Famous Birthdays for May 4th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1006 – Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1088)
• 1559 – Alice Spencer, English noblewoman (d. 1637)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1634 – Katherine Ferrers, English aristocrat and heiress (d. 1660)
• 1649 – Chhatrasal, Indian ruler (d. 1731)
• 1655 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the piano (d. 1731)
• 1677 – Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, French noblewoman (d.1749)
• 1715 – Richard Graves, English minister and author (d. 1804)
• 1733 – Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor (d. 1799)
• 1752 – John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
• 1757 – Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City (d. 1816)
• 1767 – Tyagaraja, Indian composer (d. 1847)
• 1770 – François Gérard, French painter (d. 1837)
• 1772 – Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
• 1796 – Horace Mann, American educator and politician (d. 1859)
• 1796 – William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1862)
• 1796 – William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar (d. 1859)
• 1820 – Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)
• 1820 – John Whiteaker, American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st Governor of Oregon (d. 1902)
• 1822 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1915)
• 1825 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, anatomist, and academic (d. 1895)
• 1825 – Augustus Le Plongeon, English-American historian, photographer, and academic (d. 1908)
• 1826 – Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)
• 1827 – John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (d. 1864)
• 1851 – Thomas Dewing, American painter (d. 1938)
• 1852 – Alice Liddell, English model (d. 1934)
• 1883 – Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician (d. 1944)
• 1884 – Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer (d. 1975)^[8]
• 1887 – Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter (d. 1979)
• 1889 – Francis Spellman, American cardinal (d. 1967)^[9]
• 1890 – Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter (d. 1945)

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician (d. 1981)
• 1902 – William Brown Meloney, writer and theatrical producer (d. 1971)^[10]
• 1903 – Luther Adler, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Paul Demel, Czech actor (d. 1951)
• 1905 – Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)
• 1906 – Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1987)
• 1907 – Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent (d. 2014)
• 1908 – Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete (d. 1949)
• 1911 – Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer (d. 1990)
• 1913 – John Broome, American author (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
• 1916 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006)
• 1916 – Richard Proenneke, American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Edward T. Cone, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Nick Joaquin, Filipino writer, journalist and historian (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Tom Mead, Australian journalist and politician (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1993)
• 1919 – Dory Funk, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1973)
• 1919 – Basil Yamey, South African-English economist and academic (d. 2020)
• 1921 – Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1921 – John van Kesteren, Dutch-American tenor and actor (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Paul-Émile Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Ed Cassidy, American jazz and rock drummer (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and producer (d. 1986)
• 1923 – Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian (d. 2012)
• 1923 – John Toner, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1926 – David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician (d. 2020)
• 1928 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Thomas Kinsella, Irish poet, translator, and publisher (d. 2021)
• 1928 – Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt (d. 2020)
• 1928 – Betsy Rawls, American golfer
• 1928 – Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (d. 1961)
• 1929 – Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Paige Rense, American magazine editor (d. 2021)^[11]
• 1930 – Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family
• 1930 – Roberta Peters, American soprano (d. 2017)
• 1931 – Jan Pesman, Dutch speed skater (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor and educator (d. 2018)
• 1931 – Thomas Stuttaford, English physician, journalist, and politician (d. 2018)
• 1932 – Harlon Hill, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Alexander MacAra, Scottish epidemiologist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1933 – J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and educator (d. 2007)
• 1936 – El Cordobés, Spanish bullfighter
• 1936 – Med Hondo, Mauritanian filmmaker and actor (d. 2019)
• 1937 – Ron Carter, American bassist and educator
• 1937 – Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (d. 2019)
• 1937 – Wim Verstappen, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1938 – Tyrone Davis, American blues and soul singer (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Gillian Tindall, English historian and author
• 1939 – Neil Fox, English rugby league player and coach
• 1939 – Amos Oz, Israeli journalist and author (d. 2018)
• 1939 – Leon Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Robin Cook, American physician and author
• 1940 – Peter Gregg, American race car driver and businessman (d. 1980)
• 1941 – George Will, American journalist and author
• 1943 – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (d. 1971)
• 1943 – Mihail Chemiakin, Russian painter and sculptor
• 1943 – Prasanta Pattanaik, Indian economist and academic
• 1944 – Walker Boone, Canadian actor (d. 2021)^[12][13]
• 1944 – Steve Liebmann, Australian radio and television host
• 1944 – Russi Taylor, American voice actress (d. 2019)
• 1945 – Jan Mulder, Dutch footballer and journalist
