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February 4 birthdays

305 notable historical figures were born on February 4, and 190 died on this day. Everyone born on February 4 is a Aquarius.

18% of February 4 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (75) than any other country.

Born on February 4

• Dan Quayle (born 1947. Vice President of the United States from 1989 to 1993)
• Rosa Parks (1913 to 2005. American civil rights activist (1913–2005))
• Charles Lindbergh (1902 to 1974. American aviator (1902–1974))
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 to 1945. German Lutheran pastor and theologian (1906–1945))
• Hunter Biden (born 1970. American businessman and lobbyist (born 1970))
• Isabel Perón (born 1931. President of Argentina from 1974 to 1976)
• Yahya Khan (1917 to 1980. President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971)
• Jonathan Larson (1960 to 1996. American composer, lyricist and playwright (1960–1996))
• Friedrich Ebert (1871 to 1925. President of Germany from 1919 to 1925)
• Alice Cooper (born 1948. American rock singer (born 1948))
• Ken Thompson (born 1943. American computer scientist known for Unix (born 1943))
• Betty Friedan (1921 to 2006. American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006))
• Constance Markievicz (1868 to 1927. Irish revolutionary and suffragist (1868–1927))
• Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933 to 2022. Japanese composer and pianist (1933–2022))
• Kitarō (born 1953. Japanese musician and composer)
• Fernand Léger (1881 to 1955. French painter (1881–1955))
• Jenny Shipley (born 1952. Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999)
• Ram Baran Yadav (born 1948. President of Nepal from 2008 to 2015)
• Franceska Mann (1917 to 1943. Polish dancer (1917–1943))
• Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921 to 2017. Azerbaijani scientist (1921–2017))
• Zenani Mandela-Dlamini (born 1959. South African diplomat)
• Belisario Betancur (1923 to 2018. President of Colombia from 1982 to 1986)
• Jack Churchill (1880 to 1947. British military officer (1880–1947))
• Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943 to 1992. Polish mountain climber (1943–1992))
• James Craig (1912 to 1985. American actor (1912–85))
• Sanford Bishop (born 1947. American politician (born 1947))
• Ludwig Prandtl (1875 to 1953. German physicist (1875–1953))
• William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 to 1882. English novelist (1805–1882))
• Norman Ohler (born 1970. German writer (born 1970))
• Shigeru Ishiba (born 1957. Prime Minister of Japan from 2024 to 2025)
• Taryn Simon (born 1975. American multidisciplinary artist (born 1975))
• A. V. Dicey (1835 to 1922. British jurist and constitutional theorist (1835–1922))
• Don Davis (composer) (born 1957. American composer and orchestrator)
• Nick Cave (artist) (born 1959. American visual artist, sculptor, dancer, and performance artist (born 1959))
• Rasim Delić (1949 to 2010. Bosnian Army general (1949–2010))
• Carl Michael Bellman (1740 to 1795. Swedish poet, songwriter and composer (1740–1795))
• Hartley Shawcross (1902 to 2003. English barrister and politician)
• Princess Elisabeth of Saxony (1830 to 1912. Duchess of Genoa)
• Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862 to 1953. Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917)
• Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822 to 1893. American explorer, surveyor, ambassador (1822–1893))
• Agha Shahid Ali (1949 to 2001. Indian-American poet (1949–2001))
• Ray Evans (1915 to 2007. American songwriter (1915–2007))
• Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778 to 1841. Swiss botanist (1778–1841))
• Ma Fuxiang (1876 to 1932. Hui Chinese warlord (1876–1932))
• MacKinlay Kantor (1904 to 1977. American journalist (1904–1977))
• Raymond Dart (1893 to 1988. Australian anatomist and anthropologist (1893–1988))
• Mikuláš Dzurinda (born 1955. Slovak politician (born 1955))
• Hiroshi Fujiwara (born 1964. Japanese musician, producer and designer)
• Avdullah Hoti (born 1976. Kosovan politician)
• Rusty Kuntz (born 1955. American baseball player and coach (born 1955))
• Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (1750 to 1762. Austrian archduchess (1750–1762))
• Almeida Garrett (1799 to 1854. Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician (1799–1854))
• Laisenia Qarase (1941 to 2020. Prime Minister of Fiji from 2000 to 2006)
• Freidoune Sahebjam (1933 to 2008. French-Iranian journalist (1933–2008))
• Andrés Avelino Cáceres (1833 to 1923. 27th and 30th President of Peru)
• John Robison (physicist) (1739 to 1805. Scottish physicist and mathematician (1739–1805))
• John P. Jumper (born 1945. United States Air Force general)
• Robert Mugabe Jr. (born 1992. Zimbabwean fashion designer (born 1992))
• Alexia Putellas (born 1994. Spanish footballer (born 1994))
• Gilbert Houngbo (born 1961. Togolese politician and former Prime Minister)

Died on February 4

• Septimius Severus (146 to 211. Roman emperor from 193 to 211)
• Satyendra Nath Bose (1894 to 1974. Indian theoretical physicist (1894–1974))
• Betty Friedan (1921 to 2006. American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006))
• Franz Reichelt (1878 to 1912. French parachuting pioneer (1878–1912))
• Hendrik Lorentz (1853 to 1928. Dutch physicist (1853–1928))
• Daniel arap Moi (1924 to 2020. President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002)
• Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857 to 1905. Russian noble (1857–1905))
• Iannis Xenakis (1922 to 2001. Greek-French composer, architect and engineer (1922–2001))
• Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770 to 1843. Greek revolutionary leader (1770–1843))
• Sisinnius (650 to 708. Head of the Catholic Church in 708)
• Hage Geingob (1941 to 2024. President of Namibia from 2015 to 2024)
• Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464 to 1505. Queen of France in 1498)
• Milan Nedić (1878 to 1946. Serbian general, politician, and Nazi collaborator (1878–1946))
• Edward Sapir (1884 to 1939. American linguist and anthropologist (1884–1939))
• Sigvard Bernadotte (1907 to 2002. Swedish prince and designer)
• Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831 to 1853. Brazilian princess (1831–1853))
• Al-Dhahabi (1274 to 1348. Muslim historian and traditionist (1274–1348))
• Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728 to 1799. French architect (1728–1799))
• Natalya Naryshkina (1651 to 1694. Tsaritsa consort of All Russia)
• Rabanus Maurus (780 to 856. Archbishop of Mainz and writer (d. 856))
• Luigi Russolo (1885 to 1947. Italian Futurist artist and composer (1885–1947))
• Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824 to 1890. French royal; youngest son of Louis Philippe I (1824-1890))
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671 to 1713. English politician, philosopher and writer (1671–1713))
• Senjūrō Hayashi (1876 to 1943. Prime Minister of Japan in 1937)
• Madhusudan Das (1848 to 1934. Freedom fighter, lawyer and social reformer from Odisha, India (1848–1934))
• Josef Mysliveček (1737 to 1781. Czech composer)
• Antonio del Pollaiuolo (1429 to 1498. Italian painter, sculptor, and engraver (d. 1498))
• Brett Halliday (1904 to 1977. American novelist (1904–1977))
• Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835 to 1915. English popular novelist (1835–1915))
• Bano Qudsia (1928 to 2017. Pakistani writer (1928–2017))

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