May 4 - Births

Births

• 1008 – Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)
• 1008 – King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
• 1649 – Maharaja Chhatrasal (d. 1731)
• 1654 – Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)
• 1655 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (d. 1731)
• 1715 – Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)
• 1733 – Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
• 1752 – John Brooks, 11^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
• 1767 – Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)
• 1772 – Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
• 1781 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
• 1796 – Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859)
• 1796 – William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)
• 1820 – Julia Tyler, First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)
• 1822 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)
• 1825 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)
• 1825 – Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)
• 1826 – Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)
• 1827 – John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)
• 1852 – Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)
• 1864 – Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)
• 1870 – Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)
• 1873 – Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (d. 1940)
• 1889 – Francis Cardinal Spellman, American religious leader (d. 1967)
• 1903 – Luther Adler, American stage actor (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (official Date of Birth) (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Lincoln Kirstein, American impresario (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Lady Katherine Brandram, née Princess of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39^th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
• 1916 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian author and activist (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader (d. 1993)
• 1918 – Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Dory Funk, Professional wrestler (d. 1973)
• 1921 – Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)
• 1923 – Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian
• 1923 – Godfrey Quigley, British actor (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author
• 1925 – Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
• 1928 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian musician (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt
• 1928 – Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (d. 1961)
• 1929 – Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Sidney Lamb, American linguist
• 1930 – Roberta Peters, American soprano
• 1930 – Katherine Jackson, mother of the Jackson musical family
• 1931 – Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor
• 1931 – Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor and writer
• 1933 – J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher
• 1936 – El Cordobés, Spanish matador
• 1937 – Ron Carter, American jazz bassist
• 1937 – Dick Dale, American guitarist
• 1937 – Mr. Fuji, Former professional wrestler
• 1938 – Tyrone Davis, American soul singer (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer
• 1939 – Paul Gleason, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1939 – Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
• 1939 – Léon Rochefort, Quebec ice hockey player
• 1940 – Robin Cook, American novelist
• 1941 – George Will, American writer
• 1942 – Nickolas Ashford, American record producer, songwriter, and musician (Ashford and Simpson)
• 1943 – Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter
• 1943 – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1944 – Roger Rees, British-born actor
• 1945 – Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist
• 1946 – John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver
• 1946 – Gary Bauer conservative American politician, former presidential candidate
• 1947 – Richard Jenkins, American actor
• 1948 – Hurley Haywood, American race car driver, and three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1949 – John Force, American race car driver
• 1949 – Stella Parton, American country music singer
• 1949 – Graham Swift, British author
• 1950 – Darryl Hunt, English musician (The Pogues)
• 1951 – Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel)
• 1951 – Jackie Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)
• 1951 – Gérard Jugnot, French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer
• 1951 – Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe)
• 1951 – Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer.
• 1952 – Michael Barrymore, English comedian, actor, quiz master and entertainer
• 1953 – Oleta Adams, American singer
• 1953 – Salman Hashimikov, Soviet heavyweight wrestler
• 1954 – Pia Zadora, American actress
• 1955 – Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
• 1955 – Avram Grant, Israeli football manager
• 1956 – David Guterson, American author
• 1956 – Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete
• 1956 – Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player
• 1958 – Delbert Fowler, American football player
• 1958 – Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990)
• 1959 – Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee
• 1959 – Inger Nilsson, Swedish actress
• 1959 – Randy Travis, American musician
• 1960 – Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian
• 1960 – Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria
• 1961 – Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist
• 1961 – Jay Aston, British singer (Bucks Fizz)
• 1961 – Ishita Bhaduri, Indian (Bengali) Poet
• 1964 – Mónica Bardem, Spanish actress
• 1964 – Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism
• 1964 – Rocco Siffredi, Italian porn actor
• 1966 – Jane McGrath, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer (d. 2008)
• 1967 – Ana Gasteyer, American actress
• 1967 – Kate Garraway, English GMTV Presenter
• 1968 – Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh
• 1969 – Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling valet
• 1970 – Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals)
• 1970 – Paul Wiseman, New Zealand cricketer
• 1970 – Sergio Basañez, Mexican actor
• 1970 – Will Arnett, American actor
• 1971 – Joe Borowski, American baseball player
• 1971 – Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian racing driver
• 1972 – Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player
• 1972 – Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)
• 1972 – Chris Tomlin, American musician
• 1973 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer
• 1973 – John Madden, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1975 – Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002)
• 1976 – Ben Grieve, American baseball player
• 1976 – Jason Michaels, American baseball player
• 1977 – Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
• 1977 – Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Shaenon K. Garrity, American webcomics writer and artist
• 1978 – Brett Burton, Australian football player
• 1978 – Erin Andrews, ESPN sideline reporter
• 1979 – Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC)
• 1979 – Wes Butters, British broadcaster
• 1979 – Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan born rugby union and rugby league player
• 1980 – Andrew Raycroft, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Franziska Weisz, Austrian actress
• 1981 – Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer
• 1982 – Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer
• 1982 – Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer
• 1982 – Rasheeda,American hiphop singer
• 1983 – Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress
• 1983 – Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricket player (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Kevin Slowey, American baseball player
• 1984 – Montell Owens, American football player
• 1985 – Anthony Fedorov, American singer
• 1985 – Ravinder Bopara, English cricketer
• 1986 – George Hill, American Basketball player
• 1987 – Cesc Fabregas, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1987 – Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer
• 1988 – Robert Lacy, American writer
• 1989 – Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
• 1992 – Courtney Jines, American actress
• 1994 – Pauline Ducruet, daughter of HSH Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
• 1994 – Alexander Gould, American actor