On this day · Aries

April 4 birthdays

315 notable historical figures were born on April 4, and 206 died on this day. Everyone born on April 4 is a Aries.

17% of April 4 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (83) than any other country.

Born on April 4

• Heath Ledger (1979 to 2008. Australian actor (1979–2008))
• Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965. American actor (born 1965))
• Anthony Perkins (1932 to 1992. American actor (1932–1992))
• Maya Angelou (1928 to 2014. American writer and activist (1928–2014))
• Caracalla (188 to 217. Roman emperor from 198 to 217)
• Andrei Tarkovsky (1932 to 1986. Soviet filmmaker (1932–1986))
• Gary Moore (1952 to 2011. Northern Irish musician (1952–2011))
• Abdullah Öcalan (born 1949. Founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK))
• Gong Hyo-jin (born 1980. South Korean actress (born 1980))
• Marguerite Duras (1914 to 1996. French writer and film director (1914–1996))
• Mahamat Déby (born 1984. Leader of Chad since 2021)
• Maria II of Portugal (1819 to 1853. Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1828 and 1834 to 1853)
• Elmer Bernstein (1922 to 2004. American composer and conductor (1922–2004))
• Tad Lincoln (1853 to 1871. Fourth son of President Abraham Lincoln (1853–1871))
• Shing-Tung Yau (born 1949. Chinese-American mathematician (born 1949))
• Rachel Korine (born 1986. American actress and artist)
• Paulo Muwanga (1924 to 1991. Ugandan politician (1924–1991))
• Fred Noonan (1893 to 1938. American aviator and navigator (1893–1937))
• Comte de Lautréamont (1846 to 1870. Uruguayan-born French author (1846–1870))
• Cazuza (1958 to 1990. Brazilian singer-songwriter (1958–1990))
• Barthélemy Boganda (1910 to 1959. Premier of the Central African Republic from 1958 to 1959)
• George Albert Smith (1870 to 1951. President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• Monty Norman (1928 to 2022. British composer (1928–2022))
• Maurice de Vlaminck (1876 to 1958. French painter (1876–1958))
• Frits Bolkestein (1933 to 2025. Dutch politician (1933–2025))
• Claude Joseph (born 1980. Haitian politician and foreign minister)
• Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln (1879 to 1943. Hungarian adventurer and fraudster)
• Wiranto (born 1947. Indonesian general and politician)
• Seth Morgan (novelist) (1949 to 1990. American novelist (1949–1990))
• Bettina von Arnim (1785 to 1859. German writer (1785–1859))
• Margaret Oliphant (1828 to 1897. Scottish novelist (1828–1897))
• Chris Costner Sizemore (1927 to 2016. American depicted in The Three Faces of Eve (1927–2016))
• Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773 to 1852. French general and statesman)
• Isoroku Yamamoto (1884 to 1943. Japanese admiral (1884–1943))
• Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890 to 1938. Russian linguist and historian)
• Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (1900 to 1984. British peer (1900–1984))
• Viktor Sokolov (naval officer) (1962 to 2023. Russian naval officer (born 1962))
• Edith Södergran (1892 to 1923. Finnish poet (1892–1923))
• Eli Zeira (1928 to 2025. Israeli military intelligence officer (1928–2025))
• William Henry Jackson (1843 to 1942. American photographer and painter (1843–1942))
• Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823 to 1883. German-British electrical engineer (1823–1883))
• Shahaji II (1910 to 1983. Maharaja of Kolhapur from 1947 to 1983)
• Mary Colter (1869 to 1958. American architect (1869–1958))
• Grinling Gibbons (1648 to 1721. Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver)
• Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889 to 1968. Indian writer (1889–1969))
• John Kotelawala (1897 to 1980. 3rd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka)
• Benjamin Peirce (1809 to 1880. American mathematician (1809–1880))
• Squire Parsons (1948 to 2025. American singer-songwriter (1948–2025))
• Augustinas Voldemaras (1883 to 1942. Prime Minister of Lithuania (1918, 1926–1929))
• India Mahdavi (born 1962. Iranian-French architect and designer (born 1962))
• Michel Camilo (born 1954. Dominican pianist and composer)
• Shoaib Mansoor (born 1952. Writer, Television & Film Producer)
• Chaim Grade (1910 to 1982. Yiddish writer and poet (1910–1982))
• Remy de Gourmont (1858 to 1915. French writer (1858–1915))
• Édouard Lucas (1842 to 1891. French mathematician (1842–1891))
• Angelo Iachino (1889 to 1976. Italian admiral)
• Joseph McGee (general) (born 1968. US Army general)
• Hugo Weaving (born 1960. Actor (born 1960))
• Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty (1938 to 2020. Indian-American microbiologist (1938–2020))
• Eugène Bozza (1905 to 1991. French composer and violinist)

Died on April 4

• Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 to 1968. American minister and civil rights activist (1929–1968))
• Roger Ebert (1942 to 2013. American film critic and author (1942–2013))
• William Henry Harrison (1773 to 1841. President of the United States in 1841)
• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928 to 1979. 4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979))
• Gloria Swanson (1899 to 1983. American actress (1899–1983))
• Ambrose (339 to 397. Christian bishop and theologian (c. 339 – 397))
• Carol II (1893 to 1953. King of Romania from 1930 to 1940)
• Pope Formosus (816 to 896. Head of the Catholic Church from 891 to 896)
• Isidore of Seville (560 to 636. Hispano-Roman scholar (c. 560–636))
• Robert III (1330 to 1406. King of Scotland from 1390 to 1406)
• John Napier (1550 to 1617. Scottish mathematician (1550–1617))
• Mikhail Lomonosov (1711 to 1765. Russian polymath (1711–1765))
• Alfonso X of Castile (1221 to 1284. King of Castile and León from 1252 to 1284)
• Frederick II of Denmark (1534 to 1588. King of Denmark and Norway from 1559 to 1588)
• André Masséna (1758 to 1817. French Marshal (1758–1817))
• Nicholas IV (1227 to 1292. Head of the Catholic Church from 1288 to 1292)
• Ghazi of Iraq (1912 to 1939. King of Iraq from 1933 to 1939)
• Chögyam Trungpa (1939 to 1987. Tibetan Buddhist master and writer (1939–1987))
• Victoria of Baden (1862 to 1930. Queen of Sweden from 1907 to 1930)
• Max Frisch (1911 to 1991. Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991))
• Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1842 to 1933. Wife of General Custer (1842–1933))
• Sadegh Hedayat (1903 to 1951. Iranian writer (1903–1951))
• John Venn (1834 to 1923. English logician and philosopher (1834–1923))
• Arthur Russell (1951 to 1992. American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician)
• William Crookes (1832 to 1919. English chemist and physicist (1832–1919))
• Wilhelm Ostwald (1853 to 1932. German chemist and philosopher (1853–1932))
• Peter Cooper (1791 to 1883. American politician and businessman (1791–1883))
• Lady Triệu (225 to 248. 3rd-century Vietnamese warrior)
• Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (1875 to 1937. Sultan of Morocco from 1909 to 1912)
• George Albert Smith (1870 to 1951. President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Explore the day before or after: April 3 · April 5. Or find who shares your exact birthday.