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September 4 birthdays

286 notable historical figures were born on September 4, and 175 died on this day. Everyone born on September 4 is a Virgo.

19% of September 4 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (71) than any other country.

Born on September 4

• Beyoncé (born 1981. American singer (born 1981))
• Al-Biruni (973 to 1048. Persian scholar and polymath (973–1050))
• Xavier Woods (born 1986. American professional wrestler (born 1986))
• Richard Wright (author) (1908 to 1960. American novelist and poet (1908–1960))
• Antonin Artaud (1896 to 1948. French artist, writer and actor (1896–1948))
• Dadabhai Naoroji (1825 to 1917. Indian politician, scholar and writer (1825–1917))
• Anton Bruckner (1824 to 1896. Austrian composer (1824–1896))
• François-René de Chateaubriand (1768 to 1848. French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848))
• Wanli Emperor (1563 to 1620. Emperor of China from 1572 to 1620)
• Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 1982. Icelandic musician and composer (born 1982))
• L. J. Smith (author) (1958 to 2025. American author (1958–2025))
• Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755 to 1810. Swedish count, marshal and general (1755–1810))
• Ivan Illich (1926 to 2002. Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002))
• Judea Pearl (born 1936. American computer scientist (born 1936))
• Daniel Burnham (1846 to 1912. American architect and urban designer (1846– 1912))
• Shinya Yamanaka (born 1962. Japanese stem cell researcher (born 1962))
• Kenzō Tange (1913 to 2005. Japanese architect (1913–2005))
• Mary Renault (1905 to 1983. British novelist (1905–1983))
• Kārlis Ulmanis (1877 to 1942. Dictator of Latvia from 1936 to 1940)
• Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula) (39 to 41. Daughter of Roman emperor Caligula (AD 39–41))
• Darius Milhaud (1892 to 1974. French composer, conductor and teacher (1892–1974))
• Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874 to 1940. French prince; pretender to the French throne)
• Alex Michaelides (born 1977. Author and screenwriter (b. 1977))
• William, Prince of Orange (1840 to 1879. Dutch prince (1840–1879))
• Paul LaCamera (born 1963. U.S. Army general)
• Felix V (1383 to 1451. Savoyard nobleman and antipope (1383–1451))
• Aspasia Manos (1896 to 1972. Morganatic spouse of King Alexander of Greece (1896–1972))
• Giorgi Margvelashvili (born 1969. 4th President of Georgia (2013–2018))
• Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557 to 1631. Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1572 to 1588)
• Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1729 to 1796. Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1752 to 1766)
• Juliusz Słowacki (1809 to 1849. Polish Romantic poet (1809–1849))
• Mihailo Obrenović III (1823 to 1868. Prince of Serbia (1839–1842, 1860–1868))
• Vince Dooley (1932 to 2022. American college football coach and administrator (1932–2022))
• Elias Hrawi (1926 to 2006. President of Lebanon from 1989 to 1998)
• Louis, Dauphin of France (1729 to 1765. Heir to the French throne (1729–1765))
• Pál Maléter (1917 to 1958. 20th-century Hungarian military officer and leader of the 1956 revolution)
• Claudia Rankine (born 1963. Jamaican-American poet, essayist, and playwright (born 1963))
• Juraj Herz (1934 to 2018. Slovak film director (1934–2018))
• Peter Fendi (1796 to 1842. Austrian artist (1796–1842))
• Karl Seitz (1869 to 1950. Austrian politician (1869-1950))
• Natalie Diaz (born 1978. American poet (born 1978))
• Sabina Yasmin (born 1954. Bangladeshi singer (born 1954))
• Lamine Bey (1881 to 1962. Ruler of Tunisia from 1943 to 1957)
• Shailesh Vara (born 1960. British Conservative politician)
• Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (1800 to 1873. Queen of Württemberg from 1820 to 1864)
• Pinklao (1808 to 1866. Viceroy of Siam (1808–1866))
• Michał Rola-Żymierski (1890 to 1989. Marshal of Poland)
• Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani (born 1986. Qatari royal)
• Ninomiya Sontoku (1787 to 1856. Japanese agriculturalist)
• Marvin Griffin (1907 to 1982. American politician (1907–1982))
• Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573 to 1626. Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg)
• Louis-Vincent-Joseph Le Blond de Saint-Hilaire (1766 to 1809. French general (1766–1809))
• Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809 to 1896. Italian politician, scientist and mathematician (1809–1896))
• Marcelo Azcárraga (1832 to 1915. Spanish politician (1832–1915))
• Manuel Montt (1809 to 1880. President of Chile from 1851 to 1861)
• Carmen Boullosa (born 1954. Mexican poet, novelist and playwright)
• Wanis al-Qaddafi (1924 to 1986. Prime Minister of Libya from 1968 to 1969)
• Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet (1843 to 1911. British politician (1843–1911))
• Charles I of Zweibrücken- Birkenfeld (1560 to 1600. Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld)
• Helmuth Plessner (1892 to 1985. German philosopher and sociologist (1892–1985))

Died on September 4

• Joan Rivers (1933 to 2014. American entertainer (1933–2014))
• Albert Schweitzer (1875 to 1965. German polymath (1875–1965))
• Edvard Grieg (1843 to 1907. Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907))
• Joan Clarke (1917 to 1996. English cryptanalyst (1917–1996))
• Georges Simenon (1903 to 1989. Belgian writer (1903–1989))
• Creighton Abrams (1914 to 1974. United States Army general (1914–1974))
• Robert Schuman (1886 to 1963. Luxembourg-born French statesman (1886–1963))
• Tom Tryon (1926 to 1991. American actor and novelist (1926–1991))
• Steve Irwin (1962 to 2006. Australian conservationist (1962–2006))
• Peter Straub (1943 to 2022. American novelist and poet (1943–2022))
• William Kunstler (1919 to 1995. American attorney and civil rights activist (1919–1995))
• Festival of Santa Rosalia (1130 to 1170. Patron saint of Palermo, Italy)
• Tughril I (990 to 1063. Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1037 to 1063)
• E. F. Schumacher (1911 to 1977. British statistician and economist (1911–1977))
• Gegeen Khan (1302 to 1323. Emperor of Yuan Dynasty from 1320 to 1323)
• Charles D. B. King (1875 to 1961. President of Liberia from 1920 to 1930)
• Walter Kaufmann (philosopher) (1921 to 1980. German-American philosopher (1921–1980))
• Dharamvir Bharati (1926 to 1997. Indian Hindi poet and author (1926–1997))
• Ferid Murad (1936 to 2023. American physician and pharmacologist (1936–2023))
• Aldo Rossi (1931 to 1997. Italian architect (1931–1997))
• Boniface I, Marquis of Montferrat (1150 to 1207. 9th Marquis of Montferrat (r. 1192–1207); leader of the Fourth Crusade)
• Joseph McNeil (1942 to 2025. United States Air Force general (1942–2025))
• Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach (1687 to 1748. German noble (1683–1742))
• Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741 to 1759. British princess (1741–1759))
• Vladimir Arsenyev (1872 to 1930. Russian and Soviet explorer, ethnographer and writer (1872–1930))
• Bermudo II of León (953 to 999. King of León from 984 to 999)
• Indra, Crown Princess of Nepal (1924 to 1950. Crown Princess of Nepal)
• Leon Rupnik (1880 to 1946. Slovenian general (1880–1946))
• Martin Johnson Heade (1819 to 1904. American painter (1819–1904))
• Giorgio Armani (1934 to 2025. Italian fashion designer (1934–2025))

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