On This Day — December 4
3654 noted people were born and 2014 died on December 4 in our archive, including Albert Bandura, Feng Youlan and Ann Linde.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 4
Albert Bandura
1925 – 2021
Feng Youlan
1895 – 1990
Ann Linde
b. 1961
Antti Tulenheimo
1879 – 1952
Ben Lamm
b. 1981
Charles Herty
1867 – 1938
Elias Bayssari
b. 1964
George Andrews
b. 1938
Herbert Edward Read
1893 – 1968
Indulis Bērziņš
b. 1957
James E. Cheek
1932 – 2010
Jane Lubchenco
b. 1947
Jean-Michel Blanquer
b. 1964
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan
1898 – 1961
Lajos Balázsovits
1946 – 2023
Martin Hammerich
1811 – 1881
Mary Schroeder
b. 1940
Nikolay Kolyada
1957 – 2026
Paul Eggert
b. 1954
Robert Ettinger
1918 – 2011
Stephen W. Bosworth
1939 – 2016
Syun-Ichi Akasofu
b. 1930
Thomas Carlyle
1795 – 1881
A. L. Rowse
1903 – 1997
Adam Stanisław Sapieha
1828 – 1903
Adrian Zandberg
b. 1979
Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz
b. 1969
Albert Norden
1904 – 1982
Alfred Hershey
1908 – 1997
Amy Bauernschmidt
b. 1970
Andrew David Holt
1904 – 1987
Angelo Maria Ripellino
1923 – 1978
Ann Tenno
b. 1952
Arnold Mononutu
1896 – 1983
Arpine Hovhannisyan
b. 1983
Arthur Marshall
1903 – 2007
Arvind Shah
b. 1940
Augusto Aras
b. 1958
Aymeric Caron
b. 1971
Badru Kateregga
b. 1948
Balwant Gargi
1916 – 2003
Barbara Amiel
b. 1940
Barbara Brukalska
1899 – 1980
Bengt Aurivillius
1918 – 1994
Benjamin Silliman Jr.
1816 – 1885
Blair Tennent
1898 – 1976
Boris Rotman
1924 – 2021
Carlos Martínez de Irujo, 1st Marquis of Casa Irujo
1765 – 1824
Caroline Bowen
b. 1944
Cecil Sugden
1903 – 1963
Charles Meneveau
b. 1960
Constance Muriel Davey
1882 – 1963
Constantine Joseph Smyth
1859 – 1924
Dan Bongino
b. 1974
David Rivett
1885 – 1961
Demmus Hentze
1923 – 2016
Donald B. Beary
1888 – 1966
Eberhard Rebling
1911 – 2008
Edouard De Bièfve
1808 – 1882
Edvard Bull Sr.
1881 – 1932
Edvard Ravnikar
1907 – 1993
Emilio Lussu
1890 – 1975
Emílio Garrastazu Médici
1905 – 1985
Ewa Milewicz
b. 1947
Ezekiel Stone Wiggins
1839 – 1910
Feridun Zaimoğlu
b. 1964
Francisco Franco
1892 – 1975
Frank Press
1924 – 2020
Franz Heinrich Reusch
1823 – 1900
Fred Ramsdell
b. 1960
Fumio Kyūma
b. 1940
Geert Mak
b. 1946
Gianni Dal Maso
b. 1954
Gregor Virant
b. 1969
Hannes Hafstein
1861 – 1922
Hans-Paul Schwefel
b. 1940
Harald Grobner
b. 1980
Harry C. Carver
1890 – 1977
Harry Luke
1884 – 1969
Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt
1857 – 1937
Henri Grégoire
1750 – 1831
Henry H. Bingham
1841 – 1912
Inder Kumar Gujral
1919 – 2012
Jakub Nowakowski
b. 1924
James Russell Wiggins
1903 – 2000
Jarosław Gowin
b. 1961
Jeannette Wing
b. 1956
Jim Hall
1930 – 2013
Joan Francesc Mira i Casterà
b. 1939
Jock Stirrup
b. 1949
Johann Gottfried Zinn
1727 – 1759
Johann von Lutz
1826 – 1890
John Christopher Muran
b. 1961
John T. Graves
1806 – 1870
José Antônio Pimenta Bueno
1803 – 1878
Jumana Ghunaimat
b. 1974
Kamal Abdullayev
b. 1950
Katsumaro Akamatsu
1894 – 1955
Kevin Hern
b. 1961
Kristian Fossheim
b. 1935
Lawrence Stone
1919 – 1999
Licco Amar
1891 – 1955
Lina María Moreno Mejía
b. 1955
Liu Bocheng
1892 – 1986
Louis Bernard Bonjean
1804 – 1871
Ludwig Bieberbach
1886 – 1982
Luigi Binelli Mantelli
b. 1950
Luis García Montero
b. 1958
Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer
1946 – 2022
Masao Itō
1928 – 2018
Mason Durie
b. 1938
Matías Prats Cañete
1913 – 2004
Maurice E. Baringer
1921 – 2011
Max Loehr
1903 – 1988
Nancy Mace
b. 1977
Neri Colmenares
b. 1959
Nick Brown
b. 1962
Odilon Lannelongue
1840 – 1911
Olha Bregman
b. 1985
Orest Khvolson
1852 – 1934
Paul Goldberger
b. 1950
Paul H. O'Neill
1935 – 2020
Paul Tuschihashi
1866 – 1965
Pedro Segura y Sáenz
1880 – 1957
Peter Kaiser
b. 1958
Quo Tai-chi
1888 – 1952
R. Venkataraman
1910 – 2009
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar
1888 – 1980
Robert Lowe
1811 – 1892
Robert W. Heath Jr.
