born 1995)
Kenny Clark (defensive tackle)
1995
American football player (born 1995)
Mikolas Josef
1995
Czech singer
Mike Williams (wide receiver, born 1994)
1994
American football player (born 1994)
Mitchell Swepson
1993
Australian cricketer
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
1991
English singer (born 1991)
Signy Aarna
1990
Estonian footballer (born 1990)
Saki (musician)
1990
Japanese musician (born 1990)
Sergey Shubenkov
1990
Russian hurdler (born 1990)
Dakota Johnson
1989
American actress (born 1989)
Melissa Benoist
1988
American actress and singer (born 1988)
Lonnie Chisenhall
1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Caner Erkin
1988
Turkish footballer (born 1988)
Evgeni Krasnopolski
1988
Israeli pair skater (born 1988)
Derrick Rose
1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Marina Weisband
1987
German author, psychologist and politician
Shontelle
1985
Barbadian singer (born 1985)
Thorsten Wiedemann
1985
German rugby union player (born 1985)
Lena Katina
1984
Russian singer (born 1984)
Petri Kontiola
1984
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1984)
Karolina Tymińska
1984
Polish heptathlete (born 1984)
Vicky Krieps
1983
Luxembourgish actress (born 1983)
Kurt Suzuki
1983
American baseball manager & player (born 1983)
Tony Gwynn Jr.
1982
American baseball player and analyst (born 1982)
Ilhan Omar
1982
American politician (born 1982)
Jered Weaver
1982
American baseball player (born 1982)
Justin Williams
1981
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1981)
Sarah Fisher
1980
American racing driver (born 1980)
James Jones (basketball, born 1980)
1980
American basketball executive and former player
Tomáš Rosický
1980
Czech footballer (born 1980)
CaitrÃona Balfe
1979
Irish actress (born 1979)
Rachael Leigh Cook
1979
American actress and model (born 1979)
Adam Voges
1979
Australian cricketer
Dana Davis
1978
American actress
Kyle Lohse
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Richard Reed Parry
1977
Canadian musician
Mauro Camoranesi
1976
Italian football manager (born 1976)
Alicia Silverstone
1976
American actress (born 1976)
Ueli Steck
1976
Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976–2017)
Cristiano Lucarelli
1975
Italian footballer (born 1975)
Paco León
1974
Spanish actor, producer, director, screenwriter, and activist
M. Ward
1973
American musician
Darren Middleton
1971
Australian musician (born 1971)
Abraham Benrubi
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Richard Hancox
1968
English footballer
Tim Wise
1968
American anti-racism activist (born 1968)
Vicky Bullett
1967
American basketball player and coach (born 1967)
Nick Green (rower)
1967
Australian rower (born 1967)
Liev Schreiber
1967
American actor (born 1967)
Olaf Backasch
1965
German footballer
Skip Heller
1965
Musical artist
Steve Olin
1965
American baseball player (1965–1993)
Micky Ward
1965
American boxer
Francis Magalona
1964
Filipino rapper (1964–2009)
Yvonne Murray
1964
Scottish athlete (born 1964)
A. C. Green
1963
American basketball player (born 1963)
Koji Ishikawa (illustrator)
1963
Japanese children's book author and illustrator
Carlos Carsolio
1962
Mexican mountain climber
Philippe Russo
1961
French singer-songwriter (born 1961)
Jon Secada
1961
American singer (born 1961)
Kazuki Takahashi
1961
Japanese manga artist (1961–2022)
Joe Boever
1960
American baseball player (born 1960)
Henry Worsley (explorer)
1960
British explorer and British Army officer
Chris Lowe
1959
English musician, songwriter, and member of Pet Shop Boys (born 1959)
Tony Meo
1959
English snooker player
Hitonari Tsuji
1959
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
Barbara Kooyman
1958
American singer-songwriter
Wendy Makkena
1958
American actress
Anneka Rice
1958
British television presenter (born 1958)
Bill Fagerbakke
1957
American actor (born 1957)
Yngve Moe
1957
Musical artist
Russell Simmons
1957
American entrepreneur and record executive
Lesley Glaister
1956
British novelist, poet and playwright (born 1956)
Charlie Leibrandt
1956
American baseball player (born 1956)
Sherri Turner
1956
American professional golfer
Christoph Waltz
1956
Austrian and German actor (born 1956)
