The 338th day of the year, the 339th in a leap year
Born on 4 December
Every 4 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 4 December in any year.
Which weekday 4 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 4 December falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 4 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,790 babies were born on 4 December in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 235th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 4 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Rainer Maria Rilke | 1875–1926 | Austrian poet and writer |
| Francisco Franco | 1892–1975 | Spanish general and dictator |
| Thomas Carlyle | 1795–1881 | Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher |
| Jay-Z | 1969– | American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur |
| Jeff Bridges | 1949– | American actor |
| Tyra Banks | 1973– | American television personality, producer, and former model |
| Diogo Jota | 1996–2025 | Portuguese footballer |
| Samuel Butler | 1835–1902 | English novelist and critic |
| Sergey Bubka | 1963– | Ukrainian pole vaulter |
| Marisa Tomei | 1964– | American actress |
| Albert Bandura | 1925–2021 | Canadian psychologist |
| Ramaswamy Venkataraman | 1910–2009 | President of India from 1987 to 1992 |
| Edith Cavell | 1865–1915 | British nurse |
| Alfred Hershey | 1908–1997 | American bacteriologist and geneticist |
| Roh Tae-woo | 1932–2021 | President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993 |
| Nick Vujicic | 1982– | Australian evangelist and motivational speaker |
| Jin | 1992– | South Korean singer |
| Inder Kumar Gujral | 1919–2012 | Prime Minister of India (1997-1998) |
Died on 4 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Omar Khayyam | 1048–1131 | Persian mathematician and poet |
| Thomas Hobbes | 1588–1679 | English philosopher; died 4 December in the Julian calendar, which is 14 December in the Gregorian |
| Hannah Arendt | 1906–1975 | German-American political theorist and philosopher |
| Frank Zappa | 1940–1993 | American musician |
| Cardinal Richelieu | 1585–1642 | French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman |
| John of Damascus | 675–749 | Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist |
| Luigi Galvani | 1737–1798 | Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher |
| Pope John XXII | 1244–1334 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334 |
| Thomas Hunt Morgan | 1866–1945 | American biologist and professor from Kentucky |
| Charles Richet | 1850–1935 | French physiologist and parapsychologist |
| Benjamin Britten | 1913–1976 | English composer, conductor, and pianist |
| Sócrates | 1954–2011 | Brazilian association football player |
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