b. 1973
Roberta Bondar
b. 1945
Roh Tae-woo
1932 – 2021
Ross Dallow
1937 – 2020
Rudolf Hausner
1914 – 1995
Ruslan Edelgeriyev
b. 1974
Sebastian Karpiniuk
1972 – 2010
Sergei Bubka
b. 1963
Sergey Yastrzhembsky
b. 1953
Sir Augustus Foster, 1st Baronet
1780 – 1848
Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet
1888 – 1939
Sir William Church, 1st Baronet
1837 – 1928
Srihadi Soedarsono
1931 – 2022
Stanley Argyle
1867 – 1940
Sven Lehmann
b. 1979
T. V. Soong
1891 – 1971
Tamás Meszerics
b. 1964
Theodore C. Diers
1880 – 1942
Valentin Kuptsov
b. 1937
Victor Savrin
b. 1944
Vigleik Eide
1933 – 2011
Viktor Matejka
1901 – 1993
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
1927 – 2004
Wassily Kandinsky
1866 – 1944
Wizard of New Zealand
b. 1932
Yamakawa Hiroshi
1845 – 1898
Zbigniew Kundzewicz
b. 1950
Álex de la Iglesia
b. 1965
A. Scott Berg
b. 1949
Adam Horowitz
b. 1971
Adejoke Tugbiyele
b. 1977
Agnes Forbes Blackadder
1875 – 1964
Agneta Ekmanner
b. 1938
Al Hunt
b. 1942
Albert Long
1832 – 1901
Alessandro Lever
b. 1998
Alexander Kaye Butterworth
1854 – 1946
Alfonso Cusi
b. 1949
Alfred Benzon
1823 – 1884
Alfred Potiquet
1820 – 1883
Aloysius Schmitt
1909 – 1941
Amanda Bresnan
b. 1971
Amita Kuttner
b. 1990
Andi-Gabriel Grosaru
b. 1976
Andre Marrou
b. 1938
Andre Stringer
b. 1991
Andrii Lopushanskyi
b. 1962
András Gerevich
b. 1976
André Campra
1660 – 1744
André Laignel
b. 1942
André Roberson
b. 1991
Ang Kok Peng
1927 – 1997
Angela Browning
b. 1946
Anna Greta Wide
1920 – 1965
Anna McGarrigle
b. 1944
Anthony Rosenroll
1857 – 1945
Anton Cottier
1943 – 2006
Antonio Samorè
1905 – 1983
Arnaud Viala
b. 1974
Arthur Henry Cheatle
1866 – 1929
Arthur Prior
1914 – 1969
Arvind Gupta
b. 1953
Athaliah Molokomme
b. 1959
Auguste, comte de La Ferronays
1777 – 1842
Augustin Dumon-Dumortier
1791 – 1852
Avelin P. Tacon, Jr.
