Famous people born on 4 September

• Ivan the TerribleTsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584 · 1530–1584
  53 yrs
• François-Auguste-René de ChateaubriandFrench writer, politician and historian · 1768–1848
  79 yrs
• Anton BrucknerAustrian composer · 1824–1896
  72 yrs
• Antonin ArtaudFrench-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director · 1896–1948
  51 yrs
• John McCarthyAmerican computer scientist and cognitive scientist · 1927–2011
  84 yrs
• Juliusz Słowacki ↗Polish Romantic poet · 1809–1849
  39 yrs
• Kenzō Tange ↗Japanese architect · 1913–2005
  91 yrs
• Max Delbrück ↗Biophysicist · 1906–1981
  74 yrs
• Ivan Illich ↗Austrian philosopher and theologian · 1926–2002
  76 yrs
• Stanford Moore ↗American biochemist · 1913–1982
  68 yrs
• Clive Granger ↗British economist · 1934–2009
  74 yrs
• Richard Wright ↗American novelist and poet · 1908–1960
  52 yrs
• Kārlis Ulmanis ↗Prime Minister of Latvia and agronomist · 1877–1942
  65 yrs
• Fritz Todt ↗German engineer, Holocaust perpetrator, and senior Nazi figure · 1891–1942
  50 yrs
• Darius Milhaud ↗French composer · 1892–1974
  81 yrs
• Louis, Dauphin of France ↗French Dauphin · 1729–1765
  36 yrs
• Luigi Cadorna ↗Italian general · 1850–1928
  78 yrs
• Dadabhai Naoroji ↗Indian politician leader, scholar and writer · 1825–1917
  91 yrs
• Eduard Khil ↗Russian singer · 1934–2012
  77 yrs
• Karl Seitz ↗President of Austria · 1869–1950
  80 yrs
• Anthony de Mello ↗Indian writer · 1931–1987
  55 yrs
• Oskar Schlemmer ↗German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer · 1888–1943
  54 yrs
• Sarah Childress Polk ↗First Lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849 · 1803–1891
  87 yrs
• Mitzi Gaynor ↗American actress · 1931–2024
  93 yrs
• Luigi Federico Menabrea ↗Italian politician, scientist, and general · 1809–1896
  86 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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