Famous Birthdays on this Day in History - per Wikipedia

September 4

• 1241 – Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
• 1383 – Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (d. 1451)
• 1454 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
• 1557 – Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
• 1563 – Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
• 1596 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet (d. 1687)
• 1717 – Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
• 1755 – Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d. 1810)
• 1768 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French diplomat (d. 1848)
• 1803 – Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)
• 1809 – Juliusz Słowacki, Polish Romantic poet (d. 1849)
• 1824 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)
• 1825 – Dadabhai Naoroji, An early Indian political leader (d. 1917)
• 1826 – Martin Wiberg, Swedish computer pioneer (d. 1905)
• 1832 – Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)
• 1846 – Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)
• 1848 – Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal (d. 1928)
• 1851 – John Dillon, Irish nationalist (d. 1927)
• 1885 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
• 1885 – Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
• 1886 – Albert Orsborn, General of the Salvation Army (d. 1967)
• 1887 – Roy William Neill, Irish director (d. 1946)
• 1890 – Naima Wifstrand, Swedish film actor, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer (d. 1968)
• 1891 – Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)
• 1892 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Antonin Artaud, French playwright (d. 1948)
• 1896 – Aspasia Manos, wife of king Alexander of Greece (d. 1972)
• 1901 – William Lyons, British industrialist (Jaguar cars) (d. 1985)
• 1902 – Thomas Mitchell, England cricketer (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Mary Renault, English novelist (d. 1983)
• 1906 – Max Delbrück, German biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
• 1908 – Edward Dmytryk, American film director (d. 1999)
• 1908 – Richard Wright, American writer (d. 1960)
• 1909 – Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician (d. 1945)
• 1910 – Denis Tomlinson, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Syd Hoff, Jewish-American cartoonist and children's book author (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Mickey Cohen, American gangster (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Victor Kiernan, British historian (d. 2009)
• 1913 – Stanford Moore, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
• 1914 – Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive, third postwar chairman of Volkswagen (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Henry Ford II, American industrialist (d. 1987)
• 1918 – Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (d. 2009)
• 1918 – Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter and arranger
• 1919 – Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Clemar Bucci, Argentine racing driver
• 1922 – Per Olof Sundman, Swedish writer and politician (d. 1992)
• 1924 – Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Forrest Carter, American author (d. 1979)
• 1926 – Ivan Illich, Austrian philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1927 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist
• 1927 – Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian writer (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1929 – Thomas Eagleton, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Don Ackerman, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Mitzi Gaynor, American actress
• 1931 – Antonios Trakatellis, Greek politician
• 1932 – Carlos Romero Barcelo, Puerto Rican politician
• 1932 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Sir Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel laureate
• 1934 – Eduard Khil, Russian singer
• 1937 – Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer
• 1937 – Gene Ludwig, American jazz organist (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
• 1939 – Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher
• 1941 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
• 1941 – Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
• 1941 – Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress
• 1942 – Raymond Floyd, American professional golfer
• 1942 – Jerry Jarrett, American professional wrestling promoter
• 1944 – Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1945 – Danny Gatton, American musician (d. 1994)
• 1946 – Gary Duncan, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
• 1946 – Bryan Mauricette, Canadian cricketer
• 1949 – Dean Pees, American football defensive coordinator
• 1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer
• 1950 – Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
• 1950 – Ehteshamuddin, Pakistani cricketer
• 1951 – Martin Chambers, English drummer (The Pretenders)
• 1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress
• 1951 – Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician
• 1952 – Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1953 – Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and coach
• 1955 – David Broza, a multi-platinum Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1955 – Garth Le Roux, former South African cricketer
• 1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd governor] of Montana
• 1956 – Blackie Lawless, American musician, lead singer in W.A.S.P.
• 1957 – Khandi Alexander, American actress
• 1957 – Patricia Tallman, American actress
• 1958 – George Hurley, American drummer (Minutemen)
• 1958 – Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby union player and coach
• 1958 – David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American radio show host
• 1959 – Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
• 1959 – Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
• 1960 – Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot)
• 1960 – Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian
• 1961 – Nick Blinko, English musician (Rudimentary Peni)
• 1961 – Kevin Kennedy, English actor
• 1961 – Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
• 1962 – Kiran More, Indian cricketer
• 1962 – Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician
• 1963 – Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer (Halford)
• 1963 – John Vanbiesbrouck, American hockey player
• 1963 – Sam Yaffa, Finnish musician (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls)
• 1964 – René Pape, German bass
• 1965 – Sergio Momesso, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Yanka Dyagileva, Russian poet and singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
• 1966 – Jeff Tremaine, American director and producer
• 1967 – Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer
• 1968 – John DiMaggio, American voice actor
• 1968 – Phill Lewis, American actor
• 1968 – Mike Piazza, American baseball player
• 1969 – Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer
• 1969 – Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kickboxer
• 1969 – Noah Taylor, English-born actor
• 1970 – Dave Buchwald, American hacker and film maker
• 1970 – Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)
• 1970 – Daisy Dee, West Indian-born singer
• 1971 – Lance Klusener, South African cricketer
• 1971 – Ione Skye, English actress
• 1971 – Maik Taylor, Northern Irish footballer
• 1971 – Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
• 1972 – Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
• 1973 – Jason David Frank, American actor
• 1973 – Aaron Fultz, American baseball player
• 1974 – Naved Ashraf, Pakistani cricketer
• 1974 – Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1974 – Lincoln Roberts, West Indian cricketer
• 1975 – Kai Owen, Welsh actor
• 1975 – Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, animal trainer
• 1976 – Katreeya English, Thai singer, actress, model
• 1976 – Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Clinton R. Nixon, American game designer
• 1976 – Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
• 1977 – Sun-Woo Kim, Korean Major League Baseball player
• 1977 – Mark Ronson, English DJ/Producer and co-founder of Allido Records
• 1977 – Lucie Silvas, English musician
• 1978 – Wes Bentley, American actor
• 1978 – Christian Walz, svensk soulartist.
• 1979 – Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
• 1979 – Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress
• 1979 – Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver
• 1979 – MC Mong, South Korean hip hop artist
• 1980 – Pat Neshek, American baseball player
• 1980 – Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
• 1981 – Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Beyoncé Knowles, American singer and actress
• 1981 – Lacey Sturm, American singer (Flyleaf)
• 1982 – Whitney Cummings, American comedian and actress
• 1983 – Joshua Gardner, American sex offender and fictional fifth Duke of Cleveland
• 1983 – Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN)
• 1983 – Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player
• 1984 – Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer and composer
• 1984 – Hamish McIntosh, Australian football player
• 1984 – Demetris Nichols, American basketball player
• 1985 – Walid Mesloub, Algerian football player
• 1986 – James Younghusband, Philippine footballer
• 1986 – Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese International Footballer
• 1988 – John Tyler Hammons, American politician, mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma
• 1990 – Stefanía Fernández, Venezuelan beauty queen and Miss Universe 2009
• 1990 – Jonny Lomax, English Rugby League player
• 1991 – Carter Jenkins, American actor
• 1995 – Trevor Gagnon, American actor