People born on February 4 143
Lodovico Lazzarelli
b. 1447 – d. 1500
Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet (d. 1500)
Frans van Brederode
b. 1465 – d. 1490
Frans van Brederode, Dutch rebel (d. 1490)
Francesco II Sforza
b. 1495 – d. 1535
Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1535)
Jean Parisot de Valette
b. 1495 – d. 1568
Jean Parisot de Valette, 49th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1495)
Mikołaj Rej
b. 1505 – d. 1580
Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author (d. 1580)
Pierre de Bérulle
b. 1575 – d. 1629
Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1575)
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Hans Erasmus Aßmann
b. 1646 – d. 1699
Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (b. 1646)
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Giacomo Facco
b. 1676 – d. 1753
Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1753)
Johann Ludwig Bach
b. 1677 – d. 1731
Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
Pierre de Marivaux
b. 1688 – d. 1763
Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (b. 1688)
Dru Drury
b. 1725 – d. 1804
Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (d. 1804)
Carl Michael Bellman
b. 1740 – d. 1795
Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
b. 1778 – d. 1841
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1778)
Almeida Garrett
b. 1799 – d. 1854
Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (d. 1854)
Oliver Ames (governor)
b. 1831 – d. 1895
Oliver Ames, American financier and politician, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
Jean Aicard
b. 1848 – d. 1921
Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
Jean Richepin
b. 1849 – d. 1926
Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1926)
Édouard Estaunié
b. 1862 – d. 1942
Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
Abe Isoo
b. 1865 – d. 1949
Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician (d. 1949)
Friedrich Ebert
b. 1871 – d. 1925
Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
Gotse Delchev
b. 1872 – d. 1903
Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
Étienne Desmarteau
b. 1873 – d. 1905
Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1905)
Ludwig Prandtl
b. 1875 – d. 1953
Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
Eddie Cochems
b. 1877 – d. 1953
Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)
Eulalio Gutiérrez
b. 1881 – d. 1939
Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico (d. 1939)
Fernand Léger
b. 1881 – d. 1955
Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)
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Reinhold Rudenberg
b. 1883 – d. 1961
Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy (d. 1961)
M. A. Ayyangar
b. 1891 – d. 1978
M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 1978)
E. J. Pratt
b. 1892 – d. 1964
E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
Nigel Bruce
b. 1895 – d. 1953
Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
Friedrich Glauser
b. 1896 – d. 1938
Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author (d. 1938)
Friedrich Hund
b. 1896 – d. 1997
Friedrich Hund, German physicist and academic (d. 1997)
Ludwig Erhard
b. 1897 – d. 1977
Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
Jacques Prévert
b. 1900 – d. 1977
Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)
Charles Lindbergh
b. 1902 – d. 1974
Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (b. 1902)
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross
b. 1902 – d. 2003
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1902)
Alexander Imich
b. 1903 – d. 2014
Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)
MacKinlay Kantor
b. 1904 – d. 1977
MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
b. 1906 – d. 1945
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
Clyde Tombaugh
b. 1906 – d. 1997
Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (d. 1997)
Julian Bell
b. 1908 – d. 1937
Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
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Ola Skjåk Bræk
b. 1912 – d. 1999
Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian banker and politician, Norwegian Minister of Industry (d. 1999)
Erich Leinsdorf
b. 1912 – d. 1993
Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1912)
Byron Nelson
b. 1912 – d. 2006
Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (b. 1912)
Rosa Parks
b. 1913 – d. 2005
Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005)
Richard Seaman
b. 1913 – d. 1939
Richard Seaman, English race car driver (b. 1913)
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Alfred Andersch
b. 1914 – d. 1980
Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (b. 1914)
William Talman (actor)
b. 1915 – d. 1968
William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
Norman Wisdom
b. 1915 – d. 2010
Norman Wisdom, English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
Yahya Khan
b. 1917 – d. 1980
Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
Ida Lupino
b. 1918 – d. 1995
Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (b. 1918)
Luigi Pareyson
b. 1918 – d. 1991
Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991)
Janet Waldo
b. 1920 – d. 2016
Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist (b. 1920)
Betty Friedan
b. 1921 – d. 2006
Betty Friedan, American author and activist (b. 1921)
Lotfi Zadeh
b. 1921 – d. 2017
Lotfi Zadeh, Iranian-American mathematician and computer scientist and founder of fuzzy logic (d. 2017)
Conrad Bain
b. 1923 – d. 2013
Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (d. 2013)
James Dibble
b. 1923 – d. 2010
James Dibble, Australian journalist (d. 2010)
Russell Hoban
b. 1925 – d. 2011
Russell Hoban, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
Stanley Karnow
b. 1925 – d. 2013
Stanley Karnow, American journalist and historian (d. 2013)
Christopher Zeeman
b. 1925 – d. 2016
Christopher Zeeman, English mathematician and academic (d. 2016)
Gyula Grosics
b. 1926 – d. 2014
Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
Dave Sands
b. 1926 – d. 1952
Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952)
Rolf Landauer
b. 1927 – d. 1999
Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1927)
Oscar Cabalén
b. 1928 – d. 1967
Oscar Cabalén, Argentine racing driver (b. 1928)
Osmo Antero Wiio
b. 1928 – d. 2013
Osmo Antero Wiio, Finnish journalist, academic, and politician (d. 2013)
Paul Burlison
b. 1929 – d. 2003
Paul Burlison, American rockabilly guitarist (d. 2003)
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Tibor Antalpéter
b. 1930 – d. 2012
Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Hungarian Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
Arthur E. Chase
b. 1930 – d. 2015
Arthur E. Chase, American businessman and politician (d. 2015)
