Famous people born on 4 December

15 of the people we track were born on 4 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Rainer Maria Rilke 1875Austrian poetdied aged 51
2. Francisco Franco 1892Spanish military leaderdied aged 82
3. Thomas Carlyle 1795Scottish essayist and historiandied aged 85
4. Jay-Z 1969American rapper and record producerliving, 56
5. Jeff Bridges 1949American actorliving, 76
6. Tyra Banks 1973American television producer and modelliving, 52
7. Samuel Butler 1835British novelistdied aged 66
8. Diogo Jota 1996Portuguese footballerdied aged 28
9. Sergey Bubka 1963Pole vaulterliving, 62
10. Gérard Philipe 1922French actordied aged 36
11. Marisa Tomei 1964American actorliving, 61
12. ALAlexander Litvinenko 1962Writerdied aged 43
13. Albert Bandura 1925Canadian psychologistdied aged 95
14. Crazy Horse 1849Chiefdied aged 27
15. Persius AD 34Roman poetdied aged 27