Who Was Born Today – September 4 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on September 4 | ||
1768 | Vicomte François René de Chateaubriand, French writer and chef who gave his name to a style of steak. | |
1846 | Daniel Hudson Burnham, architect and city planner. | |
1905 | Mary Renault (Mary Challans), author who wrote about her wartime experiences in The Last of the Wine and The King Must Die. | |
1908 | Richard Wright, novelist best known for Native Son. | |
1918 | Paul Harvy, radio commentator. | |
1920 | Craig Claiborne, food critic and cookbook author. | |
1920 | Maggie Higgins, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize (1951) for international reporting, for her work in Korean war zones. | |
1924 | Joan Delano Aiken, author of supernatural fiction and alternative history novels for children; won Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (The Whispering Mountain), an Edgar Allen Poe Award (Night Fall) and an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for her contributions to children’s literature. | |
1927 | John McCarthy, computer and cognitive scientist who coined the term “artificial intelligence.” | |
1931 | Mitzi Gaynor, actress, singer, dancer (film adaptations of There’s No Business Like Show Business, South Pacific). | |
1934 | Sir Clive William John Granger, British economist who received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. | |
1935 | Charles A. Hines, US Army major general. | |
1958 | Dr. Drew (David Drew Pinsky), syndicated radio talk show (Loveline) and television host (Dr. Drew, Lifechangers). | |
1962 | Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and researcher; received Nobel Prize for his discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells (2012); awarded Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013). | |
1971 | Ione Skye, actress (Say Anything … ). | |
1978 | Wes Bentley, actor (American Beauty, The Hunger Games). | |
1981 | Beyonce Knowles, singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, producer; won five Grammy Awards for Dangerously in Love album (2003) and six for I am … Sasha Fierce (2008). |
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