John Rutherford (rugby union)
1955
Scotland international rugby union player
Jorge Valdano
1955
Argentine footballer and manager
Gil Moore
1953
Canadian drummer and vocalist (born 1953)
Andreas Vollenweider
1953
Swiss harpist
Anita DeFrantz
1952
American rower
Jody Stephens
1952
American drummer
Zinha Vaz
1952
Bissau-Guinean activist and politician
Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov
1951
Kazakhstani poet and writer (born 1951)
Truck Robinson
1951
American basketball player
Alan Rosenberg
1950
American actor (born 1950)
Armand Assante
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Stephen Gyllenhaal
1949
American film director
Iain Hewitson
1948
Australian television chefs (born 1948)
Linda McMahon
1948
American administrator and business executive (born 1948)
Duke Robillard
1948
American guitarist and singer (born 1948)
Julien Clerc
1947
Musical artist
Jim Fielder
1947
American bassist
Ann Widdecombe
1947
British politician and media personality (born 1947)
Larry Clapp
1946
American lawyer and politician
Chuck Hagel
1946
American politician and veteran (born 1946)
Michael Mullen
1946
U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Susan Sarandon
1946
American actor (born 1946)
Clifton Davis
1945
American actor, musician and minister (born 1945)
Colin Bundy
1944
South African historian and academic administrator
RocÃo Dúrcal
1944
Spanish singer and actress (1944–2006)
Tony La Russa
1944
American baseball player and manager (born 1944)
John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith
1944
British politician (born 1944)
H. Rap Brown
1943
American civil rights leader and convicted murderer (1943–2025)
Owen Davidson
1943
Australian tennis player (1943–2023)
Karl-Gustav Kaisla
1943
Swedish ice hockey referee
Dietmar Mürdter
1943
German footballer
Jimy Williams
1943
American baseball player and manager (1943–2024)
Bernice Johnson Reagon
1942
American singer, songwriter and scholar (1942–2024)
Karl W. Richter
1942
American fighter pilot (1942–1967)
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
1942
Prime Minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013
Christopher Stone (actor)
1942
American actor (1940–1995)
Roy Blount Jr.
1941
American writer (born 1941)
Karen Cushman
1941
American writer
Karl Oppitzhauser
1941
Austrian racing driver (born 1941)
Anne Rice
1941
American author (1941–2021)
Frank Stagg (Irish republican)
1941
Irish hunger striker (1942–1976)
Robert Wilson (director)
1941
American stage director and playwright (1941–2025)
Vic Hadfield
1940
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1940)
Silvio Marzolini
1940
Argentine footballer (1940–2020)
Steve Swallow
1940
American jazz bassist and composer (born 1940)
Alberto Vilar
1940
American businessman (1940–2021)
Ivan Mauger
1939
New Zealand speedway rider (1939–2018)
Norman D. Wilson (actor)
1938
American actor
Kurt Wüthrich
1938
Swiss chemist
Jackie Collins
1937
English novelist (1937–2015)
David Crocker (academic)
1937
Gail Gilmore
1937
Canadian actress (1937–2014)
Lloyd Green
1937
Musical artist
Jim Sillars
1937
Scottish politician (born 1937)
Charlie Hurley
1936
Irish footballer (1936–2024)
Giles Radice
1936
British politician and author (1936–2022)
Jimmy Orr
1935
American football player (1935–2020)
Sam Huff
1934
American football player (1934–2021)
German Moreno
1933
Filipino television host, actor, comedian, and talent manager (1933–2016)
Ann Thwaite
1933
British biographer
Felicia Farr
1932
American actress (born 1932)
Terence Conran
1931
British restaurateur and designer (1931–2020)
Basil D'Oliveira
1931
English cricketer (1931–2011)
Richard Rorty
1931
American philosopher (1931–2007)
Scotty Beckett
1929
American actor (1929–1968)
John E. Mack
1929
American psychiatrist (1929–2004)
Leroy Van Dyke
1929
American singer-songwriter (born 1929)
Alvin Toffler
1928
American writer, futurist and businessman
Torben Ulrich
1928
Danish tennis player (1928–2023)
Wolf Kahn
1927
German-born American painter (1927–2020)
Raymond Watson
1926
Roger Wood (journalist)
1925
Donald J. Sobol
1924
American novelist
Charlton Heston
1923
American actor (1923–2008)
Malcolm Baldrige Jr.
