Famous Personalities Born In August - 04
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1222 Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.
1290 Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.
1502 On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
1521 On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
1604 On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)
1664 On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer
1687 Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.
1701 Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.
1705 On this day in history birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
1719 On August - 04 birth of johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)
1721 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) was born on August - 04.
1731 Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on this day in history.
1748 Maximilian Stadler, composer was born on this day in history.
1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on this day in history.
1776 On this day in history birth of wenzel Sedlak, composer
1792 On August - 04 birth of percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)
1799 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer was born on August - 04.
1805 On August - 04 birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)
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 August - 04.
1821 James White, American theologian (d. 1881) was born on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history birth of oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877
1825 Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) was born on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)
1839 On August - 04 birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)
1843 On this day in history birth of flor van Duyse, composer
1846 On August - 04 birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer
1848 On this day in history birth of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
1859 Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born on August - 04.
1865 On August - 04 birth of gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)
1867 Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.
1870 On August - 04 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 On this day in history birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)