April 4 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on April 4, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♈︎ Aries
Mar 21 – Apr 19
Birth stone
Diamond
Birth flower
Daisy
How common
#111 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous April 4 birthdays
Thomas Mayne Reid · American writer1818
Anne Sullivan · American teacher1866
Isoroku Yamamoto · Japanese Marshal Admiral1884
Muddy Waters · American blues musician1913
Marguerite Duras · French writer and film director1914
Elmer Bernstein · American composer and conductor1922
Maya Angelou · American poet, author, and civil rights activist1928
Anthony Perkins · American actor1932
Andrei Tarkovsky · Soviet and Russian film director1932
Dan Simmons · American novelist1948
Shing-Tung Yau · American mathematician from Hong Kong1949
Venki Ramakrishnan · Nobel prize winning American and British structural1952
Hugo Weaving · English actor1960
David Cross · American stand-up comedian and actor1964
Robert Downey Jr. · American actor1965
Heath Ledger · Australian actor1979
Natasha Lyonne · American actress1979
Amanda Righetti · American actress1983
Sami Khedira · German association football player1987
Jamie Lynn Spears · American actress and singer1991
On this day in history
1859Bryant's Minstrels premiered the minstrel song "Dixie" in New York City as part of their blackface show.
1973A year after the completion of the second of the complex's twin towers, the World Trade Center in New York City was officially dedicated.
1990The current flag of Hong Kong was adopted for post-colonial use during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
2025The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea in response to his declaration of martial law is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending his presidency.
1968Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
1975Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.
1984President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
1988Evan Mecham, Governor of Arizona, was removed from office after being convicted in his impeachment trial.
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