1922
American businessman (1922–1987)
Shin Kyuk-ho
1922
South Korean businessman (1921–2020)
Don Lenhardt
1922
American baseball player (1922–2014)
Stella Pevsner
1921
American children's writer (1921–2020)
Kenichi Fukui
1918
Japanese chemist (1918–1998)
Violeta Parra
1917
Chilean musician and folklorist (1917–1967)
Vitaly Ginzburg
1916
Russian physicist (1916–2009)
Jan Murray
1916
American comedian, actor, game show host (1916–2006)
George Sidney
1916
American film director and producer (1916–2002)
Ken Wood (manufacturer)
1916
English engineer, entrepreneur & businessman (1916–1997)
Jim Cairns
1914
Australian politician (1914–2003)
Brendan Gill
1914
American journalist (1914–1997)
Martial Célestin
1913
1st Prime Minister of Haiti (1913–2011)
Mary Two-Axe Earley
1911
Canadian Mohawk and Oneida women's rights activist
Frankie Crosetti
1910
American baseball player (1910-2002)
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
1910
Turkish poet and author from Türkiye (1910–1956)
Alain Daniélou
1907
French historian, Indologist and musicologist (1907–1994)
Mary Celine Fasenmyer
1906
American mathematician (1906–1996)
Bona Arsenault
1903
Canadian politician
John Vincent Atanasoff
1903
American computer pioneer (1903–1995)
Pierre Garbay
1903
French general
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
1903
Austrian SS official (1903–1946)
August Mälk
1900
Estonian writer and politician
1800s
Dorothy Lawrence
1896
English journalist (c.1888 – 1964)
Buster Keaton
1895
American actor and filmmaker (1895–1966)
Richard Sorge
1895
German journalist and Soviet spy (1895–1944)
Engelbert Dollfuss
1892
Chancellor of Austria from 1932 to 1934
Hermann Glauert
1892
British aerodynamicist
Robert Lawson (author)
1892
American children's illustrator and writer (1892–1957)
Alan L. Hart
1890
Transgender American physician and writer (1890–1962)
Osman Cemal Kaygılı
1890
Turkish writer and journalist
Lucy Tayiah Eads
1888
Chief of the Kaw Nation (1888–1961
Oscar Mathisen
1888
Norwegian speed skater
Ramchandra Shukla
1884
Indian historian (1884–1941)
Walther von Brauchitsch
1881
German Commander-in-Chief during World War II (1881–1948)
Damon Runyon
1880
American writer (1880–1946)
Robert Edwards (artist)
1879
American poet
Razor Smith
1877
English cricket player
Florence Eliza Allen
1876
American mathematician (1876–1960)
John Ellis (executioner)
1874
British executioner
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear
1868
President of Argentina from 1922 to 1928
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
1862
Dutch teacher, editor, translator and art organizer
Edward Stratemeyer
1862
American book packager, publisher and writer (1862–1930)
Walter Rauschenbusch
1861
American theologian and Baptist pastor
Frederic Remington
1861
American painter and sculptor (1861–1909)
Léon Serpollet
1858
French engineer
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
1843
Palestinian Christian nun (1843–1927)
Prudente de Morais
1841
President of Brazil from 1894 to 1898
Maria Sophie of Bavaria
1841
Queen of the Two Sicilies from 1859 to 1861
Auguste-Réal Angers
1837
Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1837–1919)
Juliette Adam
1836
French author and feminist (1836–1936)
Jenny Twitchell Kempton
1835
19th and 20th-century American opera singer
Rutherford B. Hayes
1822
President of the United States from 1877 to 1881
Jean-François Millet
1814
French painter (1814–1875)
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
1807
Canadian politician
Before 1800
Charles Pearson
1793
English lawyer and reformer (1793–1862)
François Guizot
1787
French historian, orator and statesman (1787–1874)
Francisco José de Caldas
1768
Colombian lawyer and scientist (1768–1816)
Louis François Antoine Arbogast
1759
French mathematician
Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus
1723
Austrian entomologist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720
Italian architect and artist (1720–1778)
George Murray (general)
1694
Scottish Jacobite general (1694–1760)
Francesco Solimena
1657
Italian Baroque painter (1657–1747)
Bernardino Ramazzini
1633
Italian physician (1633–1714)
Richard Cromwell
1626
English statesman (1626–1712)
Jacqueline Pascal
1625
French poet (1625–1661)
Anna of Tyrol
1585
Holy Roman Empress from 1612 to 1618
Guido Bentivoglio
1579
Italian cardinal and statesman
Péter Pázmány
1570
Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom and Prince Primate of Hungary
Christen Sørensen Longomontanus
1562
Danish astronomer
Charles IX of Sweden
1550
King of Sweden from 1604 to 1611
Robert Bellarmine
1542
Italian Jesuit cardinal and saint (1542–1621)
Francisco de Toledo (Jesuit)
1532
Catholic cardinal (1532–1596)
Francisco Vallés
1524
Spanish physician (1524–1592)
Gabriele Paleotti
1522
Catholic cardinal
Lucas Cranach the Younger
1515
German Renaissance artist (1515–1586)
Francis Bigod
1507
British noble (1507–1537)
Henry III of Castile
1379
King of Castile and León from 1390 to 1406
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond
1331
Irish peer and Lord Justice of Ireland
Louis X of France
1289
King of France (1314–1316) and Navarre (1305–1316)
Margaret of Brabant
1276
Queen of Germany from 1308 to 1311
Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria
1274
Duke of Upper Bavaria
Alys of France, Countess of Vexin
1160
Countess of Vexin