Jim Loscutoff
b. 1930 – d. 2015
Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (d. 2015)
Isabel Martínez de Perón
b. 1931
Isabel Martínez de Perón, Argentinian dancer and politician, 41st President of Argentina
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Wallis Mathias
b. 1935 – d. 1994
Wallis Mathias, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1994)
Martti Talvela
b. 1935 – d. 1989
Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer (d. 1989)
Collin Wilcox (actress)
b. 1935 – d. 2009
Collin Wilcox, American actress (d. 2009)
David Brenner
b. 1936 – d. 2014
David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2014)
Claude Nobs
b. 1936 – d. 2013
Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (d. 2013)
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David Newman (screenwriter)
b. 1937 – d. 2003
David Newman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
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Frank J. Dodd
b. 1938 – d. 2010
Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (b. 1938)
Stan Lundine
b. 1939
Stan Lundine, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York
George A. Romero
b. 1940 – d. 2017
George A. Romero, American director and producer (d. 2017)
Ron Rangi
b. 1941 – d. 1988
Ron Rangi, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)
Jiří Raška
b. 1941 – d. 2012
Jiří Raška, Czech skier and coach (d. 2012)
John Steel (drummer)
b. 1941
John Steel, English drummer
Alberto João Jardim
b. 1943
Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, 2nd President of the Regional Government of Madeira
Wanda Rutkiewicz
b. 1943 – d. 1992
Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer (d. 1992)
Ken Thompson
b. 1943
Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language
Florence LaRue
b. 1944
Florence LaRue, American singer and actress
Dennis C. Blair
b. 1947
Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and politician, 3rd Director of National Intelligence
Dan Quayle
b. 1947
Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
Alice Cooper
b. 1948
Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter
Rod Grams
b. 1948 – d. 2013
Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (b. 1948)
Mienoumi Tsuyoshi
b. 1948
Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
Michael Beck
b. 1949
Michael Beck, American actor
Rasim Delić
b. 1949 – d. 2010
Rasim Delić, Bosnian general (b. 1949)
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Patrick Bergin
b. 1951
Patrick Bergin, Irish actor
Phil Ehart
b. 1951
Phil Ehart, American rock drummer and songwriter
Jenny Shipley
b. 1952
Jenny Shipley, New Zealand educator and politician, 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand
Thomas Silverstein
b. 1952
Thomas Silverstein, American prisoner, founder and former leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang
Mikuláš Dzurinda
b. 1955
Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia
Don Davis (composer)
b. 1957
Don Davis, American composer and conductor
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Tomasz Pacyński
b. 1958 – d. 2005
Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1958)
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Christian Schreier
b. 1959
Christian Schreier, German footballer and manager
Lawrence Taylor
b. 1959
Lawrence Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
Siobhan Dowd
b. 1960 – d. 2007
Siobhan Dowd, British author (b. 1960)
Adrienne King
b. 1960
Adrienne King, American actress, dancer, and painter
Jonathan Larson
b. 1960 – d. 1996
Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright (d. 1996)
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Stewart O'Nan
b. 1961
Stewart O'Nan, American novelist
Denis Savard
b. 1961
Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Clint Black
b. 1962
Clint Black, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Stephen Hammond
b. 1962
Stephen Hammond, English banker and politician
Pirmin Zurbriggen
b. 1963
Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier
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Tony Butterfield
b. 1966
Tony Butterfield, Australian rugby league player
Viatcheslav Ekimov
b. 1966
Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist
Sergei Grinkov
b. 1967 – d. 1995
Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995)
Gabrielle Anwar
b. 1970
Gabrielle Anwar, English actress
Rob Corddry
b. 1971
Rob Corddry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Eric Garcetti
b. 1971
Eric Garcetti, American lieutenant and politician, 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles
Dara Ó Briain
b. 1972
Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian and television host
Giovanni Silva de Oliveira
b. 1972
Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer and manager
Oscar De La Hoya
b. 1973
Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer
James Hird
b. 1973
James Hird, Australian footballer and coach
Manny Legace
b. 1973
Manny Legace, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Natalie Imbruglia
b. 1975
Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
Gavin DeGraw
b. 1977
Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter
Giorgio Pantano
b. 1979
Giorgio Pantano, Italian race car driver
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Raimonds Vaikulis
b. 1980
Raimonds Vaikulis, Latvian basketball player
Jason Kapono
b. 1981
Jason Kapono, American basketball player
Johan Vansummeren
b. 1981
Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist
Chris Sabin
b. 1982
Chris Sabin, American wrestler
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Ivars Timermanis
b. 1982
Ivars Timermanis, Latvian basketball player
Tomas Vaitkus
b. 1982
Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian cyclist
Lee Stempniak
b. 1983
Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player
Sandeep Acharya
b. 1984 – d. 2013
Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer (d. 2013)
Mauricio Pinilla
b. 1984
Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
Maximilian Götz
b. 1986
Maximilian Götz, German race car driver
Mahmudullah Riyad
b. 1986
Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer
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Darren O'Dea
b. 1987
Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer
Lucie Šafářová
b. 1987
Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
Carly Patterson
b. 1988
Carly Patterson, American gymnast and singer
Kevin Naiqama
b. 1989
Kevin Naiqama, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
Jake Friend
b. 1990
Jake Friend, Australian rugby league player
Bae Noo-ri
b. 1993
Bae Noo-ri, South Korean actress
Jack Wighton
b. 1993
Jack Wighton, Australian rugby league player
Tevita Pangai Junior
b. 1996
Tevita Pangai Junior, Australian rugby league player