January 4: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is January 4th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on January 4th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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January 4th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 4th Birthdays: Famous Artists

American Modernist painter Marsden Hartley (Portrait of a German Officer) was born on January 4, 1877.

Helmut Jahn, German-American designer and architect (One Liberty Place and The Sony Center), was born on January 4, 1940.

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (Seated Youth), was born on January 4, 1881.

Andre Masson, French Surrealist painter (Armor, Conversation of Furnitures, Don Giovanni, Labyrinth, The Moon from Verve, Moving Figures, The Sun from Verve and Vent de Degel), was born on January 4, 1896.

Italian violinist, organist and operatic composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born on January 4, 1710.

French sculptor Francois Rude (Christ on the Cross, Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter, Jeanne d'Arc, Love Triumphant, La Marseillaise, Mercury Fastening His Sandals, Napoleon Awakening to Immortality and Neapolitan Fisher Boy Playing with a Tortoise) was born on January 4, 1784.

January 4th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Kermit Alexander, American professional football player (San Francisco 49ers), was born on January 4, 1941.

George (Butch) Atkinson, American professional football player (Oakland Raiders), was born on January 4, 1947.

Arthur Berry, British soccer player and Olympic gold medalist (1908 and 1912), was born on January 4, 1888.

Bobby Burnett, American professional football player (Buffalo Bills), was born on January 4, 1943.

Barbara Ann Cochran, American downhill skier and Olympic gold medalist (1972), was born on January 4, 1951.

Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross country skier and Olympic gold medalist (1956), was born on January 4, 1925.

American professional football player Gerald Garrison Hearst (Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Phoenix Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers) was born on January 4, 1971.

football: Univ. of Georgia RB [The Sporting News All-America 1st Team: 1992]; Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals, San Francisco 49ers

Joe Kleine, American professional basketball player (Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and New Jersey Nets), was born on January 4, 1962.

American professional basketball player Cliff Levingston (Chicago Bulls) was born on January 4, 1961.

American professional heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist (1952) Floyd Patterson was born on January 4, 1935.

Rigoberto (Tito) Fuentes Peat, Cuban professional baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants), was born on January 4, 1944.

Donald Francis (Don) Shula, American professional football player (Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins) and coach (Baltimore Colts, Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins), was born on January 4, 1930.

January 4th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian, author (The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and,Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1995), was born on January 4, 1943.

German mythologist and author Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm (The Brothers Grimm) was born on January 4, 1785. Jakob Grimm and his brother, Wilhelm Grimm,wrote hundreds of fairy tales, which are still popular today. Among the most famous are "Hansel and Gretel," "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Snow White."

Gao Xingjian, Chinese author (Bus Stop, Constellation in a Cold Night, A Fishing Rod for My Grandpa, One Man's Bible, Signal Alarm, Soul Mountain and Such a Pigeon called Red Lips) and Nobel Prize winner (2000), was born on January 4, 1940.

January 4th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Leroy Randle Grumman, American aeronautical engineer and manufacturer (Grumman Aircraft Co.), was born

January 4th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Alyssa Katherine Nicole Barlow, American Christian rock bass guitarist, keyboardist and singer (Barlow Girl), was born on January 4, 1982.

American actor Sorrell Booke (All in the Family, Black Like Me, The Dukes of Hazzard, Fail-Safe and A Fine Madness) was born on January 4, 1930.

American operatic singer (Venus in Tannhauser) Grace Bumbry was born on January 4, 1937.

Serene Campbell, New Zealand-American contemporary Christian singer (Considering Lily), was born on January 4, 19--. Serene Campbell's sister is singer Pearl Barrett.

American country music guitarist and singer Deana Kay Carter ("Absence of the Heart," "Angels Working Overtime," "Count Me In," "Did I Shave My Legs for This," "How Do I Get There," "I'm Just a Girl Ruby Brown," "Strawberry Wine," "There's No Limit," "We Danced Anyway" and "You Still Shake Me") was born on January 4, 1966.

Patrick Cassidy, American actor (The Bay City Blues, Dirty Dancing,Dress Gray, Fever Pitch, How the West was Fun, Just the Way You Are, Longtime Companion, Love at Stake, Off the Wall and Something in Common), was born on January 4, 1962.

American soul singer Arthur Lee Conley ("Sweet Soul Music") was born on January 4, 1946.

Scottish actor Iain Cuthbertson (The Avengers, The Borderers, Budgie, Bulman, Charles Endell Esq., Children of the Stones, Danger UXB, Inspector Morse, The Railway Children, Ripping Yarns, Supergran, The Stone Tape, Sutherland's Law and Tom Brown's Schooldays) was born on January 4, 1930.

Benjamin Darvill, Canadian rock guitarist, mandolin player and singer (Crash Test Dummies), was born on January 4, 1967.

Canadian actor (The Andy Dick Show, From the Earth to the Moon, The Kids in the Hall and NewsRadio), television personality (Celebrity Poker Showdown andThe Late Late Show) and voice-over artist (A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2) Dave Foley was born on January 4, 1963.

Kathy Forester, American country music singer (The Forester Sisters), was born on January 4, 1955.

American actor Matt Frewer (Doctor Doctor, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Kissinger and Nixon, Max Headroom, National Lampoon's Senior Trip, Shaky Ground, Speed Zone, Stephen King's The Stand and Supergirl) was born

Samille (Dyan Cannon) Friesen, American actress (The Anderson Tapes, Author Author, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Caddyshack 2, Christmas in Connecticut, Doctors' Wives, Heaven Can Wait, The Pickle and Revenge of the Pink Panther), was born on January 4, 1937.

