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Actors Born on January 4

  • 1870 Percy Pitt, English composer (BBC), born in London, England (d. 1932)
  • 1877 Gibson Gowland, British film actor (Greed, Blind Husbands, The Phantom of the Opera), born in Spennymoor, Durham, England (d. 1951)
  • 1903 Joris Diels, Flemish actor and director (It's a Cruel World, Haagsche Comedy), born in Antwerpen, Belgium (d. 1992)
  • 1905 Sterling Holloway, American actor (The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, The Aristocats, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), born in Cedartown, Georgia (d. 1992)
  • 1916 Lionel Newman, American film music composer (Peyton Place), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1989)
  • 1916 Robert Parrish, American film director (Casino Royale), born in Columbus, Georgia (d. 1995)
  • 1920 Rosalie Crutchley, British actress (Armchair Theatre: Black Limelight, Four Weddings and a Funeral), born in London, England (d. 1997)
  • 1923 (Pablo) "Tito" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican timbalero, singer, bandleader ("Inolvidable"), and television host, born in Obrero, Santurce, Puerto Rico (d. 1973)
  • 1927 Barbara Rush, American stage and screen actress (Peyton Place - "Marsha"; It Came From Outer Space; Flamingo Road), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2024) [1]
  • 1930 Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire (d. 2009)
  • 1930 Sorrell Booke, American actor (Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazard), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
  • 1932 Richard Stahl, American actor (Howard-It's a Living), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2006)
  • 1937 Dyan Cannon [Samile Diane Friesen], American actress, director and producer (Heaven Can Wait), born in Tacoma, Washington
  • 1940 Anthony "Skooter" Teague, American screen and stage actor (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; No, No, Nanette), born in Jacksboro, Texas (d. 1989)
  • 1941 John Bennett Perry, American actor (Falcon Crest), and singer, born in Williamstown, Massachusetts
  • 1947 Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter
  • 1956 Ann Magnuson, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger), born in Charleston, West Virginia
  • 1958 Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist
  • 1958 Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor
  • 1958 Julian Sands, English actor (A Room With a View; Arachnophobia; 24), born in Otley, Yorkshire, England (d. 2023)
  • 1958 Matt Frewer, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1959 Vanity [Denise Matthews] Canadian-American pop and R&B singer, Prince protégé, and actress (52 Pick Up), born in Niagara Falls, Ontario (d. 2016)
  • 1960 April Winchell, American actress
  • 1961 Lee Curreri, American actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame), born in New York City
  • 1962 Laila Eloui, Egyptian film actress (Girl's Love; Little Love, Much Violence), born in Cairo, Egypt
  • 1962 Patrick Cassidy, American actor and composer (Fever Pitch; Off the Wall), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1963 Dave Foley, actor and comedian (Kids In The Hall, Dave Nelson on NewsRadio)
  • 1965 Julia Ormond, English actress (Sabrina, Legends of the Fall), born in London, England
  • 1965 Rick Hearst, American actor (General Hospital), born in Howard Beach, New York
  • 1965 Yvan Attal, French actor and director, born in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 1967 Marina Orsini, Canadian actress, born in Ville-Émard, Montreal
  • 1969 Lindsay Kennedy, American actor (Jeb-Little House on the Prairie), born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1970 Chris Kanyon, American pro wrestler (WCW/WWF World Tag Team C'ship), born in Sunnyside, New York City (d. 2010)
  • 1971 Jeremy Licht, American actor (Mark-Valerie/Hogan Family), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1972 James Longley, American documentary filmmaker, born in Eugene, Oregon
  • 1973 Harmony Korine, American film director and artist, born in Bolinas, California
  • 1977 Irán Castillo, Mexican actress, born in Veracruz, Mexico
  • 1980 Erin Cahill, American actress, born in Stafford, Virginia
  • 1980 Greg Cipes, American actor, born in Coral Springs, Florida
  • 1982 Kang Hye-jeong, South Korean actress, born in Incheon, South Korea
  • 1991 Charles Melton, American actor (Riverdale), born in Juneau, Alaska
  • 1991 Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress, born in Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1996 Emma Mackey, French-British actress (Maeve Wiley-Sex Education; Death on the Nile; Emily), born in Le Mans, France

Liza Soberano (26 years old)

1998 Filipino-American actress (Forevermore; Everyday I Love You), born in Santa Clara, California

  • 1999 Gage Munroe, Canadian actor (I Declare War), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 2000 Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 2002 Tunisha Sharma, Indian actress (Alibaba - Dastaan-e-Kabul), born in Chandigarh, India (d. 2022)
  • 2003 Jaeden Martell, American actor (Bill Denbrough-It; Knives Out), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
  • 2005 Dafne Keen, British-Spanish actress (Laura-Logan; Lyra Belacqua- His Dark Materials), born in Madrid, Spain