History Births on February 04

Ji?í Raška, Czech skier and coach (d. 2012)

#Ji?í_Raška

Ron Rangi, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)

#Ron_Rangi

Virginia M. Alexander, American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home(d. 1949)

#Virginia_M._Alexander

William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)

#William_Talman_(actor)

David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2014)

#David_Brenner

Isabel Martínez de Perón, Argentinian dancer and politician, 41st President of Argentina

#Isabel_Martínez_de_Perón

Phil Ehart, American rock drummer and songwriter

#Phil_Ehart

Stan Lundine, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York

#Stan_Lundine

Jason Kapono, American basketball player

#Jason_Kapono

Thomas Silverstein, American prisoner, founder and former leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang

#Thomas_Silverstein

Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Mienoumi_Tsuyoshi

Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953)

#Nigel_Bruce

John Steel, English drummer

#John_Steel_(drummer)

Betty Friedan, American author and feminist (d. 2006)

#Betty_Friedan

Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (d. 2013)

#Claude_Nobs

Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player

#Lee_Stempniak

Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (d. 1854)

#Almeida_Garrett

Stanley Karnow, American journalist and historian (d. 2013)

#Stanley_Karnow

Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian, founded the French school of spirituality (d. 1629)

#Pierre_de_Bérulle

Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico (d. 1939)

#Eulalio_Gutiérrez

Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2010)

#Norman_Wisdom

Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005)

#Rosa_Parks

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (d. 1841)

#Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle

Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1905)

#Étienne_Desmarteau

Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (d. 1974)

#Charles_Lindbergh

Gabrielle Anwar, English actress

#Gabrielle_Anwar

Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, 1st President of Germany (d. 1925)

#Friedrich_Ebert

Lucie Šafá?ová, Czech tennis player

#Lucie_Šafá?ová

George A. Romero, American director and producer (d. 2017)

#George_A._Romero

Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (d. 2013)

#Conrad_Bain

Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1535)

#Francesco_II_Sforza

Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet (d. 1500)

#Lodovico_Lazzarelli

Giorgio Pantano, Italian race car driver

#Giorgio_Pantano

Chris Sabin, American wrestler

#Chris_Sabin

Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian cyclist

#Tomas_Vaitkus

Adrienne King, American actress, dancer, and painter

#Adrienne_King

Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer

#Mauricio_Pinilla

Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist

#Johan_Vansummeren

Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian and television host

#Dara_Ó_Briain

Stephen Hammond, English banker and politician

#Stephen_Hammond

Oscar Cabalén, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1967)

#Oscar_Cabalén

Clint Black, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Clint_Black

Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist (d. 2016)

#Janet_Waldo

Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995)

#Sergei_Grinkov

Florence LaRue, American singer and actress

#Florence_LaRue

Christopher Zeeman, English mathematician and academic (d. 2016)

#Christopher_Zeeman

Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, 2nd President of the Regional Government of Madeira

#Alberto_João_Jardim

Jean Aicard, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1921)

#Jean_Aicard

Byron Nelson, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2006)

#Byron_Nelson

Julian Bell, English poet and academic (d. 1937)

#Julian_Bell

Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (d. 1995)

#Ida_Lupino

Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer and manager

#Giovanni_Silva_de_Oliveira

Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States

#Dan_Quayle

Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (d. 1763)

#Pierre_de_Marivaux

Emperor Norton, San Francisco eccentric and visionary (d. 1880)

#Emperor_Norton

Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2014)

#Gyula_Grosics

Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (d. 1977)

#Jacques_Prévert

Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language

#Ken_Thompson

E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and academic (d. 1964)

#E._J._Pratt

Osmo Antero Wiio, Finnish journalist, academic, and politician (d. 2013)

#Osmo_Antero_Wiio

Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist

#Viatcheslav_Ekimov

Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (d. 2015)

#Jim_Loscutoff

Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (d. 1953)

#Ludwig_Prandtl

Oliver Ames, American financier and politician, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)

#Oliver_Ames_(governor)

Friedrich Hund, German physicist and academic (d. 1997)

#Friedrich_Hund

Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (d. 1993)

#Erich_Leinsdorf

Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (d. 1731)

#Johann_Ludwig_Bach

Yahya Khan, Pakistan general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (d. 1980)

#Yahya_Khan

Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (d. 1568)

#Jean_Parisot_de_Valette

Jenny Shipley, New Zealand educator and politician, 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand

#Jenny_Shipley

Arthur E. Chase, American businessman and politician (d. 2015)

#Arthur_E._Chase

Rasim Deli?, Bosnian general (d. 2010)

#Rasim_Deli?

Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier

#Pirmin_Zurbriggen

Richard Seaman, English race car driver (d. 1939)

#Richard_Seaman

Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (d. 1942)

#Édouard_Estaunié

Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (d. 1953)

#Eddie_Cochems

Rebecca White, Australian politician

#Rebecca_White

Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter

#Gavin_DeGraw

Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (d. 1997)

#Clyde_Tombaugh

Ludwig Erhard, German soldier and politician, 2nd Chancellor of West Germany (d. 1977)

#Ludwig_Erhard

Manny Legace, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Manny_Legace

Miko?aj Rej, Polish poet and author (d. 1580)

#Miko?aj_Rej

Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author (d. 1938)

#Friedrich_Glauser

Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

#Natalie_Imbruglia

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (d. 1945)

#Dietrich_Bonhoeffer

Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer (d. 2013)

#Sandeep_Acharya

Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and politician, 3rd Director of National Intelligence

#Dennis_C._Blair

Maximilian Wöber, Austrian footballer

#Maximilian_Wöber

Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer

#Oscar_De_La_Hoya

Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer (d. 1992)

#Wanda_Rutkiewicz

Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952)

#Dave_Sands

Russell Hoban, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)

#Russell_Hoban

Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons (d. 1927)

#Constance_Markievicz

Lawrence Taylor, American football player and sportscaster

#Lawrence_Taylor

Collin Wilcox, American actress (d. 2009)

#Collin_Wilcox_(actress)

Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (d. 1903)

#Gotse_Delchev

Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (d. 2013)

#Rod_Grams

Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1926)

#Jean_Richepin

MacKinlay Kantor, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)

#MacKinlay_Kantor

Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia

#Mikuláš_Dzurinda

Rob Corddry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Rob_Corddry

Carly Patterson, American gymnast and singer

#Carly_Patterson

Eric Garcetti, American lieutenant and politician, 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles

#Eric_Garcetti

Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician (d. 1949)

#Abe_Isoo

Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (d. 1795)

#Carl_Michael_Bellman

Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (d. 1804)

#Dru_Drury

Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter

#Alice_Cooper

Bae Noo-ri, South Korean actress

Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer

Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer

Maximilian Götz, German race car driver

Ivars Timermanis, Latvian basketball player

Raimonds Vaikulis, Latvian basketball player

James Hird, Australian footballer and coach

Tony Butterfield, Australian rugby league player

Jerome Brown, American football player (d. 1992)

Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Stewart O'Nan, American novelist

Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright (d. 1996)

Siobhan Dowd, English author and activist (d. 2007)

Christian Schreier, German footballer and manager

Tomasz Pacy?ski, Polish journalist and author (d. 2005)

Don Davis, American composer and conductor

Patrick Bergin, Irish actor

Michael Beck, American actor

Russell Cooper, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Queensland

Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (d. 2010)

David Newman, American director and screenwriter (d. 2003)

Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer (d. 1989)

Wallis Mathias, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1994)

Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2012)

Paul Burlison, American rockabilly guitarist (d. 2003)

Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1999)

James Dibble, Australian journalist (d. 2010)

Lotfi Zadeh, Iranian-American mathematician and computer scientist and founder of fuzzy logic (d. 2017)

Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991)

Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author and publisher (d. 1980)

Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian banker and politician, Norwegian Minister of Industry (d. 1999)

Letitia Dunbar-Harrison, Irish librarian (d. 1994)

Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (d. 1986)

Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (d. 2014)

Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 2003)

M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 1978)

Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy (d. 1961)

Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)

Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1753)

Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet and politician (d. 1699)