The 277th day of the year, the 278th in a leap year
Born on 4 October
Every 4 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 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 October in any year.
Which weekday 4 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 4 October falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 4 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,905 babies were born on 4 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 18th 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 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Rutherford B. Hayes | 1822–1893 | president of the United States from 1877 to 1881 |
| Susan Sarandon | 1946– | American actress and activist |
| Buster Keaton | 1895–1966 | American actor, comedian and filmmaker |
| Charlton Heston | 1923–2008 | American actor |
| Vitaly Ginzburg | 1916–2009 | Russian physicist |
| Christoph Waltz | 1956– | Austrian and German actor |
| Dakota Johnson | 1989– | American actress and model |
| Anne Rice | 1941–2021 | American author |
| Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | 1942– | Icelandic politician |
| Jean-François Millet | 1814–1875 | French painter |
| Alicia Silverstone | 1976– | American actress |
| Louis X of France | 1289–1316 | King of France from 1314 to 1316 |
| Kenichi Fukui | 1918–1998 | Japanese chemist |
| François Guizot | 1787–1874 | French historian, orator and statesman |
| Engelbert Dollfuss | 1892–1934 | Austrian Christian Social and Patriotic Front statesman |
| Charles IX of Sweden | 1550–1611 | King of Sweden from 1604 to 1611 |
| Alvin Toffler | 1928–2016 | American writer, futurist and businessman |
| Tomáš Rosický | 1980– | Czech footballer |
Died on 4 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Rembrandt | 1606–1669 | Dutch painter and printmaker |
| Max Planck | 1858–1947 | German theoretical physicist |
| Janis Joplin | 1943–1970 | American singer |
| Võ Nguyên Giáp | 1911–2013 | Vietnamese general and communist politician |
| Vladimir Dal | 1801–1872 | Russian lexicographer; died 4 October in the Gregorian calendar, 22 September in the Julian |
| Otto Weininger | 1880–1903 | Austrian philosopher and writer |
| Glenn Gould | 1932–1982 | Canadian composer and pianist |
| Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | 1834–1904 | French sculptor and painter |
| Michael Smith | 1932–2000 | Canadian Nobel laureate in chemistry |
| Jean-Claude Duvalier | 1951–2014 | President of the Republic of Haiti |
| Graham Chapman | 1941–1989 | English actor, comedian and writer |
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