Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 4

Births

• 1241 - King Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
• 1824 - Anton Bruckner, (pictured) Austrian composer (d. 1896)
• 1928 - Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1929 - Thomas Eagleton, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1949 - Tom Watson, American golfer
• 1968 - Mike Piazza, baseball player
• 1973 - Jason David Frank, American actor (d. 2022)
• 1980 - Lucie Silvas, English musician
• 1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, American singer

Deaths

• 1907 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
• 1965 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician and missionary, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1875)
• 1986 - Hank Greenberg, baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1991 - Dottie West, American singer (b. 1932)
• 1995 - William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)