History Births on August 04

Ricardo Serrano, Spanish cyclist

#Ricardo_Serrano_(cyclist)

John August, American director and screenwriter

#John_August

Frankie Kazarian, American wrestler

#Frankie_Kazarian

Dennis Lehane, American author, screenwriter, and producer

#Dennis_Lehane

Andrew McLeod, Australian footballer

#Andrew_McLeod

Roger Clemens, American baseball player and actor

#Roger_Clemens

Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)

#Ezra_Taft_Benson

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)

#Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spain

#José_Luis_Rodríguez_Zapatero

Mardy Collins, American basketball player

#Mardy_Collins

Barbara Saß-Viehweger, German politician, lawyer and civil law notary

#Barbara_Saß-Viehweger

David Williams, Australian rugby league player

#David_Williams_(rugby_league)

Jan van den Hoecke, Flemish painter (d. 1651)

#Jan_van_den_Hoecke

Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer

#Daniele_Garozzo

François Valéry, Algerian-French singer-songwriter

#François_Valéry

Cicinho, Brazilian footballer

#Cicinho_(footballer,_born_1986)

Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

#Jutta_Urpilainen

Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress

#Bruna_Marquezine

Jeremy Adduono, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Jeremy_Adduono

Nick Augusto, American drummer

#Nick_Augusto

Marreese Speights American basketball player

#Marreese_Speights

Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player

#Moya_Brennan

Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer

#Bjørn_Wirkola

James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)

#James_Springer_White

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)

#Knut_Hamsun

Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor

#Paul_McCarthy

James Arbuthnot, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

#James_Arbuthnot

John Gormley, Irish politician, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

#John_Gormley

Meghan Markle, American actress and humanitarian, and member of British Royal Family

#Meghan,_Duchess_of_Sussex

Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Billy_Bob_Thornton

Benjamin Lauth, German footballer

#Benjamin_Lauth

Bernard Rose, English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer

#Bernard_Rose_(director)

François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French cleric and author (d. 1676)

#François_Hédelin,_abbé_d'Aubignac

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Florentine patron of the arts (d. 1503)

#Lorenzo_di_Pierfrancesco_de'_Medici

Helen Kane, American singer and actress (d. 1966)

#Helen_Kane

Kily González, Argentine footballer

#Kily_González

Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer

#Nikos_Liberopoulos

Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman

#Alan_Mulally

Dylan Sprouse, American actor

#Dylan_Sprouse

Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947)

#Raoul_Wallenberg

Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)

#Bill_Hallahan

Adam Afriyie, English businessman and politician

#Adam_Afriyie

Abeid Karume, 1st President of Zanzibar (d. 1972)

#Abeid_Karume

Don S. Davis, American actor (d. 2008)

#Don_S._Davis

N. Rangaswamy, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry

#N._Rangaswamy

Bernardo Dovizi, Italian cardinal (d. 1520)

#Bernardo_Dovizi

Cleon Jones, American baseball player

#Cleon_Jones

Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach

#Johnny_Grubb

Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist (d. 2012)

#Brian_Crozier

Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic (d. 1949)

#Béla_Balázs

John Henry Twachtman, American painter, etcher, and academic (d. 1902)

#John_Henry_Twachtman

John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1934)

#John_Scaddan

John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923)

#John_Venn

Mary Decker, American runner

#Mary_Decker

Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (d. 1969)

#Witold_Gombrowicz

Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician

#Robin_Harper

David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005)

#David_Lange

Johann Niemann, German lieutenant (d. 1943)

#Johann_Niemann

Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892)

#Louis_Vuitton_(designer)

Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957)

#Dolf_Luque

Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer (d. 1950)

#Harry_Lauder

Cole Sprouse, American actor

#Cole_Sprouse

Terry Campese, Australian rugby league player

#Terry_Campese

Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)

#Caldwell_Jones

Ha Seung-jin, South Korean basketball player

#Ha_Seung-jin

Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

#Barack_Obama

Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)

#Henri_Cornet

Robbie Findley, American soccer player

#Robbie_Findley

Richard Belzer, American actor

#Richard_Belzer

Siri Nordby, Norwegian footballer

#Siri_Nordby

Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean-American actor

#Daniel_Dae_Kim

Hikmet Balio?lu, Turkish footballer

#Hikmet_Balio?lu

Per-Åge Skrøder, Norwegian ice hockey player

#Per-Åge_Skrøder

Sandeep Naik, Indian politician

#Sandeep_Naik

Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970)

#Giovanni_Giuriati

Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish soldier and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden

#Fredrik_Reinfeldt

Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

#Jessica_Mauboy

Crystal Bowersox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Crystal_Bowersox

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1803)

#Granville_Leveson-Gower,_1st_Marquess_of_Stafford

Lee Mack, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Lee_Mack

Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias

#Vicente_Álvarez_Areces

Izet Hajrovi?, Bosnian footballer

#Izet_Hajrovi?

