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Famous People Born on April 4

Famous people born on April 4 include Maya Angelou (1928), Heath Ledger (1979) and Robert Downey Jr. (1965).

BORN ON THIS DAY
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Born 1928 · Literature
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger
Born 1979 · Film & Entertainment
The Dark Knight's Joker
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Robert Downey Jr.
1965–present
American actor (born 1965)
Andrei Tarkovsky
1932–1986
Soviet filmmaker (1932–1986)
Caracalla
188–217
Roman emperor from 198 to 217
Marguerite Duras
1914–1996
French writer and film director (1914–1996)
Sami Khedira
1987–present
German footballer (born 1987)
Isoroku Yamamoto
1884–1943
Japanese admiral (1884–1943)
Abdullah Öcalan
1948–present
Founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Anthony Perkins
1932–1992
American actor (1932–1992)
Hugo Weaving
1960–present
Actor (born 1960)
Gary Moore
1952–2011
Northern Irish musician (1952–2011)
Bettina von Arnim
1785–1859
German writer (1785–1859)
Muddy Waters
1913–1983
American blues/foundational rock and roll musician (1913–1983)
Aki Kaurismäki
1957–present
Finnish film director
Comte de Lautréamont
1846–1870
Uruguayan-born French author (1846–1870)
Remy de Gourmont
1853–1915
French writer (1858–1915)
DIED ON THIS DAY
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Died 1968 · Activism & Social Change
"I Have a Dream," civil rights leader
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
William Henry Harrison
1773–1841
President of the United States in 1841
Roger Ebert
1942–2013
American film critic and author (1942–2013)
Ambrose
339–397
Christian bishop and theologian (c. 339–397)
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1928–1979
4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
Gloria Swanson
1899–1983
American actress (1899–1983)
Wilhelm Ostwald
1853–1932
German chemist and philosopher (1853–1932)
John Napier
1550–1617
Scottish mathematician (1550–1617)
Isidore of Seville
560–636
Hispano-Roman scholar (c. 560–636)
Oliver Goldsmith
1728–1774
Anglo-Irish writer (1728–1774)
Max Frisch
1911–1991
Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)

Sources

  1. April 4 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
  2. Maya Angelou — Wikipedia
  3. Heath Ledger — Wikipedia
  4. Martin Luther King Jr. — Wikipedia
  5. Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths
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