Famous Personalities Born In August - 04
Tuesday, 03 February 2026
1222 On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) 

1290 Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04. 

1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history. 

1521 On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590) 

1604 On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) 

1664 Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04. 

1687 Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04. 

1701 On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) 

1705 Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer was born on August - 04. 

1719 On this day in history birth of johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) 

1721 On this day in history birth of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) 

1731 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Colla, composer 

1748 On this day in history birth of maximilian Stadler, composer 

1755 On August - 04 birth of nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) 

1776 On this day in history birth of wenzel Sedlak, composer 

1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) was born on August - 04. 

1799 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer was born on August - 04. 

1805 William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) was born on this day in history. 

1816 On this day in history birth of israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 

1818 Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history. 

1821 On this day in history birth of james White, American theologian (d. 1881) 

1823 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 was born on August - 04. 

1825 On this day in history birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) 

1834 On August - 04 birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923) 

1839 On August - 04 birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) 

1843 On August - 04 birth of flor van Duyse, composer 

1846 On this day in history birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer 

1848 Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on this day in history. 

1859 Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born on August - 04. 

1865 On this day in history birth of gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890) 

1867 Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918) was born on August - 04. 

1870 On this day in history birth of harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) 

1873 On this day in history birth of damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War 

1884 Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941) was born on August - 04. 

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