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May 4 birthdays

275 notable historical figures were born on May 4, and 177 died on this day. Everyone born on May 4 is a Taurus.

20% of May 4 birthdays work in Science, more than any other field. More come from United States (67) than any other country.

Born on May 4

• Audrey Hepburn (1929 to 1993. British actress (1929–1993))
• Cesc Fàbregas (born 1987. Spanish footballer (born 1987))
• Hosni Mubarak (1928 to 2020. President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011)
• Keith Haring (1958 to 1989. American artist and social activist (1958–1990))
• Kangxi (1654 to 1722. Emperor of China from 1661 to 1722)
• Wang Jingwei (1883 to 1944. Chinese politician (1883–1944))
• Henry I of France (1008 to 1060. King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060)
• Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 to 1895. English biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895))
• Horace Mann (1796 to 1859. American educational reformer and politician (1796–1859))
• C. M. Rubin (1852 to 1934. Basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland")
• Harry Daghlian (1921 to 1945. American physicist (1921–1945))
• Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (born 1945. Iranian politician (born 1945))
• Tyagaraja (1767 to 1847. Composer in Carnatic Classical Music (1767-1847))
• Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810 to 1868. Polish-French politician and diplomat (1810–1868))
• Frederic Edwin Church (1826 to 1900. American landscape painter (1826–1900))
• George Tupou V (1948 to 2012. King of Tonga from 2006 to 2012)
• Cheng Yen (born 1937. Taiwanese Buddhist nun (born 1937))
• Robin Cook (American novelist) (born 1940. American physician and novelist (born 1940))
• Pauline Ducruet (born 1994. Monegasque royal)
• Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655 to 1731. Italian maker of musical instruments (1655 – 1731))
• Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677 to 1749. Duchess of Orléans; legitimized daughter of Louis XIV)
• Jean Yoon (born 1962. Canadian actress and poet)
• Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913 to 2007. Child of Constantine I of Greece (1913–2007))
• Arif Aiman Hanapi (born 2002. Malaysian footballer (born 2002))
• Howard da Silva (1909 to 1986. American actor (1909–1986))
• Mónica Bardem (born 1964. Spanish actress)
• Eugenie Clark (1922 to 2015. American ichthyologist, shark researcher and scientific scuba diver)
• Xu Guangqi (1562 to 1633. Chinese intellectual (1562–1633))
• Luis Herrera Campins (1925 to 2007. President of Venezuela from 1979 to 1984)
• Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929 to 1987. Danish architect (1929–1987))
• Tope Awotona (born 1981. Nigerian businessman (born 1981))
• N. Ram (born 1945. Indian journalist (born 1945))
• Bruno Taut (1880 to 1938. German architect, urban planner and author (1880-1938))
• Melvin Edwards (1937 to 2026. American sculptor (1937–2026))
• Milena of Montenegro (1847 to 1923. Princess/Queen of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918)
• Lincoln Kirstein (1907 to 1996. American writer and art connoisseur (1907–1996))
• Charlotte Smith (writer) (1749 to 1806. English poet and novelist (1749–1806))
• Bill Mollison (1928 to 2016. Australian scientist (1928–2016))
• Archibald Maule Ramsay (1894 to 1955. British politician (1894–1955))
• Rey Valera (born 1954. Filipino singer, songwriter, music director and host)
• Toshihiko Izutsu (1914 to 1993. Japanese scholar (1914–1993))
• Marcin Przybyłowicz (born 1985. Polish composer (born 1985))
• Canan Dağdeviren (born 1985. Turkish scientist (born 1985))
• Dawon Kahng (1931 to 1992. Korean-born American engineer and inventor (1931–1992))
• Sylviane Agacinski (born 1945. French philosopher)
• Jean-Charles de Borda (1733 to 1799. French scientist and Navy officer (1733–1799))
• Martin Jay (born 1944. American intellectual historian (born 1944))
• Oliver Stanley (1896 to 1950. British politician (1896–1950))
• Gábor A. Somorjai (1935 to 2025. American chemist (1935–2025))
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893 to 1979. Russian composer)
• Khairat el-Shater (born 1950. Egyptian politician (born 1950))
• Shelly Johnson (cinematographer) (born 1958. American cinematographer)
• Juan de Valdés Leal (1622 to 1690. Spanish painter)
• Alton Ochsner (1896 to 1981. American physician (1896–1981))
• Mihail Chemiakin (born 1943. Russian artist)
• René Mayer (1895 to 1972. 71st Prime Minister of France)
• Gail Carriger (born 1976. American archaeologist (as Borregaard) and fiction writer)
• Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi (born 1973. Hungarian military officer)
• Ben Grieve (born 1976. American baseball player (born 1976))
• Joan of France, Duchess of Bourbon (1435 to 1482. Duchess consort of Bourbon)

Died on May 4

• Josip Broz Tito (1892 to 1980. Leader of Yugoslavia from 1943 to 1980)
• Tipu Sultan (1750 to 1799. Sultan of Mysore from 1782 to 1799)
• Adam Yauch (1964 to 2012. American musician (1964–2012))
• Don Shula (1930 to 2020. American football player and coach (1930–2020))
• Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453 to 1471. Heir apparent of Henry VI of England (1453–1471))
• E. Nesbit (1858 to 1924. English author and poet (1858–1924))
• Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708 to 1728. Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp from 1725 to 1728)
• Carl von Ossietzky (1889 to 1938. German journalist and pacifist (1889–1938))
• George Enescu (1881 to 1955. Romanian composer and violinist (1881–1955))
• Saint Florian (250 to 304. Christian saint (250–304))
• Frank Stella (1936 to 2024. American artist (1936–2024))
• Maria Anna of Savoy (1803 to 1884. Empress of Austria from 1835 to 1848)
• Isaac Barrow (1630 to 1677. English Christian theologian, and mathematician)
• Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880 to 1919. Slovak politician, aviator, and astronomer (1880–1919))
• Adnan Khayr Allah (1941 to 1989. 23rd Iraqi Minister of Defense)
• Charles, duc de Berry (1686 to 1714. Duke of Berry)
• Anna Maria van Schurman (1607 to 1678. Dutch artist, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist (1607-1678))
• Jane Bowles (1917 to 1973. American writer and playwright)
• Christian de Duve (1917 to 2013. Belgian biochemist and cytologist (1917–2013))
• John Joseph Merlin (1735 to 1803. Belgian Freemason, clock-maker, musical-instrument maker and inventor)
• Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714 to 1774. German prince and military officer)
• Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946 to 2016. President of Burundi from 1976 to 1987)
• Alois Estermann (1954 to 1998. Swiss military officer (1954–1998))
• Hendrik Casimir (1909 to 2000. Dutch physicist (1909–2000))
• Maurice Samuel (1895 to 1972. American novelist)
• Coluccio Salutati (1331 to 1406. Italian classical scholar and Renaissance humanist (1331–1406))
• Otis R. Bowen (1918 to 2013. American politician (1918–2013))
• Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390 to 1436. Swedish nobleman and nationalist rebel leader (1390s – 1436))
• Yuji Ohno (1941 to 2026. Japanese jazz musician (born 1941))
• Trần Thái Tông (1218 to 1277. Emperor of Đại Việt (r. 1226–58); first of the Trần dynasty)

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