Famous Personalities Born In August - 04
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1222 On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)
1290 On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)
1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.
1521 Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.
1604 François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.
1664 On August - 04 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 Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer was born on August - 04.
1719 On August - 04 birth of johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)
1721 On August - 04 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 Maximilian Stadler, composer was born on August - 04.
1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on this day in history.
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 On August - 04 birth of olof Wilhelm Udden, composer
1805 William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) was born on August - 04.
1816 Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on August - 04.
1818 Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 04.
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 Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) was born on August - 04.
1834 John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923) was born on August - 04.
1839 Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) was born on August - 04.
1843 Flor van Duyse, composer was born on August - 04.
1846 On this day in history birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer
1848 On this day in history birth of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
1859 On August - 04 birth of knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)
1865 Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.
1867 On this day in history birth of jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)
1870 Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) was born on August - 04.
1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War was born on August - 04.
1884 On August - 04 birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)