Sarah (Jane Wyman) Fulks, American actress (The Blue Veil, Falcon Crest, How to Commit Marriage, The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel, Johnny Belinda, The Lost Weekend, Magnificent Obsession, My Favorite Spy, Pollyanna and The Yearling), television personality (Fireside Theatre and Summer Playhouse) and Academy Award winner (1948), was born on January 4, 1914. Jane Wyman was married to actor Ronald Reagan (before his public service career began).

Beth Gibbons, British rock singer (Portishead), was born on January 4, 1965.

British rock singer David Glasper (Breathe) was born on January 4, 1965.

Mark David Hollis, British rock pianist, guitarist and singer (Talk Talk), was born on January 4, 1955.

American actor (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Baileys of Balboa, Death Valley, International House, The Life of Riley, The Merry Widow, Super Seal, Thunder and Lightning, Twilight on the Rio Grande, A Walk in the Sun and Willy) and voice-over artist (Alice in Wonderland, The Aristocats, The Jungle Book and Winnie the Pooh) Sterling Price Holloway, Jr., was born on January 4, 1905.

Volker Hornback, German rock musician (Tangerine Dream), was born on January 4, 1944.

American actress Jill Marie Jones (City Guys, Girlfriends, The Longshots, Major Movie Star, The Perfect Holiday, Redrum and Universal Remote) was born on January 4, 1975.

Lindsay Kennedy, American actor (Galactica 1980 and Little House on the Prairie), was born on January 4, 1969.

Ann Magnuson, American actress (Anything But Love, Before and After, Cabin Boy, Desperately Seeking Susan, Hunger, Perfect Strangers and Tequila Sunrise), was born on January 4, 1956.

Canadian model, rock singer (Vanity 6) and actress (52 Pick-Up, Action Jackson, Da Vinci's War, Deadly Illusion, Klondike Fever, The Last Dragon, Neon City, Never Too Young to Die, South Beach and Terror Train) Denise Katrina (Vanity) Matthews-Smith was born on January 4, 1959.

(Mahavishnu) John McLaughlin, British jazz guitarist and composer, was born on January 4, 1942.

Cait O'Riordan, British rock bass guitarist (The Pogues), was born on January 4, 1965.

British actress Julia Karin Ormond (Captives, First Knight, Legends of the Fall, Sabrina and Smilla's Sense of Snow) was born on January 4, 1965.

John Bennett Perry, American actor (240-Robert, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Days of our Lives, Farewell to the King, Fools Rush In, George of the Jungle, Independence Day, L.A. Law, Little House on the Prairie, Magnum P.I. and The West Wing), was born on January 4, 1941. John Bennett Perry's son is actor Matthew Perry.

Patricia Lee (Patty Loveless) Ramey, American country music singer ("Blame It on Your Heart," "Blue Side of Town," "Chains," "Don't Toss Us Away," "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye," "I Try to Think About Elvis," "If My Heart Had Windows," "I'm That Kind of Girl," "Jealous Bone," "A Little Bit in Love," "Lonely Days Lonely Nights," "The Lonely Side of Love," "Lonely Too Long," "Nothin' but the Wheel," "On Down the Line," "She Drew a Broken Heart," "Timber I'm Falling in Love," "Wicked Ways" and "You Can Feel Bad"), was born on January 4, 1957.

American Gospel singer and composer Bernice Johnson Reagon (Sweet Honey in the Rock) was born on January 4, 1942.

Barbara Rush, American actress (Come Blow Your Horn, Flamingo Road, Hombre, Magnificent Obsession, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Peyton Place, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Saints and Sinners, The Seekers, Superdad, Web of Deceit, When Worlds Collide, The Young Philadelphians and The Young Lions), was born on January 4, 1927.

British actor Julian Sands (24, Arachnophobia, Boxing Helena, Grand Isle, Husbands and Lovers, The Killing Fields, Leaving Las Vegas, Naked Lunch, Oxford Blues, Room with a View, Stargate SG-1 and Warlock) was born on January 4, 1958.

American actor Richard Stahl (9 to 5, Barney Miller, Five Easy Pieces, Ghosts of Mississippi, High Anxiety, It's a Living, Laverne & Shirley, Night Court, The Odd Couple and WKRP in Cincinnati) was born on January 4, 1932. Richard Stahl's wife was actress Kathryn Ish.

American rock singer Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) was born on January 4, 1960.

Charles (General Tom Thumb) Stratton, American circus entertainer (P.T. Barnum Circus), was born on January 4, 1838. General Tom Thumb married circus performer Lavinia Warren.

British rock guitarist and singer Bernard (Barney) Sumner (Joy Division, New Order and Transmission) was born

Anthony (Scooter) Teague, American actor (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Trouble With Girls and West Side Story), was born on January 4, 1940.

January 4th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

German astronomer Wilhelm Beer was born on January 4, 1797. Wilhelm Beer is known for creating the first lunar map.

Louis Braille, French scientist, educator and raised type inventor (Braille System for the Blind), was born on January 4, 1809.

Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist (The Josephson Effect) and Nobel Prize winner (1973), was born on January 4, 1940.

British astronomer, mathematician, physicist (Newtonian Mechanics) and author (Philosophae Naturalis Principia Mathematica) Sir Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643.

Sir Isaac Pitman, British linguist, educator and shorthand pioneer, was born on January 4, 1813.

January 4th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

James Danforth (Dan) Quayle, American politician, 44^th U.S. Vice President (with 41^st U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush), U.S. Congressman (R-IN) and U.S. Senator R-IN), was born on January 4, 1947.

Benjamin Rush, American physician and founding father, was born on January 4, 1746.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on January 4th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on January 4th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

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