Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 4

Births

 * 1289 - King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
 * 1626 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
 * 1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893) (pictured)
 * 1895 - Buster Keaton, American comedian (d. 1966)
 * 1916 - Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
 * 1924 - Charlton Heston, American actor (d. 2008)
 * 1937 - Jackie Collins, British author (d. 2015)
 * 1941 - Anne Rice, American writer (d. 2021)
 * 1946 - Susan Sarandon, American actress
 * 1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress

Deaths

 * 1305 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
 * 1582 - Teresa of Ávila, Spanish saint (b. 1515)
 * 1597 - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550)
 * 1669 - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (b. 1606)
 * 1743 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (b. 1678)
 * 1754 - Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief (b. circa. 1700)
 * 1859 - Karl Baedeker, German publisher (b. 1801)
 * 1947 - Max Planck, Nobel laureate (b. 1858)
 * 1970 - Janis Joplin, American singer (b. 1943)