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December 4 birthdays

266 notable historical figures were born on December 4, and 188 died on this day. Everyone born on December 4 is a Sagittarius.

17% of December 4 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (74) than any other country.

Born on December 4

• Francisco Franco (1892 to 1975. Leader of Spain from 1939 to 1975)
• Jay-Z (born 1969. American rapper and businessman (born 1969))
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 to 1926. Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926))
• Thomas Carlyle (1795 to 1881. Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881))
• Inder Kumar Gujral (1919 to 2012. Prime Minister of India from 1997 to 1998)
• Dree Hemingway (born 1987. American model and actress)
• Roh Tae-woo (1932 to 2021. President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993)
• Fred Ramsdell (born 1960. American immunologist (born 1960))
• Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910 to 2009. President of India from 1987 to 1992)
• Nino Rota (1911 to 1979. Italian composer (1911–1979))
• Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835 to 1902. English novelist and critic (1835–1902))
• Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan (national security advisor) (born 1971. Emirati national security advisor)
• Adrian Zandberg (born 1979. Polish historian, computer programmer and politician)
• Cathy O'Brien (conspiracy theorist) (born 1957. American conspiracy theorist (born 1957))
• Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905 to 1985. President of Brazil from 1969 to 1974)
• Roberta Bondar (born 1945. Canadian astronaut (born 1945))
• Corliss Williamson (born 1973. American basketball player and coach (born 1973))
• Ari Ben-Menashe (born 1951. Israeli-Canadian arms dealer (b. 1951))
• Jeff Bridges (born 1949. American actor (born 1949))
• Cornell Woolrich (1903 to 1968. American novelist (1903–1968))
• Barbara of Portugal (1711 to 1758. Queen of Spain from 1746 to 1758)
• George Tupou I (1797 to 1893. King of Tonga from 1845 to 1893)
• William Labov (1927 to 2024. American linguist; father of sociolinguistics (1927–2024))
• Diogo Jota (1996 to 2025. Portuguese footballer (1996–2025))
• John C. Portman Jr. (1924 to 2017. American architect (1924–2017))
• R. C. Majumdar (1888 to 1980. Indian historian and academician (1888–1980))
• Frank Merrill (1903 to 1955. United States Army general (1903–1955))
• Jane Franklin (1791 to 1875. British explorer (1791–1875))
• Herbert Edward Read (1893 to 1968. English anarchist and writer (1893–1968))
• Andrew Jackson Jr. (1809 to 1865. Adopted son of U.S. President Andrew Jackson (1808–1865))
• William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726 to 1783. American Continental Army general (1726–1783))
• Tyra Banks (born 1973. American television personality, producer, and former model)
• Henri Grégoire (1750 to 1831. French Catholic bishop and revolutionary ()
• John Giorno (1936 to 2019. American poet and performance artist (1936–2019))
• Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias (1571 to 1578. Prince of Asturias)
• Aagha Ali (born 1985. Pakistani actor, presenter and singer)
• H. S. Panag (born 1948. Indian army general)
• K. S. Krishnan (1898 to 1961. Indian physicist (1898–1961))
• Friedrich Burgmüller (1806 to 1874. German pianist and composer)
• Alfred Hershey (1908 to 1997. American bacteriologist and geneticist (1908–1997))
• Sergio Osmeña Jr. (1916 to 1984. Filipino politician from Cebu (1916–1984))
• Shatavadhani Ganesh (born 1962. Polyglot, Avadhani and an author)
• Wassily Kandinsky (1866 to 1944. Russian painter and art theorist (1866–1944))
• Kim Seok-jin (born 1992. South Korean singer (born 1992))
• A. L. Rowse (1903 to 1997. 20th-century British author and historian)
• Frances Power Cobbe (1822 to 1904. Philosopher and women's suffrage and animal welfare activist (1822–1904))
• Feng Youlan (1895 to 1990. Chinese philosopher and historian (1895–1990))
• Amita Kuttner (born 1990. Canadian astrophysicist and politician (born 1990))
• Richard Robbins (composer) (1940 to 2012. American musical artist (1940–2012))
• Charles de Broqueville (1860 to 1940. Belgian politician)
• Frederick IV the Simple (1342 to 1377. King of Sicily from 1355 to 1377)
• Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1784 to 1840. Hereditary Princess of Denmark)
• Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (1428 to 1511. Lord of Lippe)
• Friderike Maria Zweig (1882 to 1971. Austrian writer (1882–1971))
• George Andrews (mathematician) (born 1938. American mathematician (born 1938))
• Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883 to 1969. Australian fiction writer and dramatist)
• A. Scott Berg (born 1949. American biographer (born 1949))
• Robert Lowe (1811 to 1892. British Liberal politician (1811–1892))
• Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817 to 1845. Georgian poet (1817–1845))
• Hamilton Harty (1879 to 1941. Irish composer and conductor (1879–1941))

Died on December 4

• Frank Zappa (1940 to 1993. American musician (1940–1993))
• Hannah Arendt (1906 to 1975. German and American historian and philosopher (1906–1975))
• Thomas Hobbes (1588 to 1679. English philosopher and political theorist (1588–1679))
• Cardinal Richelieu (1585 to 1642. French statesman and clergyman (1585–1642))
• Omar Khayyam (1048 to 1131. Persian polymath and poet (1048–1131))
• Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947 to 2017. President of Yemen from 1978 to 2012)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 to 1976. English composer and pianist (1913–1976))
• Vlad II the Dragon (1395 to 1447. Ruler of Wallachia (r. 1436–1442, 1443–1447))
• John of Damascus (675 to 749. Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6–749))
• Jeremy Thorpe (1929 to 2014. British politician (1929–2014))
• Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (594 to 656. Arab Muslim military commander (594–656))
• Robert Jenkinson (1770 to 1828. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827)
• William I (1142 to 1214. King of Alba from 1165 to 1214)
• Pope John XXII (1244 to 1334. Head of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334)
• Gregor MacGregor (1786 to 1845. Scottish soldier, adventurer, and con man (1786–1845))
• Luigi Galvani (1737 to 1798. Italian scientist (1737–1798))
• Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866 to 1945. American biologist (1866–1945))
• John Tyndall (1820 to 1893. Irish physicist (1820–1893))
• Lothair II (1075 to 1137. Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137)
• Empress Meishō (1624 to 1696. Emperor of Japan from 1629 to 1643)
• Stefan George (1868 to 1933. German symbolist poet and translator)
• Charles the Younger (772 to 811. Son of Charlemagne (c. 772–811))
• Shunryū Suzuki (1904 to 1971. Japanese Buddhist monk who popularized Zen in the US)
• Colin Cowdrey (1932 to 2000. English cricketer (1932–2000))
• Grigory Zass (1797 to 1883. Russian Imperial cavalry general (1797–1883))
• Cipriano Castro (1858 to 1924. President of Venezuela from 1899 to 1908)
• Chiung Yao (1938 to 2024. Taiwanese writer (1938–2024))
• Francisco Sá Carneiro (1934 to 1980. Portuguese politician (1934–1980))
• Stefan Uroš V (1336 to 1371. King (r. 1346–55) and 2nd Tsar (r. 1355–71) of the Serbian Empire)
• Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy (1914 to 2001. Former Italian princess)

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