Birthday twins
September 4 is the birthday of 37 notable people we've found so far, including historical figures, politicians, entrepreneurs and scientists.
What the data says
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every September birthday · battle September 4 against another date · all rankings
Who shares September 4
Share of the 37 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Scientist
1962 · Japan
Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese stem cell researcher and a Nobel Prize laureate.
日本学士院, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1906–1981 · United States
Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German–American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late 1930s.
The original uploader was MalteAhrens at German Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1934–2009 · United Kingdom
Sir Clive William John Granger was a British econometrician known for his contributions to nonlinear time series analysis. He taught in Britain, at the University of Nottingham and in the United States, at the University of California, San Diego.
redfalo (Olaf), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1913–1982 · United States
Stanford Moore was an American biochemist. He shared a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972, with Christian B.
Actor
1952–2020 · India
Rishi Raj Kapoor was an Indian actor, and filmmaker who worked in Hindi cinema. Kapoor was the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and four Filmfare Awards.
Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1968 · United States
John William DiMaggio is an American actor. He is known for voicing Bender in Futurama and Jake the Dog in Adventure Time.
Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur · Ford Motor Company · automotive
1917–1987 · United States
Henry Ford II, commonly known as "Hank the Deuce," was an American businessman in the automotive industry. He was the oldest son of Edsel Ford and oldest grandson of Henry Ford I.
Hugo van Gelderen / Anefo (originally uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Mr. Nostalgic before being cropped and reuploaded, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Founder · Meta Platforms · technology
1983 · United States
Andrew McCollum is an American angel investor and businessman. He is a co-founder of Facebook and the current chief executive officer of Philo.
Entrepreneur
1926–2006 · Lebanon
Elias Hrawi was a Lebanese politician who served as the 10th president of Lebanon from 1989 to 1998.
Pilar2013, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · Minox
1905–2003 · Switzerland
Walter Zapp was a Baltic German inventor. His best-known creation was the Minox subminiature camera. Over the course of his life, he was granted over 60 patents.
Jaan Künnap, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1955 · United States
Brian David Schweitzer is an American farmer and politician who served as the 23rd governor of Montana from 2005 to 2013. Schweitzer served for a time as chair of the Western Governors Association as well as the Democratic Governors Association.
Office of Governor Brian Schweitzer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1961 · Germany
Hans Georg Näder is a German entrepreneur and Managing Partner of Ottobock.
Bernd Schwabe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
September 4 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More birthday twins
Scientist
1927–2011 · United States
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, and part of just a small group of artificial intelligence researchers in the 1950s and 1960s.
"null0", CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1993 · Belgium
Yannick Ferreira Carrasco is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab. A versatile player, he can be deployed as a left midfielder, left wing-back, left winger or left-back.
Светлана Бекетова, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1908–1960 · United States
Richard Nathaniel Wright (1908–1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction.
Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1896–1948 · France
Antoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud, was a French artist who worked across a variety of media. He is best known for his writings, as well as his work in the theatre and cinema.
Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1825–1917 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dadabhai Naoroji was an Indian political leader, merchant, scholar, and writer who played a role in both Indian and British public life.
R.M. Richardson & Co, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1985 · Spain
Raúl Albiol Tortajada is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender.
Rolandhino1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1824–1896 · Austrian Empire
Joseph Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1982 · Iceland
Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trained cellist, she has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Múm, and Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and has toured with Animal Collective and Sunn O))).
Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1768–1848 · France
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist by political disposition.
Anne-Louis Girodet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1891–1942 · Nazi Germany
Fritz Todt was a German construction engineer and senior political figure of the Nazi Party.
Inventor
1848–1928 · United States
Lewis Howard Latimer was an American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs, and an improved toilet system for railroad cars.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1934–2012 · Russia
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil, often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer.
Владимир Вяткин, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1926–2002 · United States
Ivan Dominic Illich was an Austrian Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and social critic.
Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1953 · Turkey
Fatih Terim is a Turkish professional football manager and former player.
Ирина Рыбакова, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1850–1928 · Kingdom of Italy
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.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1877–1942 · Latvia
Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis was a Latvian politician and dictator. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar period of independence from November 1918 to June 1940 and served as the country's first prime minister.
Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1913–2005 · Japan
Kenzō Tange was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised in China and southern Japan, Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier and designed his first buildings under Imperial Japan.
Musician
1892–1974 · France
Darius Milhaud was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are influenced by jazz and Brazilian music and make extensive use of polytonality.
Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1969 · Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili is a Georgian academic and politician who was the fourth president of Georgia, in office from 17 November 2013 to 16 December 2018.
Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äusseres, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1945 · France
Philippe Rousselot, AFC, ASC is a French cinematographer, best known for his wide range of work in both European and mainstream American cinema, from drama, to fantasy, and action.
Artist
1744–1809 · Kingdom of Denmark
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jens Juel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1950 · Australia
Robert Dobson Millner is an Australian corporate executive. He is the chairman of Soul Patts, Australia's second oldest publicly-listed corporation, and the chairman of New Hope Group, Brickworks, Choiseul Investments and NBN Television.
Athlete
1958 · Japan
Satoshi Tezuka is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Israeli lawyer and philanthropist
1951
Doron Kochavi is an Israeli lawyer, businessperson and philanthropist.
Doron Kochavi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1842–1904 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir William Henry Rattigan, KC was a British lawyer, judge, legal writer, and Liberal Unionist MP for North East Lanarkshire.
This page lists 37 people born on September 4, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. No one here has a sourced net-worth estimate yet, so no wealth figures are shown. 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 September 4. Read the full methodology.
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