4 November Births

November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56)

1448 – Alfonso II of Naples (d. 1495)
1575 – Guido Reni, Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1642)
1618 – Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (d. 1707)
1631 – Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1660)
1640 – Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1697)
1650 – William III of England (d. 1702)
1661 – Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1742)
1740 – Augustus Toplady, English cleric and composer (d. 1778)
1765 – Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1836)
1809 – Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1874)
1816 – Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer and jurist 5th Chief Justice of California (d. 1899)
1821 – Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer and businessman (d. 1915)
1836 – Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (d. 1912)
1853 – Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (d. 1924)
1862 – Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director (d. 1932)
1868 – La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965)
1873 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1939)
1874 – Charles Despiau, French sculptor (d. 1946)
1879 – Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1935)
1883 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1953)
1884 – Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor (d. 1960)
1887 – Janaki Ammal, Indian botanist and geneticist (d. 1984)
1887 – Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (d. 1975)
1890 – Klabund, German author and poet (d. 1928)
1896 – Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (d. 1971)
1897 – Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1968)
1900 – Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954)
1901 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
1904 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (d. 1967)
1905 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator (d. 2007)
1906 – Sterling North, American author and critic (d. 1974)
1908 – Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (d. 1997)
1908 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1909 – Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot (d. 2012)
1909 – Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (d. 1974)
1909 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (d. 1986)
1911 – Dixie Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1952)
1912 – Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978)
1912 – Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1983)
1913 – Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)
1915 – Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (d. 2015)
1916 – John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
1916 – Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (d. 2009)
1916 – Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie (d. 2002)
1918 – Art Carney, American actor (d. 2003)
1918 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994)
1919 – Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1919 – Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (d. 2015)
1921 – Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (d. 2004)
1922 – Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1923 – Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)
1923 – Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
1923 – Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (d. 2001)
1925 – Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (d. 2013)
1925 – Doris Roberts, American actress (d. 2016)
1926 – Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (d. 2007)
1928 – Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphone player (d. 2005)
1928 – Hannah Weiner, American poet and author (d. 1997)
1929 – Anastasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop
1929 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (d. 2013)
1930 – James E. Brewton, American painter (d. 1967)
1930 – Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (d. 2015)
1930 – Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster
1930 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
1931 – Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal
1932 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (d. 2004)
1932 – Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1933 – Tito Francona, American baseball player
1933 – Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (d. 2011)
1935 – Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer
1936 – C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator (d. 2015)
1937 – Loretta Swit, American actress and singer
1937 – Michael Wilson, Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance
1939 – Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator
1939 – Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (d. 2015)
1940 – Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter
1940 – Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author
1941 – Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic
1942 – Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic
1943 – Clark Graebner, American tennis player
1943 – Sundar Popo, Indo-Trinidadian Chutney musician (d. 2000)
1943 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver and skier (d. 2001)
1946 – Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
1946 – Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
1946 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
1947 – Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager (d. 2003)
1947 – Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach
1947 – Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor
1947 – Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Alexei Ulanov, Russian figure skater
1947 – Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach
1948 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (d. 2014)
1948 – Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali
1949 – Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author
1950 – Charles Frazier, American author
1950 – Markie Post, American actress
1950 – Nik Powell, English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group
1951 – Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
1952 – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
1953 – Mick Buckley, English footballer (d. 2013)
1953 – P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
1953 – Rick Green, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
1953 – Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations
1953 – Van Stephenson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1953 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
1953 – Marvel Williamson, American nurse and academic
1954 – Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1955 – Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar
1955 – Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
1956 – Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter
1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1982)
1956 – Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter
1957 – Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
1957 – Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician
1957 – Aleksandr Tkachyov, Russian gymnast and coach
1958 – Lee Jasper, English activist and politician
1958 – Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman
1959 – Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman
1960 – Marc Awodey, American painter and poet
1960 – Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
1961 – Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor
1961 – Edward Knight, American composer and academic
1961 – Ralph Macchio, American actor
1961 – Jeff Probst, American television host and producer
1961 – Steve Rotheram, English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
1961 – Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1962 – Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor
1963 – Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist
1963 – Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and television host (d. 1999)
1964 – Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2016)
1965 – Pata, Japanese guitarist
1965 – Jeff Scott Soto, American singer-songwriter
1965 – Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
1967 – Daisuke Asakura, Japanese songwriter and producer
1967 – Yılmaz Erdoğan, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
1967 – Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 – Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer
1968 – Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author, critic, and educator
1968 – Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1968 – Lee Germon, New Zealand cricketer
1969 – Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor
1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
1970 – Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (d. 2003)
1970 – Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano
1970 – Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1972 – Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
1975 – Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player
1975 – Mikki Moore, American basketball player
1975 – Orlando Pace, American football player
1975 – Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (d. 2010)
1976 – Daniel Bahr, German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
1976 – Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver
1976 – Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
1976 – Kenji Osawa, Japanese mixed martial artist and educator
1976 – Makoto Tamada, Japanese motorcycle racer
1976 – Peter Van Houdt, Belgian footballer
1977 – Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
1978 – John Grabow, American baseball player
1980 – Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)
1980 – Richard Owens, American football player and coach
1981 – Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer
1981 – Vince Wilfork, American football player
1982 – Devin Hester, American football player
1982 – Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (d. 2009)
1983 – Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (d. 2014)
1984 – Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player
1984 – Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer
1985 – Marcell Jansen, German footballer
1985 – Miki Miyamura, Japanese tennis player
1985 – Ryan Nemeth, American wrestler
1986 – Suhas Gopinath, Indian businessman
1986 – Szymon Pawłowski, Polish footballer
1986 – Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver
1987 – Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer
1987 – Laura Geitz, Australian netball player
1987 – Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer
1987 – T.O.P, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
1988 – Nathan Ross, Australian rugby league player
1991 – Lesley Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player
1992 – Julian Wießmeier, German footballer
1993 – Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast
1994 – Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer
1996 – Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
1996 – John Olive, Australian rugby league player

Source: Wikipedia