September 4th Birthdays
If you were born on September 4th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Dawn Fraser
International Swimming Hall of Fame Australian freestyle swimmer, 4-time Olympic gold medalist (1956, 1960, & 1964 100m Freestyle; 1956 100m Freestyle Relay), born September 4, 1937. (Dawn Fraser 1958 Photo: J. D. Noske / Dutch National Archives)
Raymond Floyd
World Golf Hall of Fame American professional golfer, 4-time major PGA Tour championships (1969 & 1982 PGA Championships; 1976 The Masters; 1986 US Open), 1983 Vardon & Byron Nelson awards, born September 4, 1942. (Raymond Floyd 1970s Photo: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.)
Jennifer Salt (daughter of Waldo Salt)
American producer and screenwriter (American Horror Story; Nip/Tuck; Eat Pray Love), retired actress of stage, television (Eunice Tate on Soap; The Marshall Chronicles), and movies (Midnight Cowboy; Brewster McCloud; Play It Again, Sam), born September 4, 1944. (Jennifer Salt 1977 Soap Photo: ABC)
Michael Berryman
American character actor of horror & dramatic movies (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; The Hills Have Eyes; My Science Project; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Below Zero; Spy Hard; Armed Response; Weird Science), born September 4, 1948. (Michael Berryman 2007 Photo: Stefan Borggraefe)
Tom Watson (nee Thomas Sturges Watson)
World Golf Hall of Fame American PGA Tour Champions pro golfer, 6-time PGA Player of the Year (World #1 1978-1982), with 8 major championship wins (5x The Open Championship; Masters 1977 & 1981; 1982 US Open), born September 4, 1949. (Tom Watson 2008 Photo: Ian Tilbrook)
Tony-winning American actress of stage, TV (Designing Women; The Critic; Down Home), & films (The Lonely Guy; The Woman in Red; Compromising Positions; Brighton Beach Memoirs; Hello Again; In Country; The Devil’s Advocate; Mystery, Alaska), born September 4, 1951. (Judith Ivey 1984: AP Newsfeatures)
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
American singer & actor of TV (Freddie “Boom Boom” Washington on Welcome Back, Kotter; Alien Nation; The Jackson: An American Dream) and movies (L. A. Heat; Chance; Indecent Behavior; Youngblood; Cooley High), born September 4, 1953. (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs 1976 Welcome Back, Kotter Photo: ABC TV)
Damon Wayans (brother of Keenen Ivory & Marlon Wayans, others)
American producer, screenwriter, & comedic actor of TV (Michael Kyle on My Wife and Kids; In Living Color; Roger Murtaugh on Lethal Weapon; Saturday Night Live; Damon) and movies (Major Payne; Mo’ Money; Earth Girls Are Easy; Roxanne), born September 4, 1960. (Damon Wayans 2008 Photo: Brian Solis)
Tomas Sandström
Finnish-Swedish firefighter, professional hockey player, NHL (1984-1999) right winger (New York Rangers; Los Angeles Kings; Pittsburgh Penguins; Detroit Red Wings – 1997 Stanley Cup champions; Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), born September 1, 1964. (Tomas Sandström 2009: Egon Eagle)
Ione Skye (nee Ione Skye Leitch; daughter of Donovan)
British-American actress of TV & films (Say Anything; MindWalk; River’s Edge; Dream for an Insomniac; Fever Pitch; Return to Babylon; Four Rooms), born September 4, 1970. Sister of Donovan Leitch; married Ben Lee; ex of Adam Horovitz; ex-partner of Anthony Kiedis. (Ione Skye 2007: Lukeford.net)
Danny Ponce (nee Luis Daniel Ponce)
American child actor of TV (Willie Hogan on Valerie; Jason Avery on Knots Landing; Happy Days; Hunter; Punky Brewster; Quincy M.E.; Full House; Alice; Hotel; Family Ties; Scrubs) and movies (The Black Dahlia; Man of the Year; Oh God! You Devil), born September 4, 1972. (Danny Ponce c. 1986)
(Mitzi Gaynor 1951: Fink and Smith | Dick York 1968 [colorized])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on September 4th!
