Marc Lieb

Racing driver, 2012-2016 world endurance championship driver, 2003-2015 24 hours of le mans driver.

Born July 4th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Stuttgart.

Sébastien Japrisot

French author (1931–2003).

Born July 4th, 1931 in Marseille.

Died March 4th, 2003 at 71 years old in Vichy.

Jürgen Moser

German mathematician (1928–1999).

Born July 4th, 1928 in Königsberg.

Died December 17th, 1999 at 71 years old in Zurich.

Anton Nosik

Russian journalist (1966–2017).

Born July 4th, 1966 in Moscow.

Died July 9th, 2017 at 51 years old in Pirogovo (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Khaled Khoja

Syrian politician.

Born July 4th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Damascus.

Stanisław Ryłko

Catholic cardinal.

Born July 4th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Andrychów.

Reuben Fenton

American politician (1819-1885).

Born July 4th, 1819 in Carroll.

Died August 25th, 1885 at 66 years old in Jamestown.

Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson

Icelandic neopaganist leader (1924-1993).

Born July 4th, 1924 in Borgarfjörður.

Died December 23rd, 1993 at 69 years old in Borgarfjörður (myocardial infarction).

Henry Armetta

Italian-american actor (1888-1945).

Born July 4th, 1888 in Palermo.

Died October 21st, 1945 at 57 years old in San Diego (myocardial infarction).

Susumu Kitagawa

Japanese chemist.

Born July 4th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Kyoto. ^[ref]

Elsa Lila

Albanian showgirl.

Born July 4th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Tirana.

Benjamin Hübner

German footballer.

Born July 4th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Wiesbaden.

Zhang Ze

Chinese tennis player.

Born July 4th, 1990 (age 35 years) in China.

Andrey Zamkovoy

Russian boxer.

Born July 4th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Svobodny.

Ukichiro Nakaya

Japanese physicist and science essayist known for his work in glaciology and low-temperature sciences (1900-1962).

Born July 4th, 1900 in Kaga.

Died April 11th, 1962 at 61 years old in Tokyo (prostate cancer).

Kristian Golomeev

Greek swimmer.

Born July 4th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Velingrad.

Benjamin Péret

French poet, parisian dadaist and a founder and central member of the french surrealist movement with his avid use of surrealist automatism (1899–1959).

Born July 4th, 1899 in Rezé. ^[ref]

Died September 18th, 1959 at 60 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Takahisa Masuda

Japanese idol.

Born July 4th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Tokyo.

Richard Stika

Catholic bishop.

Born July 4th, 1957 in St. Louis.

Died February 17th, 2026 at 68 years old in Knoxville. ^[ref]

Ned Zelic

Australian association football player.

Born July 4th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Sydney.

Amos Elon

Israeli journalist and author (1926–2009).

Born July 4th, 1926 in Vienna.

Died May 25th, 2009 at 82 years old in Tuscany. ^[ref]

Giancarlo Marocchi

Italian association football player.

Born July 4th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Imola.

Gordon Griffith

American actor and film producer (1907–1958).

Born July 4th, 1907 in Chicago.

Died October 12th, 1958 at 51 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).

Lembit Ulfsak

Estonian actor (1947–2017).

Born July 4th, 1947 in Koeru.

Died March 22nd, 2017 at 69 years old in Tallinn (cancer). ^[ref]

Polina Bogusevich

Russian singer, winner of the junior eurovision song contest 2017.

Born July 4th, 2003 (age 22 years) in Moscow.