Veikko Hakulinen

Finnish forestry technician and cross country skier (1925–2003).

Born January 4th, 1925 in Lakhdenpokhsky District. ^[ref]

Died October 24th, 2003 at 78 years old in Valkeakoski (traffic collision).

Karine Ruby

French snowboarder (1978-2009).

Born January 4th, 1978 in Bonneville.

Died May 29th, 2009 at 31 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. ^[ref]

Kay Voser

Swiss footballer.

Born January 4th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Baden. ^[ref]

Jimmy Jones

American basketball player.

Born January 4th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Tallulah.

Mohamed Rahmat

Former information minister (1938-2010).

Born January 4th, 1938 in Johor.

Died January 1st, 2010 at 71 years old in Kuala Lumpur.

Namig Abdullayev

Azerbaijani wrestler.

Born January 4th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Baku.

Ekvtime Takaishvili

Historian (1863–1953).

Born January 4th, 1863 in Likhauri.

Died February 21st, 1953 at 90 years old in Tbilisi.

Wolfgang Tiefensee

German politician (born 1955).

Born January 4th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Gera. ^[ref]

Laia Marull

Spanish actress.

Born January 4th, 1973 (age 53 years) in Barcelona.

Sébastien Foucras

Freestyle skier.

Born January 4th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Montreuil.

Tristan Gommendy

French racing driver.

Born January 4th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Le Chesnay.

Andrei Krauchanka

Belarusian decathlete.

Born January 4th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Myshanka.

Jovan Ristić

Prime minister of serbia (1831-1899).

Born January 4th, 1831 in Kragujevac. ^[ref]

Died September 4th, 1899 at 68 years old in Belgrade. ^[ref]

Niko I Dadiani, Prince of Megrelia

Georgian prince and russian army general (1847–1903).

Born January 4th, 1847 in Zugdidi.

Died January 24th, 1903 at 56 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Elena Valova

Russian pair skater.

Born January 4th, 1963 (age 63 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Oh Jae-suk

South korean association football player.

Born January 4th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Uijeongbu.

Gennady Gagulia

Abkhazian politician (1948-2018).

Born January 4th, 1948 in Lykhny.

Died September 8th, 2018 at 70 years old in Myussera (traffic collision).

Évariste Lévi-Provençal

French historian (1894-1956).

Born January 4th, 1894 in Algiers.

Died March 23rd, 1956 at 62 years old in avenue Émile-Deschanel.

Zhang Jiewen

Chinese badminton player.

Born January 4th, 1981 (age 45 years) in Guangzhou. ^[ref]

Kevin Kuske

German bobsledder.

Born January 4th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Potsdam.

Robert Lamoureux

Actor, screenwriter, film director (1920-2011).

Born January 4th, 1920 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.

Died October 29th, 2011 at 91 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. ^[ref]

Kariem Hussein

Swiss athlete.

Born January 4th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Münsterlingen.

Marek Borowski

Polish politician.

Born January 4th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Warsaw.

Zhou Weihui

Chinese writer.

Born January 4th, 1973 (age 53 years) in Ningbo.

Andro Bušlje

Olympic water polo player.

Born January 4th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Dubrovnik.