January 4 - Births

Births

1077 – Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)
1334 – Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)
1341 – Wat Tyler leader of the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381 (d. 1381)
1581 – James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (d. 1656)
1643 – Sir Isaac Newton, Experimental Philosopher (d. 1727)
1664 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
1672 – Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)
1710 – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. 1736)
1720 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (d. 1774)
1735 – Claude Martin, French then British General (d. 1800)
1785 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (one of the Brothers Grimm) (d. 1863)
1809 – Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (d. 1852)
1813 – Isaac Pitman, English inventor (d. 1897)
1832 – George Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893)
1838 – Charles Sherwood Stratton, American circus performer (d. 1883)
1839 – Carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896)
1842 – Frederic T. Greenhalge, American politician and 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1848 – Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
1858 – Carter Glass, American politician (d. 1946)
1869 – Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)
1870 – Percy Pitt, English organist and conductor (d. 1932)
1872 – Ottilie Sutro, American duo-pianist with her sister Rose Sutro (d. 1970)
1874 – Josef Suk, Czech composer (d. 1935)
1878 – A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer (d. 1957)
1878 – Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)
1881 – Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)
1882 – Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943)
1883 – Max Eastman, American writer (d. 1969)
1889 – Patanjali Sastri, second Chief Justice of India
1891 – Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)
1892 – Maria Diaz Cortes, Spanish supercentarian (d. 2009)
1893 – Yone Minagawa, Japanese supercentarian (d. 2007)
1894 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)
1895 – Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)
1896 – Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)
1896 – André Masson, French artist (d. 1987)
1900 – James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)
1901 – C. L. R. James, Trinidadian writer and journalist (d. 1989)
1902 – John McCone, American businessman, civil servant, and 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991)
1905 – Sterling Holloway, American Character Actor (d. 1992)
1910 – Arthur Villeneuve, Quebec painter (d. 1990)
1913 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa (d. 2007)
1914 – Herman Franks, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1915 – Meg Mundy, American actress
1916 – Slim Gaillard, American jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, inventor of the conlang called "Vout" (d. 1991)
1916 – Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)
1916 – Robert Parrish, American film editor and director (d. 1995)
1920 – William Colby, American intelligence officer and 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996)
1922 – Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (d. 1997)
1923 – Don Butterfield, American jazz and classical tuba player (d. 2006)
1924 – Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (d. 1993)
1925 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (d. 2003)
1927 – Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman
1927 – Barbara Rush, American actress
1930 – Sorrell Booke, American actor (d. 1994)
1930 – Don Shula, American football coach
1930 – Herbert O. Sparrow, Canadian politician (d. 2012)
1931 – Sir William Deane, Governor-General of Australia
1931 – Adi Lady Lala Mara, First Lady of Fiji (d. 2004)
1932 – Alfred C. Haynes, American pilot
1932 – Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (d. 1998)
1932 – Carlos Saura, Spanish director
1933 – Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia
1933 – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, American author
1934 – Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia
1935 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006)
1937 – Grace Bumbry, American singer
1937 – Dyan Cannon, American actress
1937 – Mick O'Connell, Gaelic footballer
1940 – Helmut Jahn, German architect
1940 – Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel laureate
1940 – Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate
1941 – John Bennett Perry, American actor
1941 – George Pan Cosmatos, Greek film director (d. 2005)
1941 – Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (d. 1999)
1941 – Maureen Reagan, American political activist (d. 2001)
1941 – Joe Renzetti, American film composer
1942 – John McLaughlin, English jazz guitarist
1943 – Doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer
1943 – Hwang Sok-yong, Korean writer
1944 – Charlie Manuel, American baseball player and manager
1945 – Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer
1945 – Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1946 – Arthur Conley, American singer (d. 2003)
1946 – Dr.S.Rajasekharan, Indian poet and critic
1947 – Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
1947 – Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter
1948 – Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, first female Malian prime minister
