List of Famous people born on January 4th

Barbara Rush is an American actress. In 1954, Rush won the Golden Globe Award as most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American black-and-white science fiction film It Came From Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children and family drama 7th Heaven, as well as starring in films including The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods, and Hombre.

Graham James McTavish is a Scottish actor, voice actor and author. He is known for his roles as Dwalin in The Hobbit film trilogy, Dracula in the Netflix's animated series Castlevania, The Saint of Killers in the AMC series Preacher, and Dougal Mackenzie in the Starz series Outlander. He is also known for his roles in the video game franchise Uncharted as the main antagonist Zoran Lazarević in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Charlie Cutter in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

John Bennett Perry is an American actor, singer, and former model. He is the father of actor Matthew Perry.

Nico Hischier is a Swiss professional ice hockey forward and an alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hischier made his professional debut in his native Switzerland in 2015, spending time both in the top-tier National League A (NLA) and the second-tier National League B. He moved to North America for the 2016–17 season to play major junior hockey for the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in hopes of furthering his hockey career; in his first season in the QMJHL, he was named rookie of the year, along with the award for best rookie in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), the governing body for major junior hockey in Canada. Internationally Hischier has represented Switzerland at several junior tournaments, including two World Junior Championships. Regarded as a strong two-way forward and a top prospect for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Hischier was selected first overall by the Devils, the first time a Swiss player was selected first overall, and made his NHL debut in 2017.

Izaac Stubblety-Cook is an Australian swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

Cameron James Merchant is an Australian cricketer who, after a Second XI career in Australia, moved to New Zealand to play first class cricket for Northern Districts from 2007. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler, Merchant continually alternated between Northern Districts' First and Second XIs into the 2009 season. During his career, he has scored more than 1,000 runs in First and Second XI cricket, including two centuries and five half-centuries. He was formerly a professional at the Toronto Cricket Club in Canada.

Julius Yego is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Nicknamed "Mr. YouTube" because he learned how to throw by watching YouTube videos of javelin athletes, Yego is the African record and Commonwealth record holder for the event with a personal best of 92.72 m.

Nicholas Walters is a Jamaican-Panamanian professional boxer. He held the WBA featherweight title from 2012 to 2015, and has challenged once for the WBO junior lightweight title in 2016.

Jade Jones-Hall, known previously as Jade Jones, is an English wheelchair racer, competing in T54 events, and a paratriathlete competing in handbike-to-wheelchair classifications. Jones competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 400m, 800m and 1500m. In 2018, she won the gold medal in Paratriathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Park Hang-seo is a South Korean football manager and former player who currently serves as the head coach of the Vietnam national team.