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August 4 birthdays

285 notable historical figures were born on August 4, and 160 died on this day. Everyone born on August 4 is a Leo.

22% of August 4 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (64) than any other country.

Born on August 4

• Barack Obama (born 1961. President of the United States from 2009 to 2017)
• Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (born 1981. American member of the British royal family (born 1981))
• Louis Armstrong (1901 to 1971. American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971))
• Yasser Arafat (1929 to 2004. President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004)
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 to 1822. English poet (1792–1822))
• Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900 to 2002. Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952)
• Knut Hamsun (1859 to 1952. Norwegian novelist (1859–1952))
• Dennis Lehane (born 1965. American novelist (born 1965))
• Anna Sui (born 1964. American fashion designer (born 1955))
• José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born 1960. Prime Minister of Spain from 2004 to 2011)
• Adolf Heusinger (1897 to 1982. German military officer (1897–1982))
• William Rowan Hamilton (1805 to 1865. Irish mathematician and physicist (1805–1865))
• John Harington (writer) (1560 to 1612. English courtier and inventor (1560–1612))
• Urban VII (1521 to 1590. Head of the Catholic Church in 1590)
• Ezra Taft Benson (1899 to 1994. President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1899–1994))
• Marie-José of Belgium (1906 to 2001. Queen of Italy in 1946)
• John William Friso (1687 to 1711. Prince of Orange, Dutch prince (1687–1711))
• Külüg Khan (1281 to 1311. Emperor of Yuan dynasty from 1307 to 1311)
• Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713 to 1761. Duchess Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
• Fredrik Reinfeldt (born 1965. Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014)
• Sapphire (author) (born 1950. American author and performance poet)
• Walter Pater (1839 to 1894. English writer, critic and essayist (1839–1894))
• John Venn (1834 to 1923. English logician and philosopher (1834–1923))
• Witold Gombrowicz (1904 to 1969. Polish writer (1904–1969))
• Sadashivrao Bhau (1730 to 1761. Maratha general and minister (1730–1761))
• Lucy Dahl (born 1965. British screenwriter (born 1965))
• Giorgio Parisi (born 1948. Italian physicist (born 1948))
• Sajida Sultan (1915 to 1995. Nawab Begum of Bhopal)
• Chuck Hogan (born 1967. American novelist)
• John August (born 1970. American film director and screenwriter)
• Alex Aster (born 1995. Colombian-American author (born 1995))
• Amber Gill (born 1997. English television personality and author (born 1997))
• Abeid Karume (1905 to 1972. President of Zanzibar from 1964 to 1972)
• Mohamed M. Atalla (1924 to 2009. Egyptian engineer (1924–2009))
• Jeff Gordon (born 1971. American racing driver (born 1971))
• Herbert Hoover Jr. (1903 to 1969. American politician (1903–1969))
• William Henry Hudson (1841 to 1922. Anglo-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist (1841–1922))
• Frances Allen (1932 to 2020. American computer scientist (1932–2020))
• Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337 to 1410. Duke of Bourbon (c. 1337–1410))
• Theodosius (583 to 602. Byzantine co-emperor from 590 to 602)
• Greta Gerwig (born 1983. American actress and filmmaker (born 1983))
• Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817 to 1885. American lawyer and politician (1817–1885))
• Robert Hayden (1913 to 1980. American poet and academic (1913–1980))
• Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1293 to 1326. Duke of Austria and Styria from 1308 to 1326)
• Cyprian Bhekuzulu (1924 to 1968. King of the Zulus)
• Erich Weinert (1890 to 1953. German politician and writer (1890–1953))
• Sou Fujimoto (born 1971. Japanese architect (born 1971))
• Vladimir Sukhomlinov (1848 to 1926. Russian general (1848–1926))
• Béla Balázs (1884 to 1949. Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet)
• Dámaso Berenguer Count of Xauen (1873 to 1953. Spanish general and politician (1873–1953))
• Esther Anderson (Jamaican actress) (born 1945. Jamaican filmmaker, photographer, and actress (born 1943))
• Carlos Luz (1894 to 1961. President of Brazil in 1955)
• Bidar Bakht (1670 to 1707. Mughal prince (1670–1707))
• William Schuman (1910 to 1992. American composer and arts administrator (1910-1992))
• Richard Tognetti (born 1965. Australian violinist, composer and conductor)
• Helen Castor (born 1968. English historian)
• Hubert Ingraham (born 1947. Bahamian politician (born 1947))
• Domingo Caycedo (1783 to 1843. Colombian statesman and president (1783–1843))
• Ameen Faheem (1939 to 2015. Pakistani politician)
• Kim Tae-seong (composer) (born 1979. Musical artist)

Died on August 4

• Marilyn Monroe (1926 to 1962. American actress and model (1926–1962))
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805 to 1875. Danish writer (1805–1875))
• Mileva Marić (1875 to 1948. Wife of Albert Einstein (1875–1948))
• Henry I of France (1008 to 1060. King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060)
• Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476 to 1526. Spanish seafarer and circumnavigator)
• William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520 to 1598. English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1520–1598))
• Tsung-Dao Lee (1926 to 2024. Chinese-American physicist (1926–2024))
• Romanos IV Diogenes (1030 to 1072. Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071)
• Turhan Sultan (1627 to 1683. Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1683)
• Václav III (1289 to 1306. King of Bohemia and Poland from 1305 to 1306)
• Ernst Bloch (1885 to 1977. German Marxist philosopher (1885–1977))
• Sebastian of Portugal (1554 to 1578. King of Portugal from 1557 to 1578)
• Anita Garibaldi (1821 to 1849. Brazilian revolutionary (1821–1849))
• Siegfried Wagner (1869 to 1930. German composer and conductor)
• Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882 to 1951. German diplomat (1882–1951))
• Lilya Brik (1891 to 1978. Russian author (1891–1978))
• Washington Luís (1869 to 1957. President of Brazil from 1926 to 1930)
• Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (1881 to 1926. Sheikh)
• Queen Sunwon (1789 to 1857. Queen of Joseon from 1802 to 1834)
• Lady Zhen (183 to 221. Wife of Cao Pi, ruler of Cao Wei (183–221))
• Muhammad I of Córdoba (823 to 886. Emir of Córdoba from 852 to 886)
• Frances Allen (1932 to 2020. American computer scientist (1932–2020))
• Boniface Alexandre (1936 to 2023. Haitian politician (1936–2023))
• Bruce Goff (1904 to 1982. American architect (1904–1982))
• Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039 to 1106. Leader of the Kawachi Genji (1039–1106))
• Giovanni Spadolini (1925 to 1994. Italian politician (1925–1994))
• Edgar Adrian (1889 to 1977. English electrophysiologist (1889–1977))
• Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858 to 1929. Austrian scientist and inventor (1858–1929))
• Mary Sherman Morgan (1921 to 2004. American rocket fuel scientist (1921–2004))
• Alberto Bayo (1892 to 1967. Cuban military commander)

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