On This Day — August 4
3975 noted people were born and 1797 died on August 4 in our archive, including Giorgio Parisi, Saunders Mac Lane and William Rowan Hamilton.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 4
Giorgio Parisi
b. 1948
Saunders Mac Lane
1909 – 2005
William Rowan Hamilton
1805 – 1865
Alberto Gonzales
b. 1955
Anthony Ledwith
1933 – 2015
Audrey Azoulay
b. 1972
Barack Obama
b. 1961
Charmian O'Connor
b. 1937
Claudine Gay
b. 1970
Claus P. Schnorr
1943 – 2025
Dariusz Lipiński
b. 1955
Dmitry Ulyanov
1874 – 1943
Fiona Godlee
b. 1961
Frank van Kappen
b. 1941
François Massieu
1832 – 1896
Gennady Burbulis
1945 – 2022
Gilbert Archey
1890 – 1974
Gérard Biard
b. 1959
Hakeem Jeffries
b. 1970
Jean Yoyotte
1927 – 2009
John Venn
1834 – 1923
Juan Antonio García Díez
1940 – 1998
Lambert Beauduin
1873 – 1960
Laurens W. Molenkamp
b. 1956
Louis-Adolphe Paquet
1859 – 1942
Milan Stojadinović
1888 – 1961
Noh Tae-won
b. 1957
Pierre Mornand
1884 – 1972
Ramazan Abdulatipov
b. 1946
Ray Farquharson
1897 – 1965
Ryszard Gryglewski
1932 – 2023
Salim Joubran
1947 – 2024
Stefan Niementowski
1866 – 1925
Stuart Struever
1931 – 2022
Tim Finin
b. 1949
Abang Johari
b. 1950
Abhinandan Sekhri
b. 1974
Adolf Heusinger
1897 – 1982
Alan Mulally
b. 1945
Alda Sousa
b. 1953
Aleksandr Sokolov
b. 1970
Aleksei Turovski
b. 1946
Alexander Cannon
1896 – 1963
Alfredo Moreno
b. 1956
Allen Bergin
1934 – 2024
Amjad Islam Amjad
1944 – 2023
Anatolii Kinakh
b. 1954
Andrew M. Allen
b. 1955
Andrii Hnatov
b. 1980
Andrzej Buko
b. 1947
Antoine Dominique Magaud
1817 – 1899
Antonio Maccanico
1924 – 2013
Antonio Tajani
b. 1953
Arturo Umberto Illia
1900 – 1983
Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
1801 – 1884
Bernadine Healy
1944 – 2011
Bret Baier
b. 1970
Brooks D. Simpson
b. 1957
Béla Balázs
1884 – 1949
Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich
1815 – 1877
Catherine Fraser
b. 1947
Catherine Larrère
b. 1944
Charles Moose
1953 – 2021
Chen Shih-meng
b. 1948
Christoph Grabenwarter
b. 1966
Clayola Brown
b. 1948
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy
1923 – 2014
Daniel Aaron
1912 – 2016
Daniel Kan
1927 – 2013
Danny Williams
b. 1949
David Lange
1942 – 2005
David van Weel
b. 1976
Dennis Lehane
b. 1965
Douglas Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking
1884 – 1950
Dámaso Berenguer, 1st Count of Xauen
1873 – 1953
Enrique Molina Garmendia
1871 – 1964
Erhard Hübener
1881 – 1958
Ernest Lundeen
1878 – 1940
Ernst Mauritz Dahlin
1843 – 1929
Ezra Taft Benson
1899 – 1994
Frances Allen
1932 – 2020
Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss
1818 – 1914
Francis Wheeler Loomis
1889 – 1976
Fredrik Reinfeldt
b. 1965
George Finch
1888 – 1970
Georgy Bobrikov
1840 – 1924
Gilbert Spencer
1892 – 1979
Greta Gerwig
b. 1983
Gunter Thielen
b. 1942
György Szabad
1924 – 2015
Hans-Christoph Seebohm
1903 – 1967
Harry Ord
1819 – 1885
Hassan Pakravan
1911 – 1979
Helen Castor
b. 1968
Helen Thomas
1920 – 2013
Herbert Hoover, Jr.