• 1946 – John Barnard, English car designer
• 1946 – Gary Bauer, American political activist
• 1946 – John Watson, British race car driver
• 1947 – John Bosley, Canadian businessman and politician, 31st Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 2022)
• 1947 – Ronald Sørensen, Dutch historian and politician
• 1947 – Trivimi Velliste, Estonian politician, 17th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1948 – Alison Britton, English sculptor and educator
• 1948 – Hurley Haywood, American race car driver
• 1948 – King George Tupou V of Tonga, (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Graham Swift, English novelist and short story writer
• 1950 – Darryl Hunt, English bass player
• 1951 – Colin Bass, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1951 – Colleen Hanabusa, American lawyer and politician
• 1951 – Jackie Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1952 – Belinda Green, Australian beauty queen and 1972 Miss World
• 1953 – Pia Zadora, American actress and singer
• 1954 – Ryan Cayabyab, Filipino pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1954 – Trevor Ryan, Australian rugby league player^[14]
• 1956 – Michael L. Gernhardt, American astronaut and engineer
• 1956 – David Guterson, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist
• 1956 – Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 – Jaak Huimerind, Estonian architect
• 1957 – Kathy Kreiner, Canadian skier
• 1957 – Peter Sleep, Australian cricketer
• 1957 – Marijke Vos, Dutch educator and politician
• 1958 – Delbert Fowler, American football player
• 1958 – Keith Haring, American painter (d. 1990)
• 1958 – Jane Kennedy, English politician
• 1958 – Caroline Spelman, English politician, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• 1959 – Valdemaras Chomičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1959 – Bob Tway, American golfer
• 1960 – Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, 28th Chancellor of Austria
• 1961 – Jay Aston, English singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1964 – Silvia Costa, Cuban high jumper
• 1966 – Gary Elkins, English footballer and manager^[15]
• 1966 – Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founded the McGrath Foundation (d. 2008)
• 1967 – Kate Garraway, English journalist
• 1967 – Ana Gasteyer, American actress and singer
• 1969 – Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Franz Resch, Austrian footballer and manager
• 1970 – Gregg Alexander, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1970 – Will Arnett, Canadian actor and producer
• 1970 – Giovanni Mirabassi, Italian jazz musician
• 1970 – Dawn Staley, American basketball player
• 1970 – Paul Wiseman, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 1971 – Joe Borowski, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Miles Stewart, Australian triathlete
• 1972 – Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player
• 1972 – Mike Dirnt, American bass player and songwriter
• 1973 – Matthew Barnaby, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1973 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1973 – John Madden, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 – Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
• 1974 – Tony McCoy, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster
• 1976 – Ben Grieve, American baseball player
• 1976 – Rory Hamill, Northern Irish international footballer^[16]
• 1976 – Jason Michaels, American baseball player
• 1976 – Indrek Visnapuu, Estonian basketball player and coach
• 1977 – John Tripp, Canadian-German ice hockey player
• 1978 – Erin Andrews, American sportscaster and journalist
• 1978 – Igor Biscan, Croatian footballer
• 1978 – Brett Burton, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Vladimíra Uhlířová, Czech tennis player
• 1979 – Lance Bass, American singer, dancer, and producer
• 1979 – Kristin Harmel, American journalist and author
• 1979 – Marie Poissonnier, French pole vaulter
• 1979 – Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan rugby player
• 1980 – Andrew Raycroft, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer
• 1981 – Dallon Weekes, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1982 – Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer
• 1982 – Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer
• 1982 – Giorgos Tsiaras, Greek basketball player
• 1983 – Dan Christian, Australian cricketer
• 1983 – Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Robert Zwinkels, Dutch footballer
• 1984 – Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Brad Maddox, American wrestler and referee
• 1984 – Sarah Meier, Swiss figure skater
• 1984 – Montell Owens, American football player
• 1984 – Kevin Slowey, American baseball player
• 1985 – Ravi Bopara, English cricketer
• 1985 – Anthony Fedorov, Ukrainian-born American singer and actor
• 1985 – Fernandinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Lester "Bo" McCalebb, American-Macedonian professional basketball player
• 1985 – Jamie Adenuga, English MC and rapper
• 1986 – Devan Dubnyk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – George Hill, American basketball player
• 1987 – Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1988 – Radja Nainggolan, Belgian footballer
• 1989 – Dániel Gyurta, Hungarian swimmer
• 1989 – Henna Lindholm, Finnish figure skater
• 1989 – Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
• 1989 – Aris Tatarounis, Greek basketball player
• 1989 – James van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player
• 1990 – Irina Falconi, American tennis player
• 1990 – Ryan Morgan, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Duvashen Padayachee, Australian race car driver^[17]
• 1990 – Andrea Torres, Filipino actress and model
• 1991 – Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player
• 1992 – Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
• 1993 – Jānis Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1994 – Abi Masatora, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1994 – Joseph Tapine, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 – Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
• 1997 – Max King, Australian rugby league player^[18]