Birthday: 4 December
Famous people born on 4 December
28 of the best-known people in our data were born on 4 December, including Francisco Franco, Rainer Maria Rilke and Thomas Carlyle. The longest life among them was R. Venkataraman's, at 98 years.
- Francisco FrancoSpanish general and dictator · 1892–197582 yrs
- Rainer Maria RilkeAustrian poet and writer · 1875–192651 yrs
- Thomas CarlyleScottish essayist, historian and philosopher · 1795–188185 yrs
- Wassily KandinskyAvant-garde painter of Russian origin · 1866–194478 yrs
- Diogo JotaPortuguese footballer · 1996–202528 yrs
- Samuel ButlerEnglish novelist and critic · 1835–190266 yrs
- Gérard PhilipeFrench actor · 1922–195936 yrs
- Alexander Litvinenko ↗Ex-KGB agent and FSB lieutenant-colonel · 1962–200643 yrs
- Albert Bandura ↗Canadian psychologist · 1925–202195 yrs
- Crazy Horse ↗Oglala Sioux chief · 1849–187727 yrs
- R. Venkataraman ↗President of India from 1987 to 1992 · 1910–200998 yrs
- Edith Cavell ↗British nurse · 1865–191549 yrs
- Alfred Hershey ↗American chemist · 1908–199788 yrs
- Roh Tae-woo ↗President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993 · 1932–202188 yrs
- Inder Kumar Gujral ↗Prime Minister of India · 1919–201292 yrs
- Errico Malatesta ↗Anarchist · 1853–193278 yrs
- Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ↗Grand Duke of Russia (1878–1918); youngest son of Alexander III of Russia and Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) · 1878–191839 yrs
- Catherine Cornaro ↗Queen of Cyprus · 1454–151055 yrs
- Shigeo Sugimoto ↗Japanese association football player · 1926–200275 yrs
- Deanna Durbin ↗Canadian singer and actress · 1921–201391 yrs
- Tony Todd ↗American actor · 1954–202469 yrs
- Erwin von Witzleben ↗German field marshal · 1881–194462 yrs
- Wilhelm Tempel ↗German astronomer · 1821–188967 yrs
- Emílio Garrastazu Médici ↗Brazilian politician (1905–1985), president of Brazil · 1905–198579 yrs
- Nikoloz Baratashvili ↗Georgian poet · 1817–184527 yrs
- Robert Adler ↗American physicist and inventor · 1913–200793 yrs
- Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain ↗Queen consort of Spain · 1711–175846 yrs
- Jules Armand Dufaure ↗French politician and lawyer · 1798–188182 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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