What happened on September 4 ?

1241 - King Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)

1454 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)

1563 - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)

1596 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)

1717 - Job Orton, English dissenting minister (d. 1783)

1768 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat (d. 1848)

1803 - Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)

1824 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)

1832 - Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)

1846 - Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban planner (d. 1912)

1851 - John Dillon, Irish nationalist (d. 1927)

1886 - Albert Orsborn, the 6th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)

1891 - Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)

1892 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974)

1895 - Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953)

1896 - Antonin Artaud, French playwright, actor, and director (d. 1948)

1905 - Mary Renault, English novelist (d. 1983)

1906 - Max Delbrück, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1981)

1908 - Edward Dmytryk, American film director (d. 1999)

1908 - Richard Wright, American writer (d. 1960)

1913 - Stanford Moore, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)

1917 - Henry Ford II, American industrialist, president of Ford Motor Company from 1945 to 1960

1918 - Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster

1920 - Teddy Johnson, British singer

1924 - Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)

1925 - Forrest Carter, American author

1927 - John McCarthy, American computer scientist

1928 - Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)

1929 - Thomas Eagleton, Former US Senator from Missouri

1931 - Mitzi Gaynor, American actress

1932 - Carlos Romero Barcelo, former Governor of Puerto Rico

1932 - Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)

1934 - Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1937 - Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer

1937 - Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)

1941 - Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher

1941 - Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician

1946 - Gary Duncan, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)

1946 - Greg Elmore, American drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service)

1948 - Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer

1957 - Khandi Alexander, American actress

1957 - Patricia Tallman, American actress

1959 - Kevin Harrington, Australian actor

1960 - Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian

1963 - John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey goaltender

1968 - Mike Piazza, baseball player

1970 - Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)

1970 - Daisy Dee, West Indian-born singer and actress

1971 - Maik Taylor, Northern Irish footballer (goalkeeper)

1973 - Jason David Frank, American actor

1977 - Ian Grushka, American musician (New Found Glory)

1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, American singer

1982 - Alessandra Rubi Streignard Villarreal, Spanish singer