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Ralph Macchio is best known for portraying Daniel LaRusso in four Karate Kid films (1984–2025) and in Cobra Kai (2018–2025), a sequel television series.
Famous Birthdays on November 4
1961 — Ralph Macchio
American actor
November 4 has 220 recorded notable births across history, from 1448 to 2006. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1448 – 2006
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Major events on November 4
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- 2008 Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States. Source
- 1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States. Source
- 1980 Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter. Source
- 1973 The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters. Source
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By the mid-1930s, Rogers was hugely popular in the United States for his leading political wit and was one of the higher paid Hollywood film stars.
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Bernard Francis Law was a Mexican-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who, among other offices, served as Archbishop of Boston from 1984 to 2002.
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Pace was selected first overall in the 1997 NFL draft by the Rams, where he spent all but one season of his professional career.
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Carlos Baerga was considered one of Major League Baseball's hardest-hitting middle infielders by 1995 with his superb bat speed and switch-hitting power.
More major people born on November 4
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1879
Will Rogers
American actor and screenwriter (died 1935)
William Penn Adair Rogers was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator.
1931
Bernard Francis Law
Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017)
Bernard Francis Law was a Mexican-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who, among other offices, served as Archbishop of Boston from 1984 to 2002.
1975
Orlando Pace
American football player
Orlando Lamar Pace is an American former professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Rams.
1968
Carlos Baerga
Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
Carlos Obed Ortiz Baerga is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player.
1984
Dustin Brown
American ice hockey player
Dustin James Brown is an American former professional ice hockey player.
1883
Nikolaos Plastiras
Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1953)
Nikolaos Plastiras was a Greek general and politician, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece.
1993
Elisabeth Seitz
German gymnast
Elisabeth Seitz is a German retired artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars.
1900
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu
Romanian sociologist and activist (died 1954)
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his activities as a lawyer, sociologist and economist.
1512
Hu Zongxian
Chinese general (died 1565)
Hu Zongxian, courtesy name Ruzhen (汝貞) and art name Meilin (梅林), was a Chinese general and politician of the Ming dynasty who presided over the government's response to the wokou pirate raids during the reign of the…
1964
Yūko Mizutani
Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2016)
Yūko Mizutani was a Japanese actress, voice actress, narrator and singer from Ama District, Aichi. Throughout her career, she worked with Production Baobab, and was working with Aoni Production at the time of her death.
1991
Alon Day
Israeli race car driver
Alon Day is an Israeli professional stock car racing driver. Day is a record four-time European Champion in the NASCAR Euro Series. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, competing in the No.
1975
Heather Tom
American actress and director
Heather Tom is an American actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless, Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live and All My Children, and Katie Logan on The Bold and…
1553
Roger Wilbraham
Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1616)
Sir Roger Wilbraham was a prominent English lawyer who served as Solicitor-General for Ireland, under Elizabeth I and was judged one of her few really competent Law Officers.
1923
Freddy Heineken
Dutch businessman (died 2002)
Alfred Henry Heineken was a Dutch businessman for Heineken International, the brewing company created in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam.
1887
Alfred Lee Loomis
American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975)
Alfred Lee Loomis was an American attorney, investment banker, philanthropist, scientist, physicist, inventor of the LORAN Long Range Navigation System and a lifelong patron of scientific research.
1942
Patricia Bath
American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2019)
Patricia Era Bath was an African American ophthalmologist and humanitarian, known for championing a community-focused approach to eye care and for innovations in cataract surgery.
1953
Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian race car driver
Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve is a Canadian racing driver. He is the younger brother of the late Gilles Villeneuve, and uncle to Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One World Champion.
1965
Wayne Static
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
Wayne Richard Wells, known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for the industrial metal band Static-X, of which…
1936
C. K. Williams
American poet, critic, and translator (died 2015)
Charles Kenneth "C. K." Williams was an American poet, critic and translator. Williams won many poetry awards. Flesh and Blood won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987.