Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 4

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[edit] Births

• 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, British writer and historian (d. 1881)
• 1835 - Samuel Butler, British writer (d. 1902) (pictured)
• 1849 - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)
• 1892 - Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (d. 1975)
• 1949 - Jeff Bridges, American actor
• 1964 - Marisa Tomei, American actress

[edit] Deaths

• 1123 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
• 1642 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (b. 1585)
• 1679 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)
• 1993 - Frank Zappa, American musician and composer (b. 1940)