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January 4 birthdays

310 notable historical figures were born on January 4, and 219 died on this day. Everyone born on January 4 is a Capricorn.

17% of January 4 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (71) than any other country.

Born on January 4

• Toni Kroos (born 1990. German footballer (born 1990))
• Don Shula (1930 to 2020. American football player and coach (1930–2020))
• Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943. American biographer and historian (born 1943))
• Brian Josephson (born 1940. British physicist (born 1940))
• C. L. R. James (1901 to 1989. Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901–1989))
• Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785 to 1831. Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
• Gao Xingjian (born 1940. Chinese novelist, critic, playwright and Nobel laureate)
• Augustus John (1878 to 1961. Welsh painter (1878–1961))
• Marie-Louise von Franz (1915 to 1998. Swiss Jungian analyst and scholar (1915–1998))
• Zurab Tsereteli (1934 to 2025. Georgian artist (1934–2025))
• Katsura Tarō (1848 to 1913. Japanese general and politician (1848–1913))
• Elizabeth of Portugal (1271 to 1336. Queen of Portugal from 1282 to 1325, Catholic saint)
• Malietoa Tanumafili II (1913 to 2007. O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa from 1962 to 2007)
• Shobhana Bhartia (born 1957. Indian businesswoman (born 1957))
• Ramsey Campbell (born 1946. English author (born 1946))
• Emilia Sykes (born 1986. American politician (born 1986))
• Paul Virilio (1932 to 2018. French philosopher, cultural theorist, and urbanist)
• May-Britt Moser (born 1963. Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist (born 1963))
• Amos Hochstein (born 1973. American businessman and diplomat (b. 1973))
• Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh (born 1989. South African author, musician and activist)
• Josef Suk (composer) (1874 to 1935. Czech composer and violinist (1874–1935))
• Helmut Jahn (1940 to 2021. German and American architect (1940–2021))
• Doreen Valiente (1922 to 1999. English Wiccan writer (1922–1999))
• Cleopa Msuya (1931 to 2025. Prime Minister of Tanzania (1980–1983, 1994-1995))
• Alnur Mussayev (born 1954. Kazakh intelligence officer and politician (born 1954))
• Gianni Vattimo (1936 to 2023. Italian philosopher and politician (1936–2023))
• Aaron Burr Sr. (1716 to 1757. Father of Aaron Burr and President of Princeton University (1716–1757))
• James Milner (born 1986. English footballer (born 1986))
• Dave Malloy (born 1976. American composer and actor)
• Ramon Casas (1866 to 1932. Catalan artist (1866–1932))
• Rudolf Schuster (born 1934. President of Slovakia from 1999 to 2004)
• Emperor Zhezong (1077 to 1100. Emperor of Song China from 1085 to 1100)
• Muhammad V of Granada (1339 to 1391. Sultan of Granada (1354–1359, 1362–1391))
• Richard R. Schrock (born 1945. American chemist and Nobel laureate (born 1945))
• Rilès (born 1996. Franco-Algerian musician)
• Audrey Emery (1904 to 1971. Princess Romanovskaya-Ilyinskaya)
• Gopaldas Neeraj (1924 to 2018. Indian poet and author (1925–2018))
• Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (born 1988. 21st-century European aristocrat)
• Anna of Saxony (1836 to 1859. Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia)
• Prince Louis Lucien (1813 to 1891. French philologist and politician (1813–1891))
• George Tryon (1832 to 1893. British admiral (1832–1893))
• Martha Christina Tiahahu (1800 to 1818. Indonesian freedom fighter)
• Michael Nielsen (born 1974. Australian and Canadian physicist and writer (b.1974))
• Muhammad bin Fahd Al Saud (1950 to 2025. Saudi royal and government official (1950–2025))
• Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (born 1933. American writer (born 1933))
• Sarin Ronnakiat (born 1995. Thai actor (born 1995))
• Andrew Pyper (1968 to 2025. Canadian writer (1968–2025))
• Uzi Dayan (born 1948. Israeli politician)
• Nikolai Roslavets (1881 to 1944. Russian composer)
• Michael Hoenig (born 1952. German composer)
• Carlo Marochetti (1805 to 1867. French sculptor)
• Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1870 to 1935. Duchess of Braganza (Miguelist))
• Norman W. Walker (1886 to 1985. British businessman)
• Victor Wembanyama (born 2004. French basketball player (born 2004))
• Norman H. Bangerter (1933 to 2015. American politician (1933–2015))
• Stella Sigcau (1937 to 2006. South African politician (1937–2006))
• Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé (1948 to 2021. Prime Minister of Mali (1948–2021))
• Adrián Barbón (born 1979. Spanish politician)
• Carlo, Duke of Calabria (1775 to 1778. Italian prince (1775-1778))
• Till Lindemann (born 1963. German singer (born 1963))

Died on January 4

• Albert Camus (1913 to 1960. French philosopher and writer (1913–1960))
• T. S. Eliot (1888 to 1965. Poet, essayist and playwright (1888–1965))
• Erwin Schrödinger (1887 to 1961. Austrian–Irish physicist (1887–1961))
• Alauddin Khalji (1266 to 1316. Sultan of Delhi from 1296 to 1316)
• Ali Reza Pahlavi (born 1966) (1966 to 2011. Iranian prince (1966–2011))
• Henri Bergson (1859 to 1941. French philosopher (1859–1941))
• Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943 to 2006. 2nd vice president, 1st and 3rd prime minister of the United Arab Emirates)
• Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916 to 2010. Japanese atomic bombing survivor)
• Louise, Princess Royal (1867 to 1931. British princess (1867–1931))
• Faida Hamdy (1984 to 2011. Tunisian street vendor who self-immolated in 2010, beginning the Tunisian Revolution)
• Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751 to 1825. King of Naples and Sicily (r. 1759–1799; 1799–1806; 1815–1825))
• Margherita of Savoy (1851 to 1926. Queen of Italy from 1878 to 1900)
• Moses Mendelssohn (1729 to 1786. German philosopher and theologian (1729–1786))
• Alfred von Schlieffen (1833 to 1913. German field marshal)
• Georg von Hertling (1843 to 1919. Chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918)
• Marina Raskova (1912 to 1943. Soviet aviator (1912–1943))
• Marais Viljoen (1915 to 2007. President of South Africa from 1979 to 1984)
• Frederick I the Warlike (1370 to 1428. Margrave of Meissen & Elector of Saxony)
• Joan Copeland (1922 to 2022. American actress (1922–2022))
• Johan Ferrier (1910 to 2010. President of Suriname from 1975 to 1980)
• Bob Flanagan (performance artist) (1952 to 1996. American writer, poet, musician, performance artist, and comic)
• Johan Ludvig Heiberg (historian) (1854 to 1928. Danish philologist and historian)
• Eleanor Maguire (1970 to 2025. Irish neuroscientist (1970–2025))
• Frederick Selous (1851 to 1917. British explorer, and conservationist (1851–1917))
• Rajagopala Chidambaram (1936 to 2025. Indian physicist (1936–2025))
• Sanmao (writer) (1943 to 1991. Taiwanese novelist, translator and writer)
• Nora Ikstena (1969 to 2026. Latvian writer (1969–2026))
• Abdullah Shah Ghazi (718 to 769. 8th-century Muslim mystic and Sufi)
• John William Draper (1811 to 1882. British-academic (1811–1882))
• Sancho II of Portugal (1207 to 1248. King of Portugal from 1223 to 1247)

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