July 4 is the birthday of 52 notable people we've found so far, including historical figures, entrepreneurs, authors and politicians, and 4 of them are billionaires.
Renáta Kellnerová is the widow of Petr Kellner, Czech billionaire entrepreneur and founder of the PPF Group, who died in March 2021 in a helicopter crash.
Douglas M. Leone is an American billionaire venture capitalist and former managing partner of Sequoia Capital. As of May 2026, his net worth was estimated at US$12.2 billion.
George Michael Steinbrenner III, nicknamed "the Boss", was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010.
Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Share of the 52 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Authors21% (11 people)
Entrepreneurs21% (11 people)
Athletes17% (9 people)
Politicians17% (9 people)
Artists13% (7 people)
Actors12% (6 people)
Creators12% (6 people)
Countries
18 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States18 (18 people)
France6 (6 people)
Japan5 (5 people)
United Kingdom3 (3 people)
Albania2 (2 people)
Australia2 (2 people)
Czech Republic2 (2 people)
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Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he served from 1921 to 1923 as the 29th vice president, under President Warren G. Harding, and from 1919 to 1921 as the 48th governor of Massachusetts.
Harris & Ewing, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Susumu Kitagawa is a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist specializing in coordination chemistry, with a focus on organic–inorganic hybrid compounds and the chemical and physical properties of porous coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks.
Gérard Debreu was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy.
In album: Cartes-de-visite portraits of U.S. Army officers, children, and others, p. 15, right., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé was an Argentine and Spanish professional footballer and manager who played as a forward. Nicknamed "Saeta Rubia", he played in all five of Madrid's European Cup victories during the 1950s and 1960s.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Eva Marie Saint is an American retired actress. In a career spanning more than seven decades, she received an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, in additions to nominations for two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
20th Century Fox. Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Marvin Neil Simon was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays.
New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Tomio Okamura is a Japanese-born Czech far-right politician and entrepreneur, serving as the president of the Chamber of Deputies since November 2025. Okamura was the founder of the political parties Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD).
Tomio Okamura, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Elie Saab is a fashion designer based in Lebanon. He started his business in the early 1980s, and specialized in bridal couture. His work includes the use of materials such as lace, gemstones, crystals, pearls, and embroidery.
Edvin Kristaq "Edi" Rama is an Albanian politician, artist, writer, and former professional basketball player who has served as prime minister of Albania since 2013 and as chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005.
Eriona Çami - European Commission, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tahar Rahim is a French actor, most known for his performance in A Prophet (2009), for which he won the César Award for Best Actor and César Award for Best Male Revelation, alongside a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination.
Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
St. John of the Cross was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of the 38 Doctors of the Church.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Brendan Eich is an American computer programmer and technology executive. He created the JavaScript programming language and co-founded the Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Mozilla Corporation.
Darcy Padilla, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Leona Roberts Helmsley was an American businesswoman. After allegations of non-payment were made by contractors hired to improve Helmsley's Connecticut home, she was investigated and convicted of federal income tax evasion and other crimes in 1989.
United States Marshals Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Gulzarilal Nanda was an Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues. He served as the acting Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 respectively.
Mick Wingert is an American voice actor and voice-over coach. He provided the voices of Master Po and Zeng in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, taking over the roles from actors Jack Black and Dan Fogler, respectively; as well as Iron Man in various Marvel productions.
Thomas Nagel is an American postanalytic philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy, a professor of law, and University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York University.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer. Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast astronomical distances led to a shift in the understanding of the scale and nature of the universe.
William Henry credited as photographer in the Woman Citizen issue where this photo appeared., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Victoria Mérida Rojas, better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! by director Pedro Almodóvar.
Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
George Lloyd Murphy was an American actor and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1951.
U.S. Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Era Istrefi is a Kosovo-Albanian singer. Born and raised in Pristina, she rose to international recognition in 2016 with the breakthrough single "BonBon", which experienced commercial success worldwide.
Angelina Adal, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Giampiero Boniperti was an Italian footballer who played his entire 15-season career at Juventus between 1946 and 1961, winning five Serie A titles and two Coppa Italia titles.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. She began performing in the early 1990s, and competed in "Dora" – the Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 4 times.
Jean-Pierre François Blanchard was a French inventor, best known as a pioneer of gas balloon flight, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the air in a balloon.
J. Newton, sculpsit ; R. Livesay, pinxit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Paul Scarron was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist, born in Paris. Though his precise birth date is unknown, he was baptised on 4 July 1610. Scarron was the first husband of Françoise d'Aubigné, who later became Madame de Maintenon and secretly married King Louis XIV.
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert was a German poet, novelist, and popular moralistic writer, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing.
Carlos Ardila Lülle was a Colombian entrepreneur and the founder and head of the Organización Ardila Lülle, a major Colombian conglomerate which controls companies such as RCN TV, the Postobon soft drink, and the Atlético Nacional football team.
This page lists 52 people born on July 4, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 4 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of May 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on July 4. Read the full methodology.
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