The 185th day of the year, the 186th in a leap year
Born on 4 July
Every 4 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 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 July in any year.
Which weekday 4 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 4 July falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 4 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,882 babies were born on 4 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 33rd 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 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Calvin Coolidge | 1872–1933 | president of the United States from 1923 to 1929 |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | 1807–1882 | Italian general, patriot and republican |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1804–1864 | American author |
| Gina Lollobrigida | 1927–2023 | Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician |
| Alfredo Di Stéfano | 1926–2014 | Argentine-Spanish association football player |
| Edi Rama | 1964– | Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 |
| Murad III | 1546–1595 | 12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595) |
| Gloria Stuart | 1910–2010 | American actress |
| Oscar I of Sweden | 1799–1859 | King of Sweden and Norway between 1844–1859 |
| Henrietta Swan Leavitt | 1868–1921 | American astronomer and human calculator |
| Victoria Abril | 1959– | Spanish actress |
| Post Malone | 1995– | American singer and rapper |
| Álvaro Uribe | 1952– | President of Colombia from 2002 to 2010 |
| Gulzarilal Nanda | 1898–1998 | Indian politician |
| Queen Sonja of Norway | 1937– | Queen consort of Norway from 1991 to 2026 |
| George Everest | 1790–1866 | Welsh surveyor and geographer |
| Eva Marie Saint | 1924– | American actress |
| Gérard Debreu | 1921–2004 | French economist and mathematician |
Died on 4 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Curie | 1867–1934 | Polish-born French physicist and chemist |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1743–1826 | Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 |
| John Adams | 1735–1826 | Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 |
| James Monroe | 1758–1831 | president of the United States from 1817 to 1825 |
| Swami Vivekananda | 1863–1902 | Indian Hindu monk and philosopher |
| François-René de Chateaubriand | 1768–1848 | French writer, politician and historian |
| Pope Benedict V | died 965 | pope |
| Hayreddin Barbarossa | 1478–1546 | Ottoman corsair and admiral |
| Abbas Kiarostami | 1940–2016 | Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer |
| Giovanni Schiaparelli | 1835–1910 | Italian astronomer and science historian |
| Astor Piazzolla | 1921–1992 | Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger |
| Suzanne Lenglen | 1899–1938 | French tennis player |
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