Who was born on December 4?
– 1795 – Thomas Carlyle (1881) – English writer, publicist, historian and philosopher.
– 1861 – Sergiy Vasilkov – Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Novosibirsk (1935-1937).
– 1878 – Mikhail Romanov – Grand Duke, brother of Nicholas II, Russian military and statesman.
– 1879 – Vsevolod Ramanovsky (1954) – mathematician, academician of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (1943).
– 1882 – Yakub Perelman (1942) – Soviet scientist, popularizer of physics, mathematics and astronomy.
– 1890 – Mehmet Fuod Köprülüzoda (1966) – Turkish literary critic, historian and statesman.
– 1896 – Nikolai Tikhonov (1979) – Soviet poet, prose writer and publicist.
– 1901 – Nikolai Simonov (1973) – Soviet film and theater actor, People’s Artist of the USSR.
– 1908 – Alfred Hershey (1997) – American geneticist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (1969
– 1924 – Mohammed Rafi (1981) – Indian singer.
– 1963 – Sergey Bubka – Soviet and Ukrainian athlete, 35-time record holder in the high jump, Olympic and 10-time world champion.
– 1973 – Tyra Banks – American supermodel, actress, singer and television personality.
– 1982 – Nick Vujicic – Australian motivational speaker, preacher, philanthropist and author.
– 1991 – Max Holloway – American mixed martial artist.
– 2007 – Scarlett Estevez – American actress.
