Famous people born on 4 January
9 of the people we track were born on 4 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.
Gao Xingjian and Brian Josephson were born on the very same day, 4 January 1940.
May-Britt Moser and Till Lindemann were born on the very same day, 4 January 1963.
Gao Xingjian 1940Chinese novelist and playwrightliving, 86
Louis Braille 1809French organist and inventordied aged 43
Toni Kroos 1990German footballerliving, 36
Jacob Grimm 1785German philologist and linguistdied aged 78
Brian Josephson 1940British physicistliving, 86
May-Britt Moser 1963Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientistliving, 63
James Milner 1986British footballerliving, 40
Alexander Griboyedov 1795Russian diplomat and poetdied aged 34
Till Lindemann 1963German singerliving, 63