Famous Personalities Born In February - 04
Thursday, 18 September 2025
1465 On February - 04 birth of french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen
1524 Luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.
1549 On February - 04 birth of eustache du Caurroy, composer
1575 Pierre de Barulle, French cardinal was born on February - 04.
1581 On February - 04 birth of daniel Selich, composer
1620 Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) was born on February - 04.
1646 On February - 04 birth of hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet
1677 On February - 04 birth of johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)
1688 Pierre De Marivaux, Paris France, writer (Marianne) was born on this day in history.
1693 On this day in history birth of george Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist (London Merchant)
1725 On February - 04 birth of dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
1746 Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.
1747 Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, (NY Bridge) was born on this day in history.
1751 Blas de Laserna, composer was born on this day in history.
1758 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer was born on this day in history.
1764 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy was born on February - 04.
1767 Johann Franz Volkert, composer was born on February - 04.
1768 Maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop & Boeicop, lawyer/politician was born on this day in history.
1769 Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer was born on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history birth of a. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841)
1799 On February - 04 birth of joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright
1802 Mark Hopkins, US, educator/philosopher (Williams College) was born on this day in history.
1805 Georg Andreas Henkel, composer was born on this day in history.
1805 On this day in history birth of william H Ainsworth, English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood)
1808 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856) was born on this day in history.
1819 Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA was born on February - 04.
1826 Halbert Eleazer Paine, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on February - 04.
1831 On February - 04 birth of oliver Ames, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
1841 Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.
1842 On February - 04 birth of georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic
1842 On this day in history birth of vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian
1846 Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (d. 1915) was born on February - 04.
1848 [Francois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, Fren playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances) was born on February - 04.
1849 Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux) was born on this day in history.