History Births on January 04

Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Dyan_Cannon

Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon

#Tina_Knowles

Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1727)

#Isaac_Newton

William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia

#William_Deane

Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor

#Matt_Frewer

Emperor Zhezong of China (d. 1100)

#Emperor_Zhezong

Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)

#Arthur_Conley

Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (d. 1742)

#Lars_Roberg

Kris Bryant, American baseball player

#Kris_Bryant

Julia Ormond, English actress and producer

#Julia_Ormond

John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991)

#John_A._McCone

Co?kun Özar?, Turkish footballer and coach (d. 2011)

#Co?kun_Özar?

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)

#Wilhelm_Lehmbruck

Katsura Tar?, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)

#Katsura_Tar?

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist (d. 1736)

#Giovanni_Battista_Pergolesi

Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer

#Miguel_Monteiro

James Milner, English footballer

#James_Milner

A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer (d. 1957)

#A._E._Coppard

Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)

#Edward_Brooker

Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer

#Gökhan_Gönül

Toni Kroos, German footballer

#Toni_Kroos

Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (d. 1982)

#Leroy_Grumman

Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (d. 1383)

#Amadeus_VI,_Count_of_Savoy

Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (d. 2003)

#Veikko_Hakulinen

Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013)

#Khondakar_Ashraf_Hossain

William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996)

#William_Colby

André Masson, French painter and illustrator (d. 1987)

#André_Masson

David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist

#David_Toms

Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Patty_Loveless

Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (d. 1943)

#Marsden_Hartley

Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator (d. 1961)

#Augustus_John

Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (d. 1961)

#Johanna_Westerdijk

Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Richard_R._Schrock

Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director

#Craig_Revel_Horwood

Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer

#Dave_Foley

Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)

#Everett_Dirksen

Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer (d. 1896)

#Carl_Humann

Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player

#Dominik_Hrbatý

Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author

#Doris_Kearns_Goodwin

Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (d. 2015)

#Günter_Schabowski

Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano

#Grace_Bumbry

Al Jefferson, American basketball player

#Al_Jefferson

Barbara Rush, American actress

#Barbara_Rush

Liza Soberano, Filipina actress

#Liza_Soberano

Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1935)

#Josef_Suk_(composer)

Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish author (d. 1928)

#Clara_Emilia_Smitt

Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist

#Ann_Magnuson

Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)

#Sterling_Holloway

Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (d. 1538)

#Bodo_VIII,_Count_of_Stolberg-Wernigerode

Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (d. 1863)

#Jacob_Grimm

Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Deana_Carter

Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator (d. 1897)

#Isaac_Pitman

Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer

#Norberto_Alonso

General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (d. 1883)

#General_Tom_Thumb

Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter

#Carlos_Saura

John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter

#John_McLaughlin_(musician)

Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1946)

#Carter_Glass

Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator (d. 1958)

#Guy_Pène_du_Bois

Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (d. 1965)

#Chen_Cheng

Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006)

#Floyd_Patterson

Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Brian_Josephson

Marianne Werner, German shot putter

#Marianne_Werner

Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852)

#Louis_Braille

Max Eastman, American author and poet (d. 1969)

#Max_Eastman

M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India (d. 1963)

#M._Patanjali_Sastri

Ante Žiži?, Croatian basketball player

#Ante_Žiži?

George Tryon, English admiral (d. 1893)

#George_Tryon

Guy Forget, French tennis player

#Guy_Forget

Hugh Boulter, English-Irish archbishop (d. 1742)

#Hugh_Boulter

James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1989)

#James_Bond_(ornithologist)

C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist (d. 1989)

#C._L._R._James

Clint Hill, American secret service agent and author

#Clint_Hill_(Secret_Service)

Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Bernard_Sumner

Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician

#Zehava_Gal-On

Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Gao_Xingjian

Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia

#Rudolf_Schuster

Slim Gaillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)

#Slim_Gaillard

Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Michael_Stipe

James Ussher, Irish archbishop and historian (d. 1656)

#James_Ussher

Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player

#Susan_Devoy

Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali

Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (d. 1992)

Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic

Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator

Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigerian political scientist, academic, and politician

Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (d. 1999)

George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2005)

Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (d. 1994)

Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

Robert Parrish, American actor and director (d. 1995)

Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)

Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007)

Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1960)

Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (d. 1774)