Famous Births on 4 Aug

Famous Births on 4 Aug

1222 - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)
1290 - Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)
1521 - Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
1604 - François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)
1701 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)
1719 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)
1721 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)
1755 - Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French painter and inventor (d. 1805)
1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (d. 1822)
1805 - William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)
1821 - James White, American theologian (d. 1881)
1834 - John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)
1848 - Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
1859 - Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1952)
1865 - Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)
1867 - Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)
1870 - Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer (d. 1950)
1884 - Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)
1888 - Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra spiritual leader (d. 1965)
1890 - Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player (d. 1957)
1899 - Ezra Taft Benson, 13th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)
1900 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, (Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother), Queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
1901 - Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
1901 - Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician (d. 1971)
1902 - Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1904 - Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist and dramatist (d. 1969)
1904 - Joe Tate, English footballer (d. 1973)
1906 - Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist (d. 1973)
1906 - Marie-José of Belgium, queen of Italy (d. 2001)
1908 - Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994)
1909 - Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician (d. 2005)
1909 - Glenn Cunningham, American runner (d. 1988)
1910 - William Schuman, American composer (d. 1992)
1912 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (d. 1999)
1912 - Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat (d. 1947)
1913 - Robert Hayden, American poet (d. 1980)
1915 - Warren Avis, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
1918 - Iceberg Slim (a.k.a. Robert Beck), American author (d. 1992)
1920 - Helen Thomas, American journalist
1921 - Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2000)
1923 - Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani satirical and humor writer
1923 - Reg Grundy, Australian media and television mogul
1927 - Jess Thomas, American tenor (d. 1993)
1928 - Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (d. 2003)
1929 - Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor (d. 1987)
1930 - Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior shia clerics of the 21st century.
1931 - Naren Tamhane, Former Indian cricketer (d. 2002)
1936 - Assia Djebar, Algerian writer and filmmaker
1937 - David Bedford, English musician
1938 - Ellen Schrecker, American college professor
1940 - Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia
1940 - Timi Yuro, American singer (d. 2004)
1941 - Martin Jarvis, English actor
1941 - Ted Strickland, American politician and current Governor of Ohio
1942 - David Lange, New Zealand politician (d. 2005)
1942 - Cleon Jones, American baseball player
1942 - Don S. Davis, American actor (d. 2008)
1943 - Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper
1944 - Richard Belzer, American actor and comedian
1944 - Doudou Ndoye‎, Senegalese lawyer and politician
1946 - Maureen Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo Starr (d. 1994)
1947 - Klaus Schulze, German composer
1948 - Johnny Grubb, American baseball player
1949 - John Riggins, American football player
1952 - Moya Brennan, Irish singer
1952 - Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician
1955 - Billy Bob Thornton, American actor and writer
1955 - Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer
1955 - Alberto Gonzales, American U.S. Attorney General
1956 - Gerry Cooney, American boxer
1957 - Brooks D. Simpson, American historian
1957 - John Wark, Scottish footballer
1958 - Mary Decker, American athlete
1958 - Allison Hedge Coke, American poet and writer
1958 - Kym Karath, American actress
1958 - Ian Broudie, English music producer and Lightning Seeds vocalist
1959 - Robbin Crosby, American musician (Ratt) (d. 2002)
1959 - John Gormley, Irish politician
1960 - Tim Winton, Australian author
1960 - Bernard Rose, English director
1960 - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish politician
1960 - Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler
1961 - Barack Obama, American politician
1961 - Lauren Tom, American actress
1962 - Roger Clemens, American baseball player
1962 - Paul Reynolds, British musician
1963 - Gary King, British radio presenter
1964 - Andrew Bartlett, Australian politician
1965 - Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish politician
1965 - Dennis Lehane, American crime writer
1966 - Kensuke Sasaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1967 - Timothy Adams, American actor
1967 - Michael Marsh, American athlete
1968 - Marcus Schenkenberg, Swedish model
1968 - Daniel Dae Kim, American actor
1969 - Troy O'Leary, American baseball player
1969 - Michael DeLuise, American actor
1970 - John August, American screenwriter
1970 - Steven Jack, Former South African cricketer
1970 - Jarrod Donoman, American Filmmaker
1971 - Jeff Gordon, American race car driver
1972 - Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor
1973 - Xavier Marchand, French swimmer
1973 - Eva Amaral, Spanish singer and songwriter
1974 - Kily González, Argentine footballer
1974 - Keenan Milton, Professional Skater
1975 - Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress
1975 - Andy Hallett, American actor
1977 - Frankie Kazarian, American professional wrestler
1977 - Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer
1978 - Kurt Busch, American race car driver
1979 - Robin Peterson, Former South African cricketer
1980 - Dingdong Dantes, Filipino actor
1980 - Richard Dawson, Former England cricketer
1981 - Abigail Spencer, American actress
1981 - Ben Scott, English cricketer
1981 - Frédérick Bousquet, French swimmer
1981 - Marques Houston, American singer and actor (IMx)
1985 - Ha Seung-Jin, Korean basketball player
1985 - Luis Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer
1985 - Mark Milligan, Australian footballer
1989 - Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer (Young Divas)
1989 - Ashley Biggin, American actor
1992 - Tiffany Evans, American singer
1992 - Dylan and Cole Sprouse, American child actors