September 4

1736 Robert Raikes England, Sunday school pioneer
1768 Fran‡ois Ren‚ de Chateaubriand France, poet/novelist/statesman
1802 Marcus Whitman missionary, led to US securing Oregon
1803 Sarah Childress Polk 1st lady
1810 Donald McKay US naval architect, built fastest clipper ships
1824 Anton Bruckner Austria, Wagner disciple & monumental bore
1824 Phoebe Cary Cincinnati, American poet (Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary)
1825 Dadabhai Naoroji 1st Indian in British parliament
1846 Daniel Burnham US, architect/built skyscrapers
1872 Darius Milhaud Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien)
19– Kim Thayll Wash, rock guitarist (Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger)
19– Mark Tapscott actress (Young & Restless)
1901 Paul Osborn playwright (Mornings at 7)
1902 Lorna Johnstone England, equestrian dressage (Olympic-13th-1968)
1904 Hjordis T”pel Sweden, diving/4 X 100m relay (Olympic-bronze-1924)
1907 Leo Castelli Trieste, American art dealer
1908 Richard Wright US, author (Native Son, Uncle Tom’s Children)
1912 Alexander Liberman editor/painter/photographer (639)
1915 Dick Thomas Phila Pa, TV host (Village Barn)
1917 Henry Ford II automaker (Ford)
1918 Gerald Wilson Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx)
1918 Paul Harvey Tulsa Okla, news commentator (The rest of the story)
1918 William Talbert tennis doubles champ (US 1942, 45, 46, 48)
1919 Howard Morris NYC, comedic actor (High Anxiety)
1920 Craig Claiborne food columnist (NY Times Cookbook)
1926 Robert J Lagomarsino (Rep-R-Ca)
1928 Dick York Fort Wayne Ind, actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind)
1928 Donald E Petersen Minn, exec (Ford Motors)
1929 Thomas Eagleton (Sen-D-Mo, Dem VP candidate 1972)
1933 Richard Castellano Bronx, actor (Godfather, Lovers & Other Strangers)
1937 Dawn Fraser Australia, 100m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1938 Leonard Frey Bkln NY, actor (Best of West, Mr Smith)
1942 Ray Floyd Fort Bragg NC, PGA golfer (Masters 1976)
1943 Giuseppi Gentile Italy, triple jumper (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1944 Jennifer Salt LA Calif, actress (Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party)
1947 Alan Greisman Sally Field’s husband/producer (Fletch, Surrender)
1949 Tom Watson KC Mo, PGA golfer (British Open 1975,77,80,82)
1951 Judith Ivey El Paso Texas, actress (Lady in Red, Hello Again)
1953 Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs NYC, actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter)
1959 Armin Kogler Austria, skier (2-time winner of jumping World Cup)
1959 William Kennedy Smith Kennedy accused of rape in Florida (1991)
1960 Peter Virgile soap actor
1965 Terri Lynn Doss Chicago Ill, playmate (Jul, 1988)
1966 Debra Lewin South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991)
1968 John Preston Utah, actor (Greg-General Hospital)
1970 Ione Skye (Leitch) Hertfordshire England, actress (Say Anything)
1970 Jennifer Nakken Cedar City Utah, Miss Utah-America (1991)
1972 Danny Ponce Waltham Mass, actor (Willie-Valerie/Hogan Family)
1972 Merald Knight Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knights & Pips)
2179 Nyota Uhura Nairobi Kenya, communications officer (Star Trek)