Notable Birthdays for August 4
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Pope Urban VII in 1521
- English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1792
- fashion designer Louis Vuitton in 1821
- Queen Elizabeth, mother of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, in 1900
- legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong in 1901
- Swedish architect Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving 100,000 Jews from the Nazis during World War II, in 1912
- longtime White House reporter Helen Thomas in 1920
- actor Richard Belzer in 1944 (age 76)
- actor Billy Bob Thornton in 1955 (age 65)
- football Hall of Fame member John Riggins in 1949 (age 71)
- author Sapphire, born Ramona Lofton, in 1950 (age 70)
- actor/voice actor Lauren Tom in 1961 (age 59)
- actor Daniel Dae Kim in 1968 (age 52)
- race car driver Jeff Gordon in 1971 (age 49)
- former U.S. President Barack Obama in 1961 (age 59)
- dancer Kym Johnson in 1976 (age 44)
- Meghan Markle, duchess of Sussex, in 1981 (age 39)
- actor Dylan Spouse in 1992 (28)
- actor Cole Sprouse in 1992 (age 28).
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