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July 4 birthdays

303 notable historical figures were born on July 4, and 199 died on this day. Everyone born on July 4 is a Cancer.

18% of July 4 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (63) than any other country.

Born on July 4

• Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926 to 2014. Argentine footballer (1926–2014))
• Calvin Coolidge (1872 to 1933. President of the United States from 1923 to 1929)
• Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 to 1882. Italian patriot and general (1807–1882))
• Tracy Letts (born 1965. American actor and screenwriter)
• Gina Lollobrigida (1927 to 2023. Italian actress (1927–2023))
• Edi Rama (born 1964. Prime Minister of Albania since 2013)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 to 1864. American author (1804–1864))
• Murad III (1546 to 1595. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1595)
• Neil Simon (1927 to 2018. American playwright, writer, and academic (1927–2018))
• Queen Sonja (born 1937. Queen of Norway since 1991)
• Oscar I of Sweden (1799 to 1859. King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to 1859)
• Álvaro Uribe (born 1952. President of Colombia from 2002 to 2010)
• Stephen Foster (1826 to 1864. American composer and songwriter (1826–1864))
• Laura Fernández Delgado (born 1986. President-elect of Costa Rica since 2026)
• Horatio Hornblower (1776 to ?. Protagonist of C. S. Forester's novels)
• Jenny Seagrove (born 1957. English actress (born 1957))
• Alluri Sitarama Raju (1897 to 1924. Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary)
• Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940) (1906 to 1940. Prussian prince and soldier (1906–1940))
• Thomas Nagel (born 1937. American philosopher (born 1937))
• Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868 to 1921. American astronomer (1868–1921))
• Susumu Kitagawa (born 1951. Japanese chemist)
• Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918 to 2006. King of Tonga from 1965 to 2006)
• Philippa of England (1394 to 1430. Queen of Norway, Sweden and Denmark (1394–1430))
• Chulabhorn (born 1957. Thai princess (born 1957))
• George Murphy (1902 to 1992. American actor and politician (1902–1992))
• Edmonia Lewis (1844 to 1907. American sculptor (1844–1907))
• Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (born 1979. Turkish businessman)
• Norman Manley (1893 to 1969. Premier of Jamaica from 1959 to 1962)
• Ruby Tandoh (born 1992. British baker)
• Thomas Bergersen (born 1980. Norwegian composer, founder of Two Steps from Hell.)
• Ulysses S. Grant III (1881 to 1968. American army officer and grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant (1881–1968))
• Eppie Lederer (1918 to 2002. American journalist)
• John Adams II (1803 to 1834. Son of U.S. President John Quincy Adams (1803–1834))
• Vojtech Tuka (1880 to 1946. Slovak politician)
• Robert Desnos (1900 to 1945. French writer)
• Devendra Kumar Joshi (born 1954. Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (born 1954))
• Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807 to 1890. Early State of California politician (1807–1890))
• Hamid Reza Pahlavi (1932 to 1992. Iranian royal)
• Nellie Grant (1855 to 1922. Daughter of President U.S. Grant (1855–1922))
• Vinny Castilla (born 1967. Mexican baseball player (born 1967))
• Dominic von Habsburg (born 1937. Carlist-Carloctavismo claimant to the Spanish throne)
• Aswathi Thirunal Gowri Lakshmi Bayi (born 1945. Indian writer (born 1945))
• Hermann Cohen (1842 to 1918. German philosopher (1842–1918))
• Gérard Debreu (1921 to 2004. French economist and Nobel laureate (1921–2004))
• Cathy Berberian (1925 to 1983. American mezzo-soprano and composer (1925–1983))
• Edward P. King (1884 to 1958. United States Army general)
• Álvaro Rincón (born 1954. Vice President of Colombia from 2018 to 2022)
• Bhagwati Charan Vohra (1904 to 1930. Indian revolutionary (1903–1930))
• Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924 to 2006. 37th President of Guatemala from 1978 to 1982)
• Slavenka Drakulić (1949 to 2026. Croatian journalist and novelist)
• Dmitry Belyayev (zoologist) (1917 to 1985. Russian geneticist and academic)
• Delia Fiallo (1924 to 2021. Cuban author and screenwriter (1924–2021))
• Slavica Đukić Dejanović (born 1951. Serbian politician)
• Susanne Wenger (1915 to 2009. Austrian-Nigerian artist (1915–2009))
• Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765 to 1840. French army officer and politician)
• Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (1801 to 1876. Portuguese princess)
• John Pendry (born 1943. British physicist)
• Jürgen Moser (1928 to 1999. German-American mathematician (1928–1999))
• Magdalene of Bavaria (1587 to 1628. Consort of Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1587–1628))
• Hubert Cecil Booth (1871 to 1955. English engineer)

Died on July 4

• Thomas Jefferson (1743 to 1826. Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809)
• Marie Curie (1867 to 1934. Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934))
• John Adams (1735 to 1826. Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801)
• James Monroe (1758 to 1831. Founding Father, U.S. president from 1817 to 1825)
• Swami Vivekananda (1863 to 1902. Indian monk and philosopher (1863–1902))
• Amin al-Husseini (1895 to 1974. Palestinian Arab nationalist (1897–1974))
• Otto von Habsburg (1912 to 2011. Heir to the Austrian throne (1912–2011))
• Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901 to 1925. Italian Catholic activist and saint (1901–1925))
• Marie de' Medici (1575 to 1642. Queen of France from 1600 to 1610)
• Abbas Kiarostami (1940 to 2016. Iranian filmmaker (1941–2016))
• Hannibal Hamlin (1809 to 1891. Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865)
• Jesse Helms (1921 to 2008. American politician (1921–2008))
• François-René de Chateaubriand (1768 to 1848. French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848))
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 to 1992. Argentine composer, bandoneon player and arranger (1921–1992))
• Pedro de Alvarado (1486 to 1541. Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala)
• Władysław Sikorski (1881 to 1943. Polish military and political leader (1881–1943))
• Benedict V (900 to 965. Head of the Catholic Church in 964)
• Gwangjong of Goryeo (925 to 975. King of Goryeo from 949 to 975)
• Taejo (877 to 943. King of Goryeo from 918 to 943)
• William Byrd (1543 to 1623. English Renaissance composer (c. 1540–1623))
• Georgette Heyer (1902 to 1974. English writer (1902–1974))
• Mary de Bohun (1369 to 1394. English noblewoman (c. 1369–1394))
• D. R. Kaprekar (1905 to 1986. Indian recreational mathematician (1905–1986))
• Thomas M. Disch (1940 to 2008. American sci-fi writer and poet (1940–2008))
• Elizabeth of Portugal (1271 to 1336. Queen of Portugal from 1282 to 1325, Catholic saint)
• Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873 to 1934. Hebrew poet, author, and editor (1873–1934))
• Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889 to 1963. New Zealand soldier and viceroy (1889–1963))
• Kanhoji Angre (1669 to 1729. Maratha Navy officer (1669–1729))
• Laurent Schwartz (1915 to 2002. French mathematician (1915–2002))
• Thomas Middleton (1580 to 1627. English playwright and poet (1580–1627))

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