Kate Silverton, English journalist

#Kate_Silverton

Robin Peterson, South African cricketer

#Robin_Peterson

Walter Pater, English author, critic, and academic (d. 1894)

#Walter_Pater

Silvan Shalom, Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th Deputy Prime Minister of Israel

#Silvan_Shalom

Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1918)

#Jake_Beckley

Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2000)

#Maurice_Richard

Keith Maurice Ellison, 30th Attorney General of Minnesota

#Keith_Ellison

Max Cavalera, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Max_Cavalera

Anita Page, American actress (d. 2008)

#Anita_Page

Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Stefan_Brogren

William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1934)

#William_Holman

Andrew Bartlett, Australian social worker and politician

#Andrew_Bartlett

Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer

#Marek_Penksa

Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer and manager

#Luís_Boa_Morte

Mark Milligan, Australian footballer

#Mark_Milligan

Dallas Green, American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)

#Dallas_Green_(baseball)

Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup, Danish architect (d. 1907)

#Vilhelm_Dahlerup

Gábor Demszky, Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician

#Gábor_Demszky

Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1528)

#Margaret_of_Saxony,_Duchess_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg

Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)

#Timi_Yuro

Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (d. 2013)

#Helen_Thomas

Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (d. 2009)

#Andy_Hallett

John Wark, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

#John_Wark

John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor

#John_Riggins

William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1865)

#William_Rowan_Hamilton

Marques Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

#Marques_Houston

Greta Gerwig, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

#Greta_Gerwig

Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (d. 1975)

#Ernesto_Maserati

Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer

#Antonio_Valencia

Perry Moss, American football player and coach (d. 2014)

#Perry_Moss

Kurt Busch, American race car driver

#Kurt_Busch

Bret Baier, American journalist

#Bret_Baier

Eva Amaral, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Eva_Amaral

Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (d. 1929)

#Henri_Berger

Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter

#Klaus_Schulze

Alberto Gonzales, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General

#Alberto_Gonzales

Iosia Soliola, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

#Iosia_Soliola

Pauli Pauli, Australian rugby league player

#Pauli_Pauli

Ali al-Sistani, Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar

#Ali_al-Sistani

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (d. 1822)

#Percy_Bysshe_Shelley

Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist

#Aleksei_Turovski

Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Brazilian footballer

#Marcos_Roberto_Silveira_Reis

Ted Strickland, American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio

#Ted_Strickland

Wang Hao, Chinese chess player

#Wang_Hao_(chess_player)

Michael Skibbe, German footballer and manager

#Michael_Skibbe

Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1641-1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642-1680) (d. 1685)

#Friedrich_Casimir,_Count_of_Hanau-Lichtenberg

Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and author

#Brooks_D._Simpson

Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)

#Johann_Gottlob_Lehmann_(scientist)

Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)

#Pope_Urban_VII

Lucrezia de' Medici, Italian noblewoman (d. 1553)

#Lucrezia_de'_Medici_(1470-1553)

Abigail Spencer, American actress

#Abigail_Spencer

Frankie Ford, American R&B/rock & roll singer (d. 2015)

#Frankie_Ford

Udai Singh II, King of Mewar (d. 1572)

#Udai_Singh_II

Vishal Bhardwaj, Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer

#Vishal_Bhardwaj

Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)

#Kishore_Kumar

Anatoliy Kinakh, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Ukraine

#Anatoliy_Kinakh

Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999)

#Aleksandr_Danilovich_Aleksandrov

Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 1965)

#Taher_Saifuddin

Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor

#Jeff_Gordon

Herb Ellis, American guitarist (d. 2010)

#Herb_Ellis

Richard Dawson, English cricketer and coach

#Richard_Dawson_(cricketer)

Chuck C. Lopez, American jockey

#Chuck_C._Lopez

Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (d. 1971)

#Louis_Armstrong

Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (d. 1805)

#Nicolas-Jacques_Conté

Leon Camier, English motorcycle racer

#Leon_Camier

Michel Déon, French novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 2016)

#Michel_Déon

Leopold I, Duke of Austria (d. 1326)

#Leopold_I,_Duke_of_Austria

Glenn Cunningham, American runner and academic (d. 1988)

#Glenn_Cunningham_(athlete)

Thiago Cardoso, Brazilian footballer

Siim Tenno, Estonian footballer

Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress

Tomoya Warabino, Japanese actor

Jang Keun-suk, South Korean actor and singer

Erica Carlson, Swedish actress

Satoshi Hino, Japanese voice actor

Karine Legault, Canadian swimmer

Jon Knott, American baseball player

Ibán Espadas, Spanish footballer

Agn? Eggerth, Lithuanian sprinter

Luke Allen, American baseball player

Trevor Woodman, English rugby player and coach

Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress

Xavier Marchand, French swimmer

Bethan Benwell, English linguist, author, and academic

Steven Jack, South African cricketer

Steve House, American mountaineer

Troy O'Leary, American baseball player

Mark Bickley, Australian footballer and coach

Michael Marsh, American sprinter

Paul Reynolds, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls)

Tim Winton, Australian author and playwright

Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2002)

Allison Hedge Coke, American-Canadian poet and academic

Valdis Valters, Latvian basketball player and coach

Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor

Steve Phillips, English footballer

Hiroyuki Usui, Japanese footballer and manager

Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic

Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician

Andy Smillie, English footballer

Martin Jarvis, English actor

Frances Stewart, English economist and academic

Larry Knechtel, American bass player and pianist (d. 2009)

Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

Ellen Schrecker, American historian and academic

David Bedford, English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (d. 2011)

Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor (d. 2005)

Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland (d. 2013)

Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (d. 1997)

Carol Arthur, American actress and producer

Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (d. 2010)

Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist and academic

Naren Tamhane, Indian cricketer (d. 2002)

Vellore G. Ramabhadran, Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2012)

Nadežka Mosusova, Serbian composer

Gerard Damiano, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)

Christian Goethals, Belgian race car driver (d. 2003)

George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (d. 2000)

Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal (d. 2012)

Mayme Agnew Clayton, American librarian (d.2006)

John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (d. 2012)

Warren Avis, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System (d. 2007)

Robert Hayden, American poet and educator (d. 1980)

Wesley Addy, American actor (d. 1996)

David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004)

Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (d. 2011)

William Schuman, American composer and educator (d. 1992)

Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994)

Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer (d. 1973)

Joe Tate, English footballer and manager (d. 1973)

Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)

Fritz Gause, German historian and curator (d. 1973)

Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1967)

Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (d. 1752)

Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar (d. 1757)

Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan (d. 1311)

Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (d. 1262)