Notable Birthdays for December 4
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle in 1795
- English novelist Samuel Butler in 1835
- actor/singer Lillian Russell in 1861
- Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1892
- U.S. Marines fighter ace Gregory Pappy Boyington in 1912
- actor Deanna Durbin in 1921
- game show host Wink Martindale in 1934 (age 82)
- actors Max Baer Jr. in 1937 (age 79), Jeff Bridges in 1949 (age 67), Patricia Wettig in 1951 (age 65) and Marisa Tomei in 1964 (age 52)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Dennis Wilson (the Beach Boys) and Chris Hillman (the Byrds) (age 72), both in 1944
- writer A. Scott Berg in 1949 (age 67)
- Olympic gold medal pole vaulter Sergey Bubka in 1963 (age 53)
- news commentator Suzanne Malveaux in 1966 (age 50)
- rapper Jay-Z, born Shawn Corey Carter, in 1969 (age 47) and model and television personality Tyra Banks in 1973 (age 43).
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