November 4 – Famous Birthdays
Matthew McConaughey (MOVIE ACTOR) 1969
Sean Combs (RAPPER) 1969
Jean-Luc Bilodeau (TV ACTOR) 1990
November 4 – Famous Birthdays:
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 – Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Filipino painter (d. 1969)
1912 – Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1983)
1913 – Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)
1914 – Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957) (d. 1957)
1915 – Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (d. 2015)
1915 – Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician (d. 1973)
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)
1928 – Eugenio Lopez Jr., Filipino businessman and chairman of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (d. 1999)
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 (d. 2017)
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 – Barry Crocker, Australian singer, actor, and television host
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 – 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 – 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 novelist
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 – 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
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)
1964 – Kurt Krakowian, American actor
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 – Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano
1970 – Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1971 – Gregory Porter, American jazz singer-songwriter and actor
1971 – Tabu, Indian actress
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 – James Dale Ritchie, American serial killer (d. 2016)
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
1980 – Dan Stoenescu, Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist
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
1986 – Suhas Gopinath, Indian businessman
1986 – Alexz Johnson, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
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
1988 – David Mead, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1988 – Dez Bryant, American football player
1988 – Nathan Ross, Australian rugby league player
1990 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
1991 – Lesley Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player
1992 – Julian Wießmeier, German footballer
1992 – Yurii Bieliaiev, Belarusian ice dancer
1992 – Hiroki Nakada, Japanese footballer
1993 – Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast
1994 – Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer
1996 – Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
1996 – Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
1996 – John Olive, Australian rugby league player
1997 – Bea Binene, Filipina television actress
