Did you know
Orlando Brown is best known for his roles as Eddie Thomas on That's So Raven, Cadet Kevin "Tiger" Dunne in Major Payne, Nelson in The Jamie Foxx Show, 3J Winslow on Family Matters, and Max on Two of a Kind.
Famous Birthdays on December 4
1987 — Orlando Brown
American actor and rapper
December 4 has 194 recorded notable births across history, from 34 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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34 – 2003
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Major events on December 4
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- 1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office. Source
- 1865 North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed two days later by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks. Source
- 2005 Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage. Source
- 1965 Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A. Source
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Kang Mi-na is best known for finishing ninth in Mnet's K-pop girl group survival show Produce 101.
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Georgia, he became the first person in almost ten years to be executed in the United States.
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In 1984, he was elected as the vice president of India and in 1987, he became the president of India and served from 1987 to 1992.
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As a junior in 2013, Roberson earned first-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 for the second time and was also named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
More major people born on December 4
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1999
Kang Mi-na
South Korean actress and singer
Kang Mi-na, known mononymously as Mina, is a South Korean actress, singer and rapper. She is best known for finishing ninth in Mnet's K-pop girl group survival show Produce 101.
1940
Gary Gilmore
American murderer (died 1977)
Gary Mark Gilmore was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing in Utah. After the U.S.
1910
R. Venkataraman
Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (died 2009)
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, also known as R. Venkataraman, was an Indian lawyer, independence activist and politician who served as a union minister and as the vice president of india and president of India.
1991
André Roberson
American basketball player
André Lee Roberson is an American professional basketball player for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes.
846
Hasan al-Askari 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (died 874)
Hasan al-Askari was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is regarded as the eleventh of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Hadi.
1925
Albert Bandura
Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021)
Albert Bandura was a Canadian-American psychologist and professor of social science in psychology at Stanford University, who contributed to the fields of education and to the fields of psychology, and influenced the…
1973
Corliss Williamson
American basketball player and coach
Corliss Mondari Williamson is an American basketball coach who serves as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1931
Wally George
American radio and television host (died 2003)
Wally George was an American conservative radio and television commentator.
1963
Sergey Bubka
Ukrainian pole vaulter
Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He is the 1988 Olympic Champion, a record six-time consecutive World Champion, a record four-time World Indoor Champion, the 1985 European Indoor Champion, the…
1931
Alex Delvecchio
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2025)
Alexander Peter "Fats" Delvecchio was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager who spent his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Detroit Red Wings.
1941
Marty Riessen
American tennis player and coach
Marty Riessen is an American former amateur and professional tennis player active from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was ranked as high as No.
1957
Lee Smith
American baseball player
Lee Arthur Smith is an American former professional baseball player who was a pitcher for 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams.
1964
Scott Hastings
Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (died 2026)
Scott Hastings was a Scottish and British and Irish Lions rugby union player and sports summariser.
1973
Tyra Banks
American model, actress, and producer
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress.
1956
Bernard King
American basketball player and sportscaster
Bernard King is an American former professional basketball player at the small forward position in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1893
Herbert Read
English poet and critic (died 1968)
Sir Herbert Edward Read, was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education.
1992
Jin
South Korean singer, songwriter and actor
Kim Seok-jin, known professionally as Jin, is a South Korean singer. He rose to prominence as member of the South Korean boy band BTS.
1933
Wink Martindale
American game show host and producer (died 2025)
Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale was an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host and television producer.
1973
Kate Rusby
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer-songwriter from Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.