Famous Personalities Born In August - 04
Saturday, 26 April 2025
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 this day in history.
1502 On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
1521 Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.
1604 François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.
1664 On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer
1687 On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]
1701 On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)
1705 On this day in history birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
1719 Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) was born on August - 04.
1721 On August - 04 birth of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)
1731 Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on this day in history.
1748 On August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer
1755 On August - 04 birth of nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)
1776 Wenzel Sedlak, composer was born on this day in history.
1792 On this day in history birth of percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)
1799 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer was born on this day in history.
1805 On August - 04 birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)
1816 On August - 04 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 On August - 04 birth of james White, American theologian (d. 1881)
1823 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)
1834 On this day in history birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)
1839 Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) was born on August - 04.
1843 On this day in history birth of flor van Duyse, composer
1846 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on August - 04.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1870 On August - 04 birth of harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)
1873 On August - 04 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)