| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Wallace Calvin Abbott |
Doctor |
12-Oct-1857 |
4-Jul-1921 |
Founder of Abbott Laboratories |
| John Adams |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1735 |
4-Jul-1826 |
2nd President of the U.S. |
| Pedro de Alvarado |
Military |
c. 1495 |
4-Jul-1541 |
Spanish conqueror of Americas |
| David Anderson |
Diplomat |
3-Jan-1937 |
4-Jul-1997 |
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1981-85 |
| Gregory Bateson |
Anthropologist |
9-May-1904 |
4-Jul-1980 |
Steps to an Ecology of Mind |
| Otto Bauer |
Politician |
5-Sep-1881 |
4-Jul-1938 |
Austrian Marxist |
| Ted Berrigan |
Poet |
15-Nov-1934 |
4-Jul-1983 |
The Sonnets |
| Hayyim Nahman Bialik |
Poet |
9-Jan-1873 |
4-Jul-1934 |
Foremost Hebrew poet |
| Robert N. Butler |
Doctor |
21-Jan-1927 |
4-Jul-2010 |
Expert on aging |
| William Byrd |
Composer |
1543 |
4-Jul-1623 |
English madrigalist, composer |
| Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr. |
Politician |
1941 |
4-Jul-2003 |
Ohio Attorney General, 1983-91 |
| François-René de Chateaubriand |
Author |
4-Sep-1768 |
4-Jul-1848 |
Génie du christianisme |
| Marie Curie |
Chemist |
7-Nov-1867 |
4-Jul-1934 |
Early nuclear chemist |
| Philippe Destouches |
Playwright |
9-Apr-1680 |
4-Jul-1754 |
Le Glorieux |
| Suraj ud Dowlah |
Royalty |
1728 |
4-Jul-1757 |
Black Hole of Calcutta |
| John Fiske |
Historian |
30-Mar-1842 |
4-Jul-1901 |
Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy |
| Melville W. Fuller |
Judge |
11-Feb-1833 |
4-Jul-1910 |
US Chief Justice, 1888-1910 |
| Eva Gabor |
Actor |
11-Feb-1919 |
4-Jul-1995 |
Green Acres |
| Hannibal Hamlin |
Politician |
27-Aug-1809 |
4-Jul-1891 |
Lincoln's first Vice President |
| June Haver |
Actor |
10-Jun-1926 |
4-Jul-2005 |
Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
| Jesse Helms |
Politician |
18-Oct-1921 |
4-Jul-2008 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003 |
| Thomas Jefferson |
Head of State |
13-Apr-1743 |
4-Jul-1826 |
3rd US President, 1801-09 |
| Brenda Joyce |
Actor |
25-Feb-1912 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Tarzan's Jane |
| Vaughan Kester |
Novelist |
12-Sep-1869 |
4-Jul-1911 |
The Prodigal Judge |
| Evelyn Keyes |
Actor |
20-Nov-1916 |
4-Jul-2008 |
Gone with the Wind |
| Allen Klein |
Business |
18-Dec-1931 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Prehensile ABKCO executive |
| Charles Kuralt |
TV Personality |
10-Sep-1934 |
4-Jul-1997 |
On the Road |
| Walter Long |
Actor |
5-Mar-1879 |
4-Jul-1952 |
The Birth of a Nation |
| William L. Marcy |
Politician |
12-Dec-1786 |
4-Jul-1857 |
US Secretary of State, 1853-57 |
| George C. McGhee |
Diplomat |
1912 |
4-Jul-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68 |
| Steve McNair |
Football |
14-Feb-1973 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Baltimore Ravens QB |
| Thomas Middleton |
Playwright |
18-Apr-1580 |
4-Jul-1627 |
A Game at Chess |
| James Monroe |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1758 |
4-Jul-1831 |
5th President of the U.S. |
| Barnett Newman |
Painter |
29-Jan-1905 |
4-Jul-1970 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Abraham Ortelius |
Cartographer |
14-Apr-1527 |
4-Jul-1598 |
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum atlas |
| John Crowe Ransom |
Poet |
30-Apr-1888 |
4-Jul-1974 |
God Without Thunder |
| Samuel Richardson |
Novelist |
1689 |
4-Jul-1761 |
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded |
| George Ripley |
Journalist |
3-Oct-1802 |
4-Jul-1880 |
The New York Tribune |
| Bob Ross |
TV Personality |
29-Oct-1942 |
4-Jul-1995 |
The Joy of Painting |
| Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli |
Astronomer |
14-Mar-1835 |
4-Jul-1910 |
Discovered canals on Mars |
| Anne Shirley |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
4-Jul-1993 |
Stella Dallas |
| Theodor Storm |
Poet |
14-Sep-1817 |
4-Jul-1888 |
Schimmelreiter |
| Hank Stram |
Football |
3-Jan-1923 |
4-Jul-2005 |
Hall-of-fame NFL coach, KC Chiefs |
| Bengt Strömgren |
Astronomer |
21-Jan-1908 |
4-Jul-1987 |
Hydrogen stars |
| Eric Sykes |
Actor |
4-May-1923 |
4-Jul-2012 |
The Plank |
| Peter Guthrie Tait |
Physicist |
28-Apr-1831 |
4-Jul-1901 |
Treatise on Quaternions |
| Johann Tetzel |
Religion |
c. 1460 |
4-Jul-1519 |
Seller of indulgences |
| Judy Tyler |
Actor |
9-Oct-1933 |
4-Jul-1957 |
Jailhouse Rock |
| Louis Wain |
Painter |
5-Aug-1860 |
4-Jul-1939 |
The Man Who Drew Cats |
| Jack Watson |
Actor |
14-May-1915 |
4-Jul-1999 |
The Wild Geese |
| Barry White |
Singer |
12-Sep-1944 |
4-Jul-2003 |
Soulful R&B singer |
| John Zachary Young |
Zoologist |
18-Mar-1907 |
4-Jul-1997 |
British zoological neurologist |