Did you know
Wes Bentley was one of four subjects in the documentary My Big Break (2009), which covered his fame after American Beauty and his subsequent struggles with substance abuse.
Famous Birthdays on September 4
1978 — Wes Bentley
American actor and producer
September 4 has 242 recorded notable births across history, from 973 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on September 4
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- 1957 American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year. Source
- 1919 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace. Source
- 1985 The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon. Source
- 1951 The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, United States, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. Source
Did you know
A member of the Wayans family of entertainers, Damon performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a brief stint on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.
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John DiMaggio's various voice roles include Bender in Futurama, Jake the Dog in Adventure Time, Marcus Fenix in the Gears of War series, Dr.
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Drew Pinsky hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline from the show's inception in 1984 until its end in 2016.
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Dadabhai Naoroji was among the founding members of the Indian National Congress and served as its President on three occasions, from 1886 to 1887, 1893 to 1894 and 1906 to 1907.
More major people born on September 4
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1960
Damon Wayans
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer.
1968
John DiMaggio
American voice actor
John William DiMaggio is an American actor. His various voice roles include Bender in Futurama, Jake the Dog in Adventure Time, Marcus Fenix in the Gears of War series, Dr.
1958
Drew Pinsky
American radio and television host
David Drew Pinsky, commonly known as Dr. Drew, is an American media personality, internist, and addiction medicine specialist.
1825
Dadabhai Naoroji
Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (died 1917)
Dadabhai Naoroji was an Indian political leader, merchant, scholar, and writer who played a role in both Indian and British public life.
1934
Jan Švankmajer
Czech filmmaker and artist
Jan Švankmajer is a Czech retired filmmaker, animator, writer, playwright and artist. He draws and makes free graphics, collage, ceramics, tactile objects and assemblages.
1925
Asa Earl Carter
American Ku Klux Klan leader and author (died 1979)
Asa Earl Carter was an American segregationist and Ku Klux Klan organizer who was prominent in the 1950s for his activism and later as a Western fiction novelist.
1908
Edward Dmytryk
Canadian-American director and producer (died 1999)
Edward Dmytryk was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He was known for his 1940s noir films and received an Oscar nomination for Best Director for Crossfire (1947).
1963
John Vanbiesbrouck
American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
John Vanbiesbrouck, nicknamed "the Beezer" and "JVB", is an American professional ice hockey executive and former player. As a goaltender, he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007.
1949
Darryl Cotton
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
Darryl Grant Cotton was an Australian pop, rock singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor.
1926
Bert Olmstead
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
Murray Albert Olmstead was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a left winger for the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 13 seasons.
1919
Émile Bouchard
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)
Joseph Émile Alcide "Butch" Bouchard was a Canadian ice hockey player who played defence with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1941 to 1956.
1972
Carlos Ponce
Puerto-Rican entertainer
Carlos Armando Ponce Freyre Jr. is a Puerto Rican actor, musician, model, and television personality. Ponce began his acting career by participating in Spanish language soap operas for Televisa and Telemundo.
1850
Luigi Cadorna
Italian field marshal (died 1928)
Luigi Cadorna, was an Italian general, Marshal of Italy and Count, most famous for being the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 1914 until late 1917 during World War I.
1894
Daniel van der Meulen
Dutch diplomat (died 1989)
Daniel van der Meulen was a Dutch civil servant who served as the consul to Jeddah from 1926 through 1931. Born in Laren, van der Meulen entered the civil service and was assigned to the Dutch East Indies in 1915.
1969
Noah Taylor
Australian actor
Noah George Taylor is an English-Australian actor. The accolades he has received include nominations for three Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Critics' Choice Award, and four AACTA Awards.
1968
Mike Piazza
American baseball player
Michael Joseph Piazza is an American former professional baseball catcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1992 to 2007, and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
1906
Max Delbrück
German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German–American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late 1930s.
1984
Kyle Mooney
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Kyle James Kozub Mooney is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, film director and musician.
1971
Craig Conroy
American ice hockey player and executive
Craig Michael Conroy is an American former professional ice hockey player and current executive. He serves as the general manager of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL), for whom he also played.