Who Was Born Today – December 4 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on December 4 | ||
1584 | John Cotton, English-born Puritan clergyman (The Way of the Church of Christ in New England). | |
1795 | Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian and essayist (The French Revolution, Sartor Resartus). | |
1835 | Samuel Butler, English writer and painter (Erewhon, The Way of All Flesh). | |
1861 | Lillian Russell, singer and actress. | |
1865 | Edith Cavell, English nurse who tended to friend and foe alike during World War I. | |
1866 | Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born painter. | |
1875 | Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet. | |
1892 | Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator who came to power as a result of the Spanish Civil War. | |
1924 | Frank Press, geophysicist. | |
1937 | Max Baer Jr., actor, screenwriter, director, producer; best know for his role as Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies TV series | |
1940 | Gary Gilmore, American murderer who demanded his death sentence be carried out; he was the first prisoner executed in the US following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the death penalty in Gregg v. Georgia. | |
1944 | Chris Hillman, singer, songwrier, musician; performed with the bands The Byrds, The Hillmen, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Manassas. | |
1945 | A. Scott Berg, Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer (Lindberg, 1998). | |
1949 | Jeff Bridges, actor, producer; won Academy Award for Best Actor as Otis “Bad” Blake in Crazy Heart (2009). |
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