February 4 - Births

Births

• 1505 – Nicolaus Rey, Polish poet (d. 1580)
• 1524 – Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (d. 1580)
• 1575 – Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1629)
• 1620 – Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)
• 1646 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. 1699)
• 1677 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)
• 1688 – Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (d. 1763)
• 1725 – Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
• 1746 – Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish, Belarusian-Lithuanian, and American national hero (d. 1817)
• 1778 – A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841)
• 1799 – Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (d. 1854)
• 1808 – Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem (d. 1856)
• 1831 – Oliver Ames, 35^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
• 1846 – Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (d. 1915)
• 1848 – Jean Aicard, French poet (d. 1921)
• 1849 – Jean Richepin, French poet (d. 1926)
• 1859 – Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (d. 1881)
• 1871 – Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic (d. 1925)
• 1872 – Gotse Delchev, a great Macedonian revolutionary, (d. 1903)
• 1873 – Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (d. 1905)
• 1875 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (d. 1953)
• 1877 – Eddie Cochems, Father of the Forward Pass in American football (d. 1953)
• 1881 – Fernand Léger, French painter (d. 1955)
• 1891 – Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, Speaker of Lok Sabha (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Andreu Nin, Catalan politician (d. 1937)
• 1892 – E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet (d. 1964)
• 1895 – Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953)
• 1896 – Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (d. 1938)
• 1896 – Friedrich Hund, German physicist (d. 1997)
• 1897 – Ludwig Erhard, 2nd Bundeskanzler of Germany (d. 1977)
• 1900 – Jacques Prévert, French poet and lyricist (d. 1977)
• 1902 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
• 1904 – MacKinlay Kantor, American writer (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (d. 1945)
• 1906 – Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Julian Bell, British poet (d. 1937)
• 1912 – Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian politician (d. 1999)
• 1912 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Byron Nelson, American golfer (d. 2006)
• 1912 – Louis-Albert Vachon, cardinal archbishop of Quebec (d. 2006)
• 1913 – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Alfred Andersch, German writer (d. 1980)
• 1915 – Ray Evans, American songwriter with Jay Livingston (d. 2007)
• 1915 – William Talman, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1915 – Norman Wisdom, English actor and comedian (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1980)
• 1918 – Ida Lupino, English film actress and director (d. 1995)
• 1918 – Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher (d. 1991)
• 1918 – Janet Waldo, American actress
• 1918 – Porky Chedwick, American radio personality
• 1921 – Betty Friedan, American feminist (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Lotfi Asker Zadeh, American-Iranian/Russian mathematician and computer scientist
• 1922 – Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical singer
• 1923 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-born actor
• 1925 – Russell Hoban, American writer
• 1925 – Gerald Sim, English actor
• 1927 – Rolf Landauer, American physicist and electrical engineer (d. 1999)
• 1929 – Jerry Adler, American actor
• 1929 – Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist, TV presenter and security expert (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Isabel Martínez de Perón, President of Argentina (1974-1976), widow of Argentine President Juan Perón
• 1935 – Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (d. 1989)
• 1936 – David Brenner, American comedian
• 1936 – Gary Conway, American actor
• 1937 – David Newman, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
• 1940 – George A. Romero, American director, screenwriter and producer
• 1940 – John Schuck, American actor
• 1941 – John Steel, British musician (The Animals)
• 1943 – Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese president of the regional government of Madeira
• 1943 – Wanda Rutkiewicz, Polish mountaineer (d. 1992)
• 1943 – Ken Thompson, American computer scientist
• 1947 – Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States
• 1947 – Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and Director of National Intelligence
• 1948 – Alice Cooper, American musician
• 1948 – Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 57^th Yokozuna
• 1949 – Michael Beck, American actor
• 1949 – Rasim Delic, Bosnian military chief of staff and war criminal (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Pamela Franklin, British actress
• 1951 – Patrick Bergin, Irish actor
• 1951 – Phil Ehart, American musician (Kansas)
• 1951 – Dariush Eghbali, Iranian singer and musician
• 1951 – Stan Papi, American baseball player
• 1952 – Lisa Eichhorn, American actress
• 1952 – Jerry Shirley, drummer of rock band Humble Pie
• 1952 – Li Yinhe, Chinese sexologist
• 1953 – Kitaro, Japanese composer
• 1955 – Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak Prime Minister
• 1957 – Don Davis, American composer
• 1957 – Evan Wolfson, American attorney and activist
• 1958 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer
• 1959 – Pamelyn Ferdin, American actress
• 1959 – Lawrence Taylor, American football player
• 1960 – Tim Booth, British singer (James)
• 1960 – Mark Dawson, British-born American entertainment manager (The Iron Maidens)
• 1960 – Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish author (d. 2007)
• 1960 – Jenette Goldstein, American actress
• 1960 – Jonathan Larson, American composer (d. 1996)
• 1961 – Stewart O'Nan, American author
• 1961 – Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 – Clint Black, American musician
• 1962 – Michael Riley, Canadian actor
• 1962 – Alfred Twardecki, Polish historian
• 1963 – Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier
• 1964 – Noodles, American guitarist (The Offspring)
• 1965 – Jerome Brown, American football player (d. 1992)
• 1966 – Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist
• 1966 – Kyōko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer
• 1967 – Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995)
• 1968 – Marko Matvere, Estonian actor
• 1969 – Duncan Coutts, Canadian bassist (Our Lady Peace)
• 1969 – Dallas Drake, ice hockey player
• 1969 – Brandy Ledford, American actress and model
• 1970 – Gabrielle Anwar, English actress
• 1971 – Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
• 1971 – Michael A. Goorjian, American actor
• 1972 – Giovanni Silva De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1972 – Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian
• 1973 – Oscar de la Hoya, Mexican-American boxer
• 1973 – Manny Legacé, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• 1974 – Eric Townsend, American musician and record producer
• 1974 – Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress
• 1974 – Mijntje Donners, Dutch hockey international
• 1975 – Natalie Imbruglia, Australian musician and actress
• 1975 – Thomas Tebbich, Austrian decathlete
• 1976 – Cam'ron, American rapper
• 1977 – Gavin DeGraw, American musician
• 1977 – Mitra Hajjar, Iranian actress
• 1978 – Danna Garcia, Colombian actress
• 1979 – Andrei Arlovski, Belarussian mixed martial artist
• 1979 – Giorgio Pantano, Italian racing car driver
• 1981 – Ben Hendrickson, American baseball player
• 1981 – Jason Kapono, America professional basketball player
• 1981 – Tom Mastny, Indonesian baseball player
• 1981 – Johan Van Summeren, Belgian cyclist
• 1982 – Chris Sabin, American professional wrestler
• 1982 – Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist
• 1982 – Kimberly Wyatt, American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1983 – Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player
• 1983 – Jarrad Waite, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 – Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
• 1985 – Bug Hall, American actor
• 1986 – Mohammad Mahmudullah, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1987 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
• 1988 – Eoin McDowell, Irish rugby player
• 1988 – Carly Patterson, American gymnast
• 1993 – Tim McGrath, American musician