Remember These September 4th Famous Birthdays
Mitzi Gaynor (nee Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber)
American singer-dancer & actress of stage, TV, and movies (South Pacific; For Love or Money; Surprise Package; Happy Anniversary; The Joker is Wild; Three Young Texans; There’s No Business Like Show Business; Bloodhounds of Broadway; Golden Girl; Les Girls; My Blue Heaven) (born Sept. 4, 1931 – died Oct. 17, 2024; age 93). (Mitzi Gaynor 1954 [colorized])
Dick York (nee Richard Allen York)
American actor of radio, TV (1st Darrin Stephens on Bewitched; Going My Way; Alfred Hitchcock Presents), & films (Inherit the Wind; They Came to Cordura; The Last Blitzkrieg; Cowboy; Operation Mad Ball; Three Stripes in the Sun; My Sister Eileen) (born Sept. 4, 1928 – died Feb. 20, 1992; age 63). Dick York died of emphysema complications. (Dick York 1965 Photo: McDermott Company)
Edward Dmytryk (married Jean Porter)
Blacklisted Canadian-American film director (Crossfire; The Juggler; The Caine Mutiny; Raintree County; The Sniper; The Young Lions; The Carpetbaggers; Golden Gloves; Murder, My Sweet; Back to Bataan; Till The End of Time; Broken Lance) (born Sept. 4, 1908 – died July 1, 1999; age 90). Edward Dmytryk died of kidney & heart failure. (Edward Dmytryk 1950 The Hollywood Ten)
Howard Morris
American TV director, character & voice over actor of TV (Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show; The Dick Van Dyke Show; Trapper John, M.D.; Hogan’s Heroes; Archie’s Funhouse), and movies (Boy’s Night Out; Fluffy; Way… Way Out; High Anxiety; Splash) (born Sept. 4, 1919 – died May 21, 2005; age 85). Howard Morris died of heart failure. (Howard Morris 1962 Thriller)
English writer of historical biographies and novels set in Ancient Greece (The Nature of Alexander; The North Face; The Charioteer; The Last of the Wine; The King Must Die; The Bull from the Sea; The Mask of Apollo; The Persian Boy) (born Sept. 4, 1905 – died Dec. 13, 1983; age 78). Mary Renault had cancer and pneumonia before she died. (Mary Renault 1970s Photo: Chatto & Windus)
American U.S. Navy Landsman, patent draftsman & consultant (Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison), inventor (railway car washroom; improved process for making carbon filaments for light bulbs; an air conditioner; safety elevator) & author (Incandescent Electric Lighting) (born Sept. 4, 1848 – died Dec. 11, 1928; age 80). (Lewis Howard Latimer 1882)
Computer Pioneer Award-winning American mathematician, Stanford University professor, cognitive & computer scientist, artificial intelligence co-founder, LISP programming language creator, co-developer of ALGOL, co-creator of time-sharing systems (aka servers, aka cloud computing) (born Sept. 4, 1927 – died Oct. 24, 2011; age 84). (John McCarthy 2006: Null0)
Bert Olmstead (nee Murray Albert Olmstead; “Dirty Bertie“)
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian pro ice hockey player in the National Hockey League, record-setting NHL left winger (Chicago Black Hawks; Montreal Canadiens – 4X Stanley Cup champions 1953; 1956-1958; Toronto Maple Leafs – 1962 Stanley Cup champions); WHA coach (Vancouver Canucks) (born Sept. 4, 1926 – died Nov. 16, 2015; age 89). (Bert Olmstead 1944-’46)
Jerry Ragovoy (nee Jordan Ragovoy; aka Norman Meade)
Grammy-winning American record producer & founder of The Hit Factory, musician, and songwriter (Time is on My Side; Piece of My Heart; Cry Baby; Stay With Me; You Don’t Know Nothing About Love; Try [Just a Little Bit Harder]; My Knight in Black Leather; Girl Happy; Eight Days on the Road) (born Sept. 4, 1930 – died July 13, 2011; age 80). (Jerry Ragovoy Painting: A. Hamilton)
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