1914 – 2014
Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain
1711 – 1758
Beibit Isabayev
b. 1962
Bernard King
b. 1956
Bernardo Vergara
b. 1937
Betty Lennox
b. 1976
… and 3,454 more
Died on December 4
Horace Lamb
1849 – 1934
Adelino Amaro da Costa
1943 – 1980
Aleksandr Michailov
1951 – 2020
Bert T. Combs
1911 – 1991
Charles Richet
1850 – 1935
George Ballingall
1780 – 1855
Hermann Behrends
1907 – 1948
John Tyndall
1820 – 1893
Jordi Solé Tura
1930 – 2009
Joseph Ki-Zerbo
1922 – 2006
Pierre Rabhi
1938 – 2021
Ryūtarō Nagai
1881 – 1944
Samuel Goudsmit
1902 – 1978
Seiichi Ota
1945 – 2024
Sergey Dubinin
1950 – 2025
Walter Matthews
1881 – 1973
Abul Fateh
1924 – 2010
Adrien de Gerlache
1866 – 1934
Akira Hayami
1929 – 2019
Alberto Manzi
1924 – 1997
Aleksandr Golitsyn
1773 – 1844
Andrzej Janikowski
1799 – 1864
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
1585 – 1642
Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton
1821 – 1918
Benjamin Britten
1913 – 1976
Bohdan Winiarski
1884 – 1969
Boris Grigorʹevich Misnik
1938 – 2021
Charlie Bachman
1892 – 1985
Claudia Emerson
1957 – 2014
Colin Cowdrey
1932 – 2000
Constance Muriel Davey
1882 – 1963
Daniel Jones
1881 – 1967
David Gordon Lyon
1852 – 1935
David Trench
1915 – 1988
Dawid Pilchowski
1735 – 1803
Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe
1875 – 1952
Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones
1909 – 1989
Engelbert Sterckx
1792 – 1867
Erich Lexer
1867 – 1937
Ernst Kornemann
1868 – 1946
Forest Sale
1911 – 1985
Francisco de Sá Carneiro
1934 – 1980
František Vejdovsky
1849 – 1939
François-René de La Tour du Pin, Chambly de La Charce
1834 – 1924
Georg Frederik Ursin
1797 – 1849
Georg Joachim Rheticus
1514 – 1574
Gotlib
1934 – 2016
Gregor MacGregor
1786 – 1845
Hannah Arendt
1906 – 1975
Hermann Baagøe Storck
1839 – 1922
Izydor Szaraniewicz
1829 – 1901
Jacob Pins
1917 – 2005
Jacques Viau
1919 – 2003
Johann Amman
1707 – 1741
John Lavarack
1885 – 1957
John XXII
1244 – 1334
José María Caro Rodríguez
1866 – 1958
Juhan Kukk
1885 – 1942
Józef Teodorowicz
1864 – 1938
Kaichi Watanabe
1858 – 1932
Karl Bonhoeffer
1868 – 1948
Leila Cook Barber
1903 – 1984
Luigi Galvani
1737 – 1798
Lynne Kosky
1958 – 2014
Magomedali Magomedov
1930 – 2022
Manuel Marín
1949 – 2017
Margaret Morgan Lawrence
1914 – 2019
Mary Ellen Avery
1927 – 2011
Maurice Barrès
1862 – 1923
Naoto Tajima
1912 – 1990
Nestor Buinitsky
1863 – 1914
Nikolay Brusentsov
1925 – 2014
Nilde Iotti
1920 – 1999
Norman F. Ness
1933 – 2023
Osman Achmatowicz
1899 – 1988
Paul Selmersheim
1840 – 1916
Paul-Albert Besnard
1849 – 1934
Paula Hawkins
1927 – 2009
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
1795 – 1868
Pedro Salinas
1891 – 1951
Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry
1903 – 1988
Raynor Arthur
1905 – 1973
Reinhold Rehs
1901 – 1971
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
1770 – 1828
Rose Bird
1936 – 1999
Rouben Mamoulian
1897 – 1987
Samuel Butler
1774 – 1839
Sebastian Finsterwalder
1862 – 1951
Seymour Fogel
1911 – 1984
Silvio Zavala
1909 – 2014
Sir William MacCormac, 1st Baronet
1836 – 1901
Ted Egan
1932 – 2025
Thomas Bartholin
1616 – 1680
Thomas Elsaesser
1943 – 2019
Thomas Hunt Morgan
1866 – 1945
Thomas Platter the Younger
1574 – 1628
Torsten Thunberg
1873 – 1952
V. R. Krishna Iyer
