History Births on July 04

Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer

#Ángel_Romero_(footballer)

Eric Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2006)

#Eric_Bedser

Jim Beattie, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Jim_Beattie_(baseball)

Horace Grant, American basketball player and coach

#Horace_Grant

Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player

#Jake_Gardiner

Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)

#Angela_Baddeley

José Oquendo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

#José_Oquendo

Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer

#Victoria_Abril

Willem Janssen, Dutch footballer

#Willem_Janssen_(footballer,_born_1986)

Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (d. 1534)

#Johannes_Aventinus

Yvonne B. Miller, American academic and politician (d. 2012)

#Yvonne_B._Miller

Pam Shriver, American tennis player and sportscaster

#Pam_Shriver

Meyer Lansky, American gangster (d. 1983)

#Meyer_Lansky

Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (d. 2013)

#Paul_Scoon

John Alexander, Australian tennis player and politician

#John_Alexander_(Australian_politician)

Geraldo Rivera, American lawyer, journalist, and author

#Geraldo_Rivera

Adam Hart-Davis, English historian, author, and photographer

#Adam_Hart-Davis

Ron Kovic, American author and activist

#Ron_Kovic

Sonia Pierre, Hatian-Dominican human rights activist (d. 2011)

#Sonia_Pierre

Carl Valentine, English-Canadian footballer, coach, and manager

#Carl_Valentine

Jeff Lima, New Zealand rugby league player

#Jeff_Lima

Peter Richardson, English cricketer (d. 2017)

#Peter_Richardson_(cricketer)

Adrian Griffin, American basketball player and coach

#Adrian_Griffin

Rick Casares, American football player and soldier (d. 2013)

#Rick_Casares

Jan Magnussen, Danish race car driver

#Jan_Magnussen

Al Golden, American football player and coach

#Al_Golden

Hal Lanier, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Hal_Lanier

Benjamin Büchel, Liechtenstein footballer

#Benjamin_Büchel

Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Melanie_Fiona

Lee Reherman, American actor (d. 2016)

#Lee_Reherman

Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (d. 1968)

#Ulysses_S._Grant_III

Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (d. 2014)

#Metropolitan_Mikhail_of_Asyut

Zdzis?awa Donat, Polish soprano and actress

#Zdzis?awa_Donat

Mitch Miller, American singer and producer (d. 2010)

#Mitch_Miller

Elie Saab, Lebanese fashion designer

#Elie_Saab

Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (d. 2018)

#Ciril_Zlobec

Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945)

#Henry_Armetta

Alec Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2010)

#Alec_Bedser

Marte Elden, Norwegian skier

#Marte_Elden

Guram Kashia, Georgian footballer

#Guram_Kashia

Christoph Preuß, German footballer

#Christoph_Preuß

Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)

#Tibor_Varga_(violinist)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (d. 1809)

#Jean-Pierre_Blanchard

Thomas Nagel, American philosopher and academic

#Thomas_Nagel

Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer (d. 1996)

#Irving_Caesar

Stefan Meller, French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)

#Stefan_Meller

Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

#Gérard_Debreu

Richard Garriott, English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series

#Richard_Garriott

Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)

#Chuck_Tanner

Terrance Knighton, American football player

#Terrance_Knighton

Edi Rama, Albanian politician

#Edi_Rama

Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager

#Michael_Johnson_(footballer,_born_1973)

Delia Fiallo, Cuban author and screenwriter

#Delia_Fiallo

George Leonard, American lawyer, jurist and politician (d. 1819)

#George_Leonard_(Congressman)

Oscar I of Sweden (d. 1859)

#Oscar_I_of_Sweden

Alec Templeton, Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (d. 1963)

#Alec_Templeton

John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1952)

#John_McPhee_(politician)

Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014)

#Alfredo_Di_Stéfano

Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1367)

#Ashikaga_Yoshiakira

René Arnoux, French race car driver

#René_Arnoux

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (d. 1882)

#Giuseppe_Garibaldi

Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player

#Francisco_Cruceta

James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1906)

