What happened on October 4 ?

1160 - Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France

1289 - King Louis X of France (d. 1316)

1379 - King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)

1515 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)

1542 - Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)

1550 - King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)

1562 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (d. 1647)

1570 - Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman (d. 1637)

1625 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy and sister of Blaise Pascal (d. 1661)

1626 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)

1720 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (d. 1778)

1723 - Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798)

1787 - François Guizot, French historian and statesman (d. 1874)

1814 - Jean-François Millet, French painter (d. 1875)

1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)

1841 - Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (d. 1912)

1858 - Michael Pupin, Serbian-born telephone pioneer and author (d. 1935)

1861 - Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)

1862 - Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)

1877 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)

1880 - Damon Runyon, American writer (d. 1946)

1881 - Walther von Brauchitsch, German Commander-in-Chief (d. 1948)

1886 - Luis Alberni, Spanish character actor (d. 1962)

1888 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)

1892 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (d. 1934)

1895 - Buster Keaton, American comedian, actor (d. 1966)

1903 - John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)

1903 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German military officer (d. 1946)

1910 - Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)

1914 - Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)

1916 - Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1918 - Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1922 - Malcolm Baldrige, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)

1924 - Charlton Heston, American actor

1928 - Alvin Toffler, American author

1934 - Sam Huff, American football player

1937 - Jackie Collins, British author

1938 - Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1940 - Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer

1941 - Anne Rice, American writer

1942 - Karl W. Richter, American aviator

1943 - H. Rap Brown, American civil rights activist

1944 - Tony La Russa, American baseball manager

1945 - Clifton Davis, American actor

1946 - Chuck Hagel, United States Senator from Nebraska

1946 - Susan Sarandon, American actress

1947 - Ann Widdecombe, British politician

1949 - Armand Assante, American actor

1949 - Stephen Gyllenhaal, Director, Producer, Father of two

1950 - Peppermint Patty, fictional, charactor in Peanuts cartoon strip by Charles Schultz

1953 - Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-born actor

1957 - Alexander Tkachev, Soviet gymnast

1957 - Bill Fagerbakke, American actor

1959 - Chris Lowe, British singer (Pet Shop Boys)

1959 - Tony Meo, English snooker player

1960 - Afrika Bambaataa, American musician

1961 - Jon Secada, Cuban-born singer

1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and artist

1963 - A.C. Green, American basketball player

1967 - Marcus Bentley, British voice actor

1967 - Liev Schreiber, American actor

1970 - Richard Hancox, English footballer

1971 - Tammi ann, American porn actress

1971 - Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer

1973 - Chris Parks, American professional wrestler who uses the stage name "Abyss"

1975 - Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian football player

1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress

1976 - Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer

1979 - Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress

1980 - Me'Lisa Barber, American athlete

1980 - Sarah Fisher, American race car driver

1980 - Tomá? Rosický, Czech footballer

1981 - Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player

1982 - Andrew McDonnell, Irish politician

1983 - Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol

1984 - Elena Katina, Russian musician (t.A.T.u.)