January 4th Birthdays

Michael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M. was born on this date in 1960

Also born on January 4th:

• 1934
  Rudolf Schuster, 2nd President of Slovakia
• 1937
  Grace Bumbry, American singer
  Dyan Cannon, American actress
• 1941
  John Bennett Perry, American actor
• 1955
  Mark Hollis, English musician and composer
• 1956
  Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer
  Bernard Sumner, English musician
• 1957
  Patty Loveless, American singer
• 1958
  Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist
  Matt Frewer, American actor
  Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor
• 1960
  April Winchell, American actress
• 1961
  Lee Curreri, American actor
  Sidney Green, American basketball player
• 1962
  Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist
  Joe Kleine, American basketball player
• 1963
  Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor
• 1965
  Beth Gibbons, English singer
  Cait O’Riordan, British musician
  Julia Ormond, English actress
• 1966
  Deana Carter, American singer
• 1967
  David Berman, American poet, singer, songwriter
  Marina Orsini, Canadian actress
• 1969
  Corie Blount, American basketball player
• 1973
  Mike D. Anderson, American actor
• 1974
  Ian Moor, English singer
• 1975
  Jill Marie Jones, American actress
• 1976
  Ted Lilly, American baseball player
• 1979
  Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used)
  Charity Rahmer, American actress
• 1980
  D’Arcy Carden, American actress
  Greg Cipes, American actor
  June Diane Raphael, American actress
• 1983
  Spencer Chamberlain, American musician
• 1986
  Steve Slaton, American football player
• 1995
  Maddie Hasson, American actress
• 2000
  Ashley Boettcher, American actress

January Birthday Calendar

Died on January 4th:

• 1821
  Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint (age 46)
• 1877
  Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman, philanthropist (age 82)
• 1965
  Albert Camus, French philosopher, author (age 46)
• 1965
  T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright (age 76)
• 1986
  Phil Lynott, Irish singer, bass player (Thin Lizzy), (age 36)
• 1998
  Mae Questel, American actress (age 89)
• 1999
  Iron Eyes Cody, American actor, stuntman (age 94)
• 2001
  Les Brown, American bandleader, composer (age 88)
• 2004
  Brian Gibson, English director, screenwriter (age 59)
• 2007
  Steve Krantz, American screenwriter, producer (age 83)
• 2011
  Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer, songwriter (age 63)
• 2021
  Tanya Roberts, American actress (age 65)
  Gregory Sierra, American actor (age 83)
• 2022
  Joan Copeland, American actress (age 99)
• 2024
  Glynis Johns, South African actress (age 100)
  David Soul, American actor (age 80)