#James_Anthony_Bailey

Michael Milken, American businessman and philanthropist

#Michael_Milken

Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer and politician

#Giampiero_Boniperti

Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player and manager

#Vinny_Castilla

Tony Popovic, Australian footballer and manager

#Tony_Popovic

Gloria Stuart, American actress (d. 2010)

#Gloria_Stuart

Gertrude Lawrence, British actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952)

#Gertrude_Lawrence

Neil Simon, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2018)

#Neil_Simon

Emerson Boozer, American football player and sportscaster

#Emerson_Boozer

Hermann Cohen, German philosopher (d. 1918)

#Hermann_Cohen

Henri Leconte, French tennis player and sportscaster

#Henri_Leconte

Sam Farr, American politician

#Sam_Farr

La'Roi Glover, American football player and sportscaster

#La'Roi_Glover

Eppie Lederer, American journalist and radio host (d. 2002)

#Eppie_Lederer

Richard Rhodes, American journalist and historian

#Richard_Rhodes

Murad III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1595)

#Murad_III

Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor

#Tommy_Körberg

Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998)

#Bill_Tuttle

Timmie Rogers, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2006)

#Timmie_Rogers

Peter Rowan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Peter_Rowan

Conny Bauer, German trombonist

#Conny_Bauer

R. James Harvey, American politician

#R._James_Harvey

John Waite, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_Waite

Renny Vega, Venezuelan footballer

#Renny_Vega

Mike Knuble, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

#Mike_Knuble

Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Rein_Lang

John Leake, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1720)

#John_Leake

Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician

#Moa_Kikuchi

Post Malone, American singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer

#Post_Malone

Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist

#Laureano_Márquez

Stephen Boyd, Northern Ireland-born American actor (d. 1977)

#Stephen_Boyd

Vladimir Boisa, Georgian basketball player

#Vladimir_Boisa

Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

#Rudolf_Friedrich

Amantle Montsho, Botswanan sprinter

#Amantle_Montsho

Pat Stapleton, Canadian ice hockey player

#Pat_Stapleton_(ice_hockey)

Lake Underwood, American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008)

#Lake_Underwood

Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Mark_Slaughter

Keiko Ihara, Japanese race car driver

#Keiko_Ihara

Devendra Kumar Joshi, 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy

#Devendra_Kumar_Joshi

Miguel Pinto, Chilean footballer

#Miguel_Pinto

Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster (d. 2006)

#Iva_Toguri_D'Aquino

Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer

#Óscar_Romero_(footballer)

Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)

#Calvin_Coolidge

Prince Michael of Kent

#Prince_Michael_of_Kent

Vladimir Gusev, Russian cyclist

#Vladimir_Gusev_(cyclist)

Queen Sonja of Norway

#Queen_Sonja_of_Norway

Álvaro Uribe, Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia

#Álvaro_Uribe

Siim Kabrits, Estonian politician

#Siim_Kabrits

Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970)

#Rube_Goldberg

Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (d. 1921)

#Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt

Jill Craybas, American tennis player

#Jill_Craybas

Wude Ayalew, Ethiopian runner

#Wude_Ayalew

Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer

#Polina_Bogusevich

Philip Craven, English basketball player and swimmer

#Philip_Craven

Josh McCown, American football player

#Josh_McCown

Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Bill_Withers

George Murphy, American actor and politician (d. 1992)

#George_Murphy

Ömer A??k, Turkish basketball player

#Ömer_A??k

Victor Babe?, Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)

#Victor_Babe?

Jeremy Spencer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jeremy_Spencer

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress and photographer

#Gina_Lollobrigida

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

#Kathleen_Kennedy_Townsend

Floyd Little, American football player and coach

#Floyd_Little

Teofisto Guingona Jr., Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines

#Teofisto_Guingona_Jr.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1864)

#Nathaniel_Hawthorne

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and academic (d. 1769)

#Christian_Fürchtegott_Gellert

George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010)

#George_Steinbrenner

George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (d. 1866)

#George_Everest

Lembit Ulfsak, Estonian actor and director (d. 2017)

#Lembit_Ulfsak

Aurèle Vandendriessche, Belgian runner

#Aurèle_Vandendriessche

Marcos Daniel, Brazilian tennis player

#Marcos_Daniel

Kirk Pengilly, Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter

#Kirk_Pengilly

Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (d. 1772)

