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Vincent (2014) and science fiction film Midnight Special (2016).
Famous Birthdays on January 4
2003 — Jaeden Martell
American actor
January 4 has 196 recorded notable births across history, from 659 to 2006. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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659 – 2006
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Major events on January 4
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- 2004 Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution. Source
- 1958 Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit. Source
- 1909 Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. Source
- 1642 English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled. Source
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Born and raised in South London, she attracted attention in 2016 when she won the under-16 category of Open Mic UK and reached the finals of Got What It Takes?.
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After contributing to several key British groups of the early 1960s, McLaughlin made Extrapolation, his first album as a bandleader, in 1969.
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Dot-Marie Jones was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011, 2012, and 2013 for her portrayal of Coach Beiste.
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Patty Loveless began performing in her teenaged years before signing her first recording contract with MCA Records' Nashville division in 1985.
More major people born on January 4
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2001
Lola Young
English singer and songwriter
Lola Emily Mary Young is an English singer and songwriter. Born and raised in South London, she attracted attention in 2016 when she won the under-16 category of Open Mic UK and reached the finals of Got What It Takes?.
1942
John McLaughlin
English guitarist and songwriter
John McLaughlin, also previously known as Mahavishnu, is an English guitarist, bandleader, and composer.
1964
Dot-Marie Jones
American actress and athlete
Dot-Marie Jones is an American actress and retired athlete who has had multiple roles in television. She attended California State University, Fresno, where she set records for shot put.
1957
Patty Loveless
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Patty Loveless is an American country music singer. She began performing in her teenaged years before signing her first recording contract with MCA Records' Nashville division in 1985.
2005
Rob Dillingham
American basketball player
Robert Deon Potasi Dillingham is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
1985
Lenora Crichlow
British actress
Lenora Isabella Crichlow is an English actress. She became known for her starring roles as Maria "Sugar" Sweet in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Sugar Rush, Annie Sawyer in the BBC Three supernatural drama series…
1932
Clint Hill
American Secret Service agent (died 2025)
Clinton Jerome Hill was a United States Secret Service agent who served under five U.S. presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gerald Ford.
1999
Nico Hischier
Swiss ice hockey player
Nico Hischier is a Swiss professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1896
Everett Dirksen
American politician (died 1969)
Everett McKinley Dirksen was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
1929
Günter Schabowski
German journalist and politician (died 2015)
Günter Schabowski was a German politician who served as an official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the ruling party during most of the existence of East Germany.
1927
Paul Desmarais
Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)
Paul Guy Desmarais Sr. was a Canadian financier and philanthropist, based in Montreal.
1903
Georg Elser
German carpenter and attempted assassin of Adolf Hitler (died 1945)
Johann Georg Elser was a German carpenter who planned and carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders on 8 November 1939 at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich.
1927
Barbara Rush
American actress (died 2024)
Barbara Rush was an American actress of stage, screen, and television.
1958
Julian Sands
English actor (died 2023)
Julian Richard Morley Sands was an English actor. He had co-starring roles in Oxford Blues and The Killing Fields in 1984.
1941
George P. Cosmatos
Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter (died 2005)
George Pan Cosmatos was a Greek-Italian film director and screenwriter.
1967
Johnny Nelson
English boxer and sportscaster
Ivanson Ranny "Johnny" Nelson is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 2005.
1956
Bernard Sumner
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Bernard Sumner is an English musician. He is a founding member of the bands Joy Division, New Order, Electronic, and Bad Lieutenant.
1966
Deana Carter
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Deana Kay Carter is an American country music singer-songwriter who broke through in 1996 with the release of her debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for…
1581
James Ussher
Irish archbishop and historian (died 1656)
James Ussher was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656.