Famous Personalities Born In August - 04
Friday, 20 March 2026
1222 Richard de clare: 6th earl of hertford, english soldier 

1290 Duke leopold i of austria: Duke leopold i of austria (d. 1326) 

1502 Pieter coecke van aelst: Flemish painter/carpet designer 

1521 Pope urban vii: Pope urban vii (d. 1590) 

1604 François hédelin: Abbé d'aubignac, french writer 

1664 Louis lully: Composer 

1687 Johan willem friso: Prince of orange/monarch of nassau-dietz [os] 

1701 Thomas blackwell: Scottish classical scholar 

1705 Vaclav matyas gurecky: Composer 

1719 Johann gottlob lehmann: German minerologist and geologist 

1721 Granville leveson-gower: 1st marquess of stafford, english politician 

1731 Giuseppe colla: Composer 

1748 Maximilian stadler: Composer 

1755 Nicolas-jacque conte: Inventor (modern pencil) 

1776 Wenzel sedlak: Composer 

1792 Percy bysshe shelley: England, romantic poet (adonais) 

1799 Olof wilhelm udden: Composer 

1805 William rowan hamilton: Irish mathematician 

1816 Israel vogdes: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1889 

1818 Lovell harrison rosseau: Major general (union volunteers) 

1821 James white: American theologian 

1823 Oliver hazard perry throck morton: (gov-ind), died in 1877 

1825 Arthur haygarth: Cricketer (middlesex & surrey bat, famous biographer) 

1834 John venn: English mathematician 

1839 Walter pater: London england, writer (plato & platoism) 

1843 Flor van duyse: Composer 

1846 Silas gamaliel pratt: Composer 

1848 Vladimir sukhomlinov: Russian general 

1859 Knut hamsun: Norway, writer/nazi (hunger-nobel 1920) 

1865 Gus kempis: South african cricketer 

1867 Jake beckley: American baseball player 

1870 Harry lauder: Scotland, comedian/singer (roamin' in the gloamin) 

1873 Damasco berenguer y fuste: Spanish general/minister of war 

1884 Henri cornet: French cyclist 

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