#Louis-Claude_Daquin

Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905)

#Thomas_John_Barnardo

Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (d. 2013)

#Pauline_Phillips

Tomaž Šalamun, Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 2014)

#Tomaž_Šalamun

Eva Marie Saint, American actress

#Eva_Marie_Saint

Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress

#Angelique_Boyer

Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (d. 1994)

#Roland_Ratzenberger

Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)

#Daijiro_Kato

Anjelika Krylova, Russian ice dancer and coach

#Anjelika_Krylova

Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (d. 1924)

#Alluri_Sitarama_Raju

Gackt, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor

#Gackt

Stephen Foster, American songwriter and composer (d. 1864)

#Stephen_Foster

Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981)

#Mao_Dun

Francis Maude, English lawyer and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

#Francis_Maude

Ralph Johnson, American R&B drummer and percussionist

#Ralph_Johnson_(musician)

Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician (d. 1998)

#Gulzarilal_Nanda

Jassem Alwan, Syrian Army Officer (d. 2018)

#Jassem_Alwan

Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (d. 2007)

#Leona_Helmsley

Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright (d. 1797)

#Michel-Jean_Sedaine

Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer

Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer

Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer

Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer

Rafael Arévalo, Salvadoran tennis player

Nguyen Ngoc Duy, Vietnamese footballer

Wason Rentería, Colombian footballer

Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Greek basketball player

Kane Tenace, Australian footballer

Miguel Santos Soares, Timorese footballer

Jin Akanishi, Japanese singer-songwriter

Mattia Serafini, Italian footballer

Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist

Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, American model, author and television personality

Will Smith, American football player (d. 2016)

Brock Berlin, American football player

Dedé, Angolan footballer

Kwame Steede, Bermudan footballer

Émile Mpenza, Belgian footballer

Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Russian skier

Stephen Giles, Canadian canoe racer and engineer

Wilfred Mugeyi, Zimbabwean footballer and coach

Todd Marinovich, American football player and coach

Ronni Ancona, Scottish actress and screenwriter

Sébastien Deleigne, French athlete

Minas Hantzidis, German-Greek footballer

Gérard Watkins, English actor and playwright

Kiriakos Karataidis, Greek footballer and manager

Harvey Grant, American basketball player and coach

Mark Whiting, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Cle Kooiman, American soccer player and manager

Vera Leth, Greenlandic Ombudsman

Robert Sinclair MacKay, British academic and educator

Kevin Nichols, Australian cyclist

Morganna, American model, actress, and dancer

Paul Rogat Loeb, American author and activist

Carol MacReady, English actress

Vladimir Tism?neanu, Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic

David Jensen, Canadian-English radio and television host

Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972)

Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)

Brian Willson, American soldier, lawyer, and activist

Pavel Sedlá?ek, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist

Steven Rose, English biologist and academic

Eric Walters, Australian journalist (d. 2010)

Colin Welland, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

Sébastien Japrisot, French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)

Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)

Ron Casey, Australian journalist and sportscaster

Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001)

Dorothy Head Knode, American tennis player (d. 2015)

Philip Rose, American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)

Nasser Sharifi, Iranian sports shooter

Paul Bannai, American politician

Fritz Wilde, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)

Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee (d. 2015)

King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, (d. 2006)

Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984)

Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer (d. 1997)

Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (d. 1989)

Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and scholar (d. 2003)

Howard Taubman, American author and critic (d. 1996)

John Anderson, American discus thrower (d. 1948)

Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (d. 1993)

Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (d. 1975)

Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant (d. 1996)

Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (d. 1991)

Flor Peeters, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986)

Nellie Mae Rowe, African-American folk artist (d. 1982)

Belinda Dann, Indigenous Australian who was one of the Stolen Generation, reunited with family aged 107 (d. 2007)

Gertrude Weaver, American supercentenarian (d. 2015)

Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (d. 1997)

Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965)

Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1975)

Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer (d.1955)

Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club whisky (d. 1899)

Usama ibn Munqidh, Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (d. 1188)

Salonina Matidia, Roman daughter of Ulpia Marciana (d. 119)