1903 – 1969
Hilmi Özkök
b. 1940
Hugo de Zela
b. 1951
Ivar Gewert
1891 – 1971
James Spilker
1933 – 2019
Jan-Åke Gustafsson
b. 1943
Jane Angvik
b. 1948
Janez Stanovnik
1922 – 2020
Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny
1756 – 1834
Jim Hagedorn
1962 – 2022
Johann August Ernesti
1707 – 1781
Johann Ritter von Oppolzer
1808 – 1871
John Garland Pollard
1871 – 1937
John Jeremiah Bigsby
1792 – 1881
John Lawson Walton
1852 – 1908
John Scaddan
1876 – 1934
Joseph Paul-Boncour
1873 – 1972
Joseph-Guillaume Bossé
1843 – 1908
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
b. 1960
Judith S. Kaye
1938 – 2016
Jutta Urpilainen
b. 1975
Karl Friedrich Hermann
1804 – 1855
Karsten Klepsvik
1952 – 2025
Kim Reynolds
b. 1959
Knut Berg
1925 – 2007
Laure Saint-Raymond
b. 1975
Lisa Bero
b. 1958
Lisa Syrén
b. 1955
Lori Lightfoot
b. 1962
Louis-Henri Obin
1820 – 1895
Lucie Favier
1932 – 2003
Luke McNamee
1871 – 1952
Marie José of Belgium
1906 – 2001
Martha Vaughan
1926 – 2018
Martin “John” M. Atalla
1924 – 2009
Marvin L. Esch
1927 – 2010
Meg Whitman
b. 1956
Menachem Cohen
b. 1928
Michael J. McCulley
b. 1943
Michel Déon
1919 – 2016
Monica Oliphant
b. 1940
Nils G. Walter
b. 1966
Paul E. Olsen
b. 1953
Paul McCarthy
b. 1945
Paul Schimmel
b. 1940
Pehr von Ehrenheim
1823 – 1918
Pherozeshah Mehta
1845 – 1915
Pierre-André Taguieff
b. 1946
Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
1825 – 1901
Raj Chetty
b. 1979
Raoul Wallenberg
1912 – 1947
Rawil Fäyzullin
b. 1943
Rino Rappuoli
b. 1952
Roger Martin
b. 1956
Rutger Kopland
1934 – 2012
Ryszard Majer
b. 1971
Samuel Madden
b. 1976
Sergio Marqués Fernández
1946 – 2012
Sheldon Adelson
1933 – 2021
Siegfried Balleis
b. 1953
Sigmund Mowinckel
1884 – 1965
Simon Stevens
b. 1966
Stephen Kinzer
b. 1951
Sverre Pedersen
1882 – 1971
Sébastien Demorand
1969 – 2020
Terri Lyne Carrington
b. 1965
Thierry Roland
1937 – 2012
Thomas Southorn
1879 – 1957
Timo Honkela
1962 – 2020
Timothy L. Woodruff
1858 – 1913
Tom Birmingham
1949 – 2023
Tom Marsters
b. 1945
Travers Humphreys
1867 – 1956
V. R. Prabodhachandran Nair
b. 1938
Vadim Rabinovich
b. 1953
Vicente Álvarez Areces
1943 – 2019
Victor Krasin
1929 – 2017
Vitaliy Khomutynnik
b. 1976
Vladimir Sukhomlinov
1848 – 1926
Walter Pater
1839 – 1894
Willem Julius
1860 – 1925
Willy Kükenthal
1861 – 1922
Yannick Moreau
b. 1975
Yasser Arafat
1929 – 2004
Émile Zuccarelli
b. 1940
Abdoulie Janneh
b. 1944
Adam Afriyie
b. 1965
Adrien Bertrand
1888 – 1917
Albert Roze
1861 – 1952
Alejandra Jacinto Uranga
b. 1989
Alejandro Murat Hinojosa
b. 1975
Aleksa Bečić
b. 1987
Aleksandr Gerngross
1851 – 1925
Alessandro Di Battista
b. 1978
Alexander George McAdie
1863 – 1943
Alexander J. Resa
1887 – 1964
Alexander Vidal
1819 – 1906
Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince Dietrichstein von Nicolsburg
1813 – 1871
Alfred Girard
1859 – 1919
Ali Sistani
b. 1930
Allan Murdmaa
1934 – 2009
Amanda Congdon
b. 1981
Ameen Faheem
1939 – 2015
Andrew Bartlett
b. 1964
Andrew J. Hinshaw
1923 – 2016
… and 3,775 more
Died on August 4
Akin Mabogunje
1931 – 2022
Carl Auer von Welsbach
1858 – 1929
Edgar Douglas Adrian
1889 – 1977
François-André Vincent
1746 – 1816
George Alexander Knox
1919 – 2008
Giovanni Spadolini
1925 – