Is December 4th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on December 4th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?
If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.
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December 4th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:
December 4th Birthdays: Famous Artists
Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (The Dock Worker), was born on December 4, 1897.
Wassily V. Kandinsky, Russian Abstract Painter (Compositions and Dreamy Inspiration), was born on December 4, 1866.
Alex North, American composer (Spartacus and Viva Zapata), was born on December 4, 1910.
John C. Portman, Jr., American designer and architect, was born on December 4, 1924. John Portman has been credited with designing the first multi-storied atrium hotels.
French cinematographer Claude Renoir (The River and The Spy Who Loved Me) was born on December 4, 1914. Claude Renoir’s father was painter Pierre Renoir.
December 4th Birthdays: Famous Athletes
Mike Barrowman, American kayaker, swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1992 and 1996), was born on December 4, 1968.
Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist (1988 and 1992), was born on December 4, 1964.
Edward Harvey Kuenn, American professional baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians , Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants) and manager (Milwaukee Brewers), was born on December 4, 1930.
Martha O’Kelley, American softball player and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on December 4, 1967.
December 4th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists
British author Samuel Butler (Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh), was born on December 4, 1835.
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian and author (Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, The French Revolution and Reminiscences), was born on December 4, 1795.
American Puritan and Congregational clergyman and author (The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,Milk for Babes, The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England and The Way of the Congregational Churches Cleared) John Cotton was born on December 4, 1584. A key founder of the Congregational Church of America, John Cotton was father-in-law to clergyman Increase Mather and grandfather to clergyman Cotton Mather, who was named for him.
German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke (Journal of My Other Self and Letter to a Young Poet) was born on December 4, 1875.
Chinese philosopher Fung Yu-lan (A History of Chinese Philosophy) was born on December 4, 1895.
December 4th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders
American entrepreneur Chester Greenwood was born on December 4, 1858. Chester Greenwood invented earmuffs, and the promotional matchbook. He held many other patents as well.
December 4th Birthdays: Famous Performers
Fred Armisen, American comedian, punk rock drummer (Blue Man Group, Those Bastard Souls and Trenchmouth) and actor (Adult Swim, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Crank Yankers, Deck the Halls, Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo, Eurotrip, The Ex, The Promotion, The Rocker and Saturday Night Live), was born on December 4, 1966.
Max Baer, Jr., American actor (The Beverly Hillbillies andMacon County Line), was born on December 4, 1937. Max Baer, Jr., was the son of famed boxing champion Max Baer.
Tyra Banks, model, actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel Airand Higher Learning) and television personality (America’s Next Top Model), was born on December 4, 1973.
Michael Bates, Indian actor (A Clockwork Orange and Patton), was born on December 4, 1920.
Alfons (Alphons) Berckmans, Flemish-British actor (Family Stastok), was born on December 4, 1912.
American actor Jeff Bridges (Against All Odds, American Heart, Blown Away, The Company She Keeps, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Fearless, The Fisher King, The Last Picture Show, Sea Hunt, Starman, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, The Vanishing, White Squall and Wild Bill) was born on December 4, 1949. Jeff Bridges is brother to actor Beau Bridges and son to actor Lloyd Bridges.
Orlando Brown, American actor (Eddie’s Last Hope, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook-Off, Family Matters, Inhumane Worker, Major Payne, Maniac Boss, Max Keeble’s Big Move, My Mother’s Angel, Safe House, Senseless at the Gate, That’s So Raven and Way Way Down South) and voice-over artist (Fillmore and The Proud Family), was born on December 4, 1987.
Horst Buchholz, German actor (Avalanche Express, Fanny, Faraway, The Magnificent Seven, Raid on Entebbe, The Savage Bees and So Close), was born on December 4, 1933.
John Cale, Welsh rock keyboardist, bassist and singer (Velvet Underground), was born on December 4, 1940.
American hip hop artist Shawn Corey (Jay-Z) Carter was born on December 4, 1969.
American actress Patti Chandler (Beach Blanket Bingo,Bikini Beach, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, Pajama Party and Ski Party) was born on December 4, 1943.
Ronald Balfour (Ronnie) Corbett, British comedian (Two Ronnies) and television personality (No – That’s Me Over Here and Sorry), was born on December 4, 1930.
Dena Dietrich, American actress (Adam’s Rib, Karen, The Practice and The Ropers), was born on December 4, 1928.
American grunge rock singer Vinnie Dombroski (Sponge) was born on December 4, 1962.
Deanna Durbin, Canadian singer and actress (100 Men and a Girl, Can’t Help Singing, It Started with Eve, Lady on a Train and Summer Stock), was born on December 4, 1921.
American actress Lindsay Marie Felton (3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain, Anna’s Dream, Caitlin’s Way, Grind, The Metro Chase , Scream Queens, Size ‘Em Up, Stray Dog, Thunder Alley and Two Star State of Mind) was born on December 4, 1984.
American actor Victor French (Carter Country, Choices, Get Smart, The Hero, Highway to Heaven, Little House on the Prairie, The Other and Spencer’s Mountain) was born on December 4, 1934.
Charles Frederick (Buck Jones) Gebhart, American actor (The Last Straw and War Horse) was born on December 4, 1889.
American rock bassist and singer Bob Griffin (The BoDeans) was born on December 4, 1959.
Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Gronemeyer, German rock singer (Luxus, Chaos, Luxus. OE and Spruenge) and actor (Control and Das Boot), was born on December 4, 1956.
Edward (Eddie) Heywood, Jr., American jazz pianist and composer (Canadian Sunset), was born on December 4, 1915. Eddie Heywood’s father, Edward Heyward, was also a popular jazz musician.
American rock bassist, mandolin player and singer Chris Hillman (The Byrds, Desert Rose Band, Flying Burrito Brothers, Golden State Boys, Green Grass Group, Hillmen, Manassas and Souther-Hillman Furay Band) was born on December 4, 1942.
Jennifer (Gemma) Jones, British actress (Bridget Jones’ Diary, The Duchess of Duke Street, Fall of Eagles, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Sense and Sensibility, Spooks, Wilde and The Winslow Boy), was born on December 4, 1942. Gemma Jones is sister to actor Nicholas Jones.
Bernard King, American professional basketball player (Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and Utah Jazz) and actor (Fast Break, Miami Vice and Ryan’s Hope), was born on December 4, 1956.
Helen Louise (Lillian Russell) Leonard, American singer, burlesque dancer and actress, (The Great Mogul and Wildfire), was born on December 4, 1861. Lillian Russell had a scandalous affair with American financier and philanthropist James Buchanan (Diamond Jim) Brady.
American rock singer John (Southside Johnny) Lyon (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes) was born on December 4, 1948.
James Arthur Thomas (Maurice Marsh or Jimmy Jewel) Marsh, British comedian. Radio personality (Up the Pole) and actor (Casualty, Funny Man, The Krays, Nearest and Dearest, One Foot in the Grave, Spring and Autumn and Worzel Gummidge), was born on December 4, 1909. Jimmy Jewel was cousin to actor Ben Warriss.
Winston Conrad (Wink) Martindale, American television personality (Can You Top This and Tic-Tac-Dough), was born on December 4, 1934.
Lila Elaine McCann, American country music singer (“Down Came a Blackbird,” “I Wanna Fall in Love” and “With You”), was born on December 4, 1981.
American rock bassist and singer Bob Mosley (Moby Grape) was born on December 4, 1942.
Nancy (Chelsea Noble) Mueller, American actress (Growing Pains, The Growing Pains Movie, Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers, Instant Karma, Left Behind: The Movie, Left Behind II: Tribulation Force, Left Behind: World at War, Star Struck and You Lucky Dog), was born on December 4, 1964. Chelsea Noble married actor Kirk Cameron.
Gerard Philipe, French actor (Caligula and Le Diable au Corps), was born on December 4, 1922.
American pop singer Frederick Anthony (Boom Boom, Little Freddy, Freddy Cannon or Freddy Karmon) Picariello (“Palisades Park,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll Baby,” “Tallahassee Lassie,” “Transistor Sister” and “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans”) was born on December 4, 1940.
Brian Prout, American country music singer (Diamond Rio), was born on December 4, 1955.
American actress Isabel Randolph (The Fuller Brush Girl and Our Miss Brooks) was born on December 4, 1889.
Jan Rietman, Dutch radio and television personality, was born on December 4, 1950.
American rock guitarist and singer Gary Robert Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Rossington Collins Band), was born on December 4, 1951.
Rob Smits, Dutch rock drummer (Kong and Phlegm), was born on December 4, 1965.
Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand actress (Saturday Night Live and Superman), was born on December 4, 1950.
Dutch actress Liesbeth Struppert (The Diary of Anne Frank) was born on December 4, 1938.
American actor Kevin Sussman (A.I., Almost Famous, Burn After Reading, Changing Lanes, Funny Money, Hitch, Kissing Jessica Stein, Liberty Heights, Little Black Book, Made of Honor, Sweet Home Alabama and Ugly Betty) was born on December 4, 1970.
Timothy Henry (Tony) Todd, American actor (24, Beastmaster: The Eye of Braxas, Boston Public, Boy Meets World, Candyman, The Crow, Final Destination, Night of the Living Dead, Platoon, The Rock, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and Wishmaster) and film producer, was bornon December 4, 1954.
Marisa Tomei, American actress (As the World Turns, Chaplin, A Different World, The Flamingo Kid, My Cousin Vinny, Oscar, The Paper and Untamed Heart) and Academy Award winner (1993), was born on December 4, 1964.
Karel van de Graf, Dutch television personality, was born on December 4, 1950.
Patricia Wettig, American actress (City Slickers, Stephen King’s The Langoliers and ThirtySomething), was born on December 4, 1951.
Dennis Wilson, American pop drummer, keyboardist and singer (The Beach Boys), was born on December 4, 1944.
American jazz singer and songwriter Cassandra Wilson was born on December 4, 1955.
Irish folk mandolin player Terry Woods (Dr. Strangely’s StrangeThe Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney’s Men and The Woods Band) was born on December 4, 1947.
December 4th Birthdays: Famous Scientists
Edith Louisa Cavell, British nurse and World War I heroine, was born on December 4, 1865.
Michael Anthony Gerzon, British mathematician and digital audio pioneer, was born on December 4, 1945.
Alfred Day Hershey, American microbiologist, virologist and Nobel Prize winner (1969), was born on December 4, 1908.
December 4th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde, Spanish dictator, was born on December 4, 1892.
American Marine pilot Gregory (Pappy) Boyington was born on December 4, 1912. As commander of the famous Black Sheep Squadron in World War II, Pappy Boyington received the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor.
Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, King of Yugoslavia, was born on December 4, 1888.
Brazilian President Emilio Medici was born on December 4, 1905.
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, President of India, was born on December 4, 1910.
Native American tribal leader Thasunka (Crazy Horse) Witko was born on December 4, 1849. Crazy Horse led the Oglala Lakota tribe.
South Korean President Roh Tae Woo was born on December 4, 1932.
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