Essential birthdays for Oct. 4: Caitriona Balfe, Dakota Johnson

Oct. 4 (UPI) — These born on this date are below the signal of Libra.

They embody:

— Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the US, in 1822

— Frederic Remington, painter of the American West, in 1861

— Author Alfred Runyan in 1880

— Pioneer film comic Buster Keaton in 1895

— Actor Charlton Heston in 1923

— Soccer Corridor of Fame member Sam Huff in 1934 (age 86)

— Author Jackie Collins in 1937

— Author Anne Rice in 1941 (age 79)

— Author writer Roy Blount Jr., both in 1941 (age 79)

— Civil rights activist Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, formerly identified as H. Rap Brown, in 1943 (age 77)

— Baseball Corridor of Fame member Tony La Russa in 1944 (age 76)

— Actor Clifton Davis in 1945 (age 75)

— Actor Susan Sarandon in 1946 (age 74)

— Actor Armand Assante in 1949 (age 71)

— Actor Christoph Waltz in 1956 (age 64)

— Actor Invoice Fagerbakke in 1957 (age 63)

— Recording executive/businessman Russell Simmons in 1957 (age 63)

— Singer Jon Secada in 1961 (age 59)

— Actor Liev Schreiber in 1967 (age 53)

— Actor Alicia Silverstone in 1976 (age 44)

— Actor Rachael Leigh Cook in 1979 (age 41)

— Actor Caitriona Balfe in 1979 (age 41)

— Actor Melissa Benoist in 1988 (age 32)

— Actor Dakota Johnson in 1989 (age 31)