1914 – 2014
Vera Kharuzhaya
1903 – 1942
Weston E. Vivian
1924 – 2020
William Ellison-Macartney
1852 – 1924
Yemelyan Yaroslavsky
1878 – 1943
Zoltán Felvinczi Takács
1880 – 1964
Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje
1851 – 1917
Adolph Kolping
1813 – 1865
Ahmed Haji Abdirahman
1957 – 2011
Alain Bernaud
1932 – 2020
Alastair Bellingham
1938 – 2017
Albert Winsemius
1910 – 1996
Aleksandr Grossheim
1888 – 1948
Alexander A. Maximow
1874 – 1928
Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea
1879 – 1937
Alfred Eliab Buck
1832 – 1902
Alfred Joseph Knight
1888 – 1960
Alfred Oliver Pollard
1893 – 1960
Ali Abdullah Saleh
1947 – 2017
Anatoly Samoilenko
1938 – 2020
Andrew Jamieson
1849 – 1912
Andreï Snesarev
1865 – 1937
Anne King Gregorie
1887 – 1960
Antonín Jaroslav Liehm
1924 – 2020
Archibald Gracie IV
1859 – 1912
Archie Mayo
1891 – 1968
Armand De Ceuninck
1858 – 1935
Arthur Edward Grasett
1888 – 1971
Arthur Frederick Bettinson
1862 – 1926
Arthur Loftus Tottenham
1838 – 1887
Atanas Slavov
1930 – 2010
Auguste de Schonen
1782 – 1849
Barnes Compton
1830 – 1898
Benjamin Wistar Morris
1870 – 1944
Ber Borochov
1881 – 1917
Bert Hoffmeister
1907 – 1999
Bob Willis
1949 – 2019
Camillo Olivetti
1868 – 1943
Carl Iwan Clowes
1943 – 2021
Carl Nicoladoni
1847 – 1902
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
1950 – 2025
Charles Dunoyer
1786 – 1862
Chen Xingbi
1931 – 2019
Chip Reese
1951 – 2007
Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Schuyler
1900 – 1993
Cosmo Bonsor
1848 – 1929
Crisp Molineux
1730 – 1792
Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer
1897 – 1972
Dag Skogheim
1928 – 2015
Daniel Gregory Mason
1873 – 1953
David Baruch Adler
1826 – 1878
David Lander
1947 – 2020
Dean Cornwell
1892 – 1960
Dominique Lapierre
1931 – 2022
Doris P. Buck
1898 – 1980
Duccio Galimberti
1906 – 1944
Edward Southwell
1671 – 1730
Edwin Albert Merritt
1860 – 1914
Erastus D. Telford
1874 – 1936
Eugen Maucher
1912 – 1991
Eugene O'Connell
1815 – 1891
Eugenio Borgna
1930 – 2024
Fernand Mourlot
1895 – 1988
Frank Benford
1883 – 1948
Frank Zappa
1940 – 1993
Franz Studniczka
1860 – 1929
François Roguet
1770 – 1846
Fred Hampton
1948 – 1969
Frederick Boland
1904 – 1985
Frederick Slocum
1873 – 1944
Frederick Whitaker
1812 – 1891
Frederick William Hackwood
1851 – 1926
Fremont C. Chamberlain
1856 – 1931
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
1894 – 1979
Friedrich Schlichtegroll
1765 – 1822
Galina Petrova
1920 – 1943
Galina Popova
1932 – 2017
Geoffroi Jacques Flach
1846 – 1919
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
1882 – 1952
Grace Langford
1871 – 1957
Grigory Zass
1797 – 1883
Guarino da Verona
1374 – 1460
Guillermo Ferraro
1955 – 2024
Gustav Kaupert
1819 – 1897
Gösta Cederlund
1888 – 1980
Hans Schmaus
1862 – 1905
Helen Cargill
1896 – 1969
Helen Kendall
1892 – 1985
Henck Arron
1936 – 2000
Henry Hall
1928 – 2015
Henry Hope
1807 – 1862
Henry Napier Bruce Erskine
1831 – 1893
Henry Perrin Coon
1822 – 1884
Herman Ekern
1872 – 1954
Hermann Mosler
1912 – 2001
Hugh Gordon Malcolm
1917 – 1942
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
1836 – 1881
Ichiro Ogimura
1932 – 1994
Ingvar Wedervang
1891 – 1961
Irakli Ochiauri
1924 – 2015
Ivan Bezugly
1897 – 1983
Ivar Lykke
1872 – 1949
J. Butler Wright
1877 – 1939
… and 1,814 more