1948 – Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (d. 1992)
1948 – Wolfgang Mulack, German footballer
1948 – Eugeniusz Wycisło, Polish politician
1950 – John Louis Evans, American convicted murderer (d. 1983)
1951 – Bob Black, American author, anarchist
1951 – Barbara Cochran, American alpine skier
1951 – Ronald Corp, English composer, conductor and Church of England priest
1953 – Norberto Alonso, Argentine footballer
1953 – Dirk Heun, German footballer
1953 – Andreas Vgenopoulos, Greek businessman
1953 – James Warren, American journalist
1954 – Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician (Shockabilly)
1954 – Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, mother of Beyoncé
1955 – Mark Hollis, English musician and composer (Talk Talk)
1956 – Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer (Wilco)
1956 – Bernard Sumner, English musician (Joy Division, New Order, Electronic)
1957 – Patty Loveless, American singer
1957 – Gurdas Maan, Punjabi singer, actor, lyricist
1958 – Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist
1958 – Matt Frewer, American actor
1958 – Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor
1958 – Julian Sands, English actor
1959 – Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist
1960 – Art Paul Schlosser, American comedian,singer and song writer
1960 – Michael Stipe, American singer (R.E.M. and Automatic Baby)
1960 – April Winchell, American actress
1961 – Lee Curreri, American actor
1961 – Sidney Green, American basketball player
1962 – Harlan Coben, American author
1962 – Laila Eloui, Egyptian actress
1962 – Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist (Cocteau Twins)
1962 – Joe Kleine, American basketball player
1962 – André Rouvoet, Dutch politician
1962 – Peter Steele, American musician (Type O Negative, Carnivore and Fallout) (d. 2010)
1963 – Dave Foley, Canadian comedian and actor
1963 – Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein and First Arsch)
1964 – Nikos Thanopoulos, Greek businessman
1964 – Tom Westman, American reality-show contestant on Survivor: Palau
1964 – Dot Jones, American athlete and actress
1965 – Yvan Attal, French actor and director
1965 – Guy Forget, French tennis player
1965 – Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead)
1965 – Rick Hearst, American actor
1965 – Cait O'Riordan, British musician (The Pogues)
1965 – Julia Ormond, English actress
1965 – Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-British choreographer, dancer and theatre director
1966 – Deana Carter, American singer
1967 – David Berman, American poet and singer/songwriter (Silver Jews and Ectoslavia)
1967 – Johnny Nelson, English boxer
1967 – Marina Orsini, Canadian actress
1967 – David Toms, American golfer
1968 – Mike Wilpolt, American arena football head coach
1969 – Corie Blount, American basketball player
1969 – Kees van Wonderen, Dutch footballer
1970 – Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)
1971 – Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese artist, sculptor
1972 – Charlotte Hudson, British television presenter
1972 – James Longley, American documentary filmmaker
1973 – Greg de Vries, Canadian hockey player
1973 – Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
1973 – Harmony Korine, American film director and artist
1974 – Danilo Hondo, German cyclist
1974 – Ian Moor, English singer
1974 – Armin Zöggeler, Italian luger
1975 – Shane Carwin, American mixed martial artist
1975 – Jill Marie Jones, American actress
1976 – Benoît Joachim, Luxembourgish cyclist
1976 – Ted Lilly, American baseball player
1977 – Irán Castillo, Mexican actress
1977 – David Millar, British cyclist
1977 – Dan Shanahan, Irish hurler
1977 – Tim Wheeler, Irish singer (Ash)
1978 – Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakian tennis player
1978 – Mai Meneses, Spanish singer
1979 – Shergo Biran, German footballer
1979 – Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver
1979 – Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used)
1979 – Charity Rahmer, American actress
1980 – Greg Cipes, American actor
1980 – Bobbi Eden, Dutch pornographic actress
1980 – Alexandra Jiménez, Spanish actress
1980 – Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
1980 – Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist
1981 – Silvy De Bie, Belgian singer
1981 – Hitomi Obara, Japanese wrestler
1982 – Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress
1982 – Richard Logan, English footballer
1982 – Lucie Škrobáková, Czech athlete
1983 – Gemma Hunt, English TV presenter
1983 – Spencer Chamberlain, American musician (Underoath and This Runs Through)
1985 – Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver
1986 – Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis player
1986 – James Milner, English footballer
1986 – Steve Slaton, American football player
1988 – Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer
1988 – Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer
1989 – Jeff Gyasi, Nigerian footballer
1989 – Graham Rahal, American race car driver
1990 – Toni Kroos, German footballer
1990 – Iago Falqué, Spanish footballer
1990 – Melissa Long, American journalist
1990 – Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer
1991 – Tal al-Mallohi, Syrian blogger and activist
1991 – Stefan Nenadović, Montenegrin footballer
1991 – Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress
1995 – Maria Isabel, Spanish singer
1996 – Jade Jones, English wheelchair racer
2000 – Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress