Nothing like a good copy and paste?
From the google machine:
www.lmgtfy.com/?q=births+October+4Births
* 1160 - Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220)
* 1276 - Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)
* 1289 - King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
* 1331 - James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)
* 1379 - King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
* 1515 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
* 1542 - Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)
* 1550 - King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
* 1562 - Christian S?rensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (d. 1647)
* 1570 - P?ter P?zm?ny, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)
* 1585 - Anna of Tyrol, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1618)
* 1625 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (d. 1661)
* 1626 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
* 1657 - Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747)
* 1720 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (d. 1778)
* 1723 - Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798)
* 1759 - Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (d. 1803)
* 1787 - Fran?ois Guizot, French statesman (d. 1874)
* 1807 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician, prime minister of the Province of Canada (d. 1864)
* 1814 - Jean-Fran?ois Millet, French painter (d. 1875)
* 1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
* 1836 - Juliette Adam, French writer (d. 1936)
* 1841 - Prudente Jos? de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (d. 1912)
* 1841 - Maria Sophie of Bavaria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1925)
* 1858 - Michael I. Pupin, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (d. 1935)
* 1861 - Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)
* 1861 - Walter Rauschenbusch, Christian Theologian and Baptist Minister (d. 1918)
* 1862 - Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)
* 1876 - Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (d. 1958)
* 1877 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
* 1880 - Damon Runyon, American writer (d. 1946)
* 1881 - Walther von Brauchitsch, German Commander-in-Chief (d. 1948)
* 1884 - Subramaniya Siva, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1925)
* 1886 - Luis Alberni, Spanish actor (d. 1962)
* 1888 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
* 1890 - Dr. Alan L. Hart (Born Lucille Hart), First known American female to male transsexual (SRS in 1917), radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, writer and novelist. (d. 1962)
* 1892 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (d. 1934)
* 1892 - Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist (d. 1934)
* 1895 - Buster Keaton, American comedian (d. 1966)
* 1903 - John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
* 1903 - Pierre Garbay, French army general and military governor of Paris (d. 1980)
* 1903 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German military officer and senior Nazi (d. 1946)
* 1903 - Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist (d. 1993)
* 1907 - Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong media mogul
* 1910 - Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)
* 1911 - Sir Michael Hordern, British actor (d. 1995)
* 1914 - Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)
* 1914 - Brendan Gill, American writer (d. 1997)
* 1916 - Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
* 1916 - Jan Murray, American comedian (d. 2006)
* 1916 - George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
* 1917 - Violeta Parra, Chilean folklorist and visual artist (d. 1967)
* 1918 - Kenichi ****ui, Japanese chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
* 1920 - T#7889; H#7919;u, Vietnam's revolutionary poet
* 1922 - Malcolm Baldrige, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)
* 1922 - Shin Kyuk-Ho, Japanese businessman
* 1923 - Charlton Heston, American actor and former president of the NRA (d. 2008)
* 1928 - Alvin Toffler, American novelist
* 1928 - Torben Ulrich, Danish musician, writer, filmmaker and tennis player
* 1929 - Scotty Beckett, American child actor, Our Gang comedies (d. 1968)
* 1929 - Leroy Van Dyke, American singer
* 1931 - Sir Terence Conran, English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer
* 1931 - Basil D'Oliveira CBE, South African born cricketer
* 1931 - Richard Rorty, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Stanford University (d. 2007)
* 1932 - Milan Chvostek, Canadian television director
* 1934 - Sam Huff, American football player
* 1934 - Dimosthenis Sofianos, Greek journalist
* 1937 - Jackie Collins, British author
* 1937 - Jim Sillars, Scottish politician
* 1938 - Kurt W?thrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate
* 1940 - Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1940 - Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
* 1940 - Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
* 1941 - Roy Blount, Jr., American writer
* 1941 - Anne Rice, American writer
* 1941 - Robert Wilson, American theatre director
* 1941 - Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian racing driver
* 1942 - Bernice Johnson Reagon, American musician (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
* 1942 - Karl W. Richter, American aviator (d. 1967)
* 1942 - Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland
* 1942 - Christopher Stone, American actor (d. 1995)
* 1943 - H. Rap Brown, American civil rights activist
* 1943 - Florian Pittis, Romanian artist
* 1943 - Jimy Williams, American baseball manager
* 1944 - Tony La Russa, American baseball manager
* 1944 - Roc?o D?rcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
* 1945 - Clifton Davis, American actor
* 1946 - Chuck Hagel, American politician
* 1946 - Bridget St John, English singer/songwriter and guitarist
* 1946 - Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
* 1946 - Michael Mullen, American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
* 1947 - Ann Widdecombe, British politician
* 1947 - Julien Clerc, French singer
* 1947 - Jim Fielder, American bassist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
* 1948 - Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
* 1949 - Armand Assante, American actor
* 1949 - Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director
* 1950 - Meg Bennett, American writer and actress
* 1951 - Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
* 1953 - Tch?ky Karyo, Turkish-French actor
* 1955 - Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer
* 1956 - Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
* 1957 - Alexander Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
* 1957 - Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
* 1957 - Russell Simmons, American entrepreneur
* 1957 - Kyra Schon, American actress
* 1959 - Chris Lowe, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
* 1959 - Tony Meo, English snooker player
* 1960 - Joe Boever, American baseball player
* 1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author
* 1961 - Philippe Russo, French singer
* 1962 - Jon Secada, Cuban singer and songwriter
* 1962 - Carlos Carsolio, Mexican alpinist. Fourth person to summit all 14 of the eight-thousanders.
* 1963 - A. C. Green, American basketball player
* 1963 - Koji Ishikawa, Japanese children's author
* 1965 - Olaf Backasch, German footballer
* 1965 - Skip Heller, American musician
* 1967 - Marcus Bentley, British voice actor
* 1967 - Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer
* 1967 - Liev Schreiber, American actor
* 1968 - Richard Hancox, English footballer
* 1968 - Tim Wise, American writer and activist
* 1971 - Darren Middleton, Australian guitarist
* 1971 - Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
* 1972 - Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
* 1973 - Chris Parks, American wrestler
* 1974 - Paco Le?n, Spanish actor
* 1975 - Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian football player
* 1975 - Daniella Deutscher, American actress
* 1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress
* 1976 - Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer
* 1977 - Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor and television presenter
* 1977 - Richard Parry, Canadian musician and composer (Arcade Fire)
* 1978 - Ko Soo, South Korean television and movie actor
* 1978 - Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
* 1978 - Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
* 1979 - Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
* 1979 - Adam Voges, Australian and West Australian cricketer
* 1979 - Stefan Booth, British actor
* 1979 - Bjorn Phau, German tennis player
* 1980 - Kristina Lenko, Canadian ice skater
* 1980 - Me'Lisa Barber, American athlete
* 1980 - Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
* 1980 - Tim Peper, American actor
* 1980 - Tom?? Rosick?, Czech footballer
* 1980 - James Jones, American basketball player
* 1980 - Mellisa Hollingsworth, Canadian skeleton racer
* 1981 - Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1981 - Scott Hammond, American photographer
* 1981 - Juka, Japanese singer
* 1982 - Jered Weaver, American baseball player
* 1982 - Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player
* 1983 - Dan Clarke, British racing driver
* 1983 - Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol
* 1983 - Chansi Stuckey, American football player
* 1983 - Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
* 1983 - Ueda Tatsuya, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
* 1984 - Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
* 1984 - ?lvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver
* 1985 - Shontelle Layne, Barbados born singer
* 1985 - Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
* 1986 - Yuridia, Mexican singer
* 1987 - Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
* 1988 - Derrick Rose, American basketball player
* 1989 - Dakota Johnson, American actress
* 1989 - Stacey Solomon, English singer
* 1989 - Lil Mama, American rapper
* 1989 - Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater
* 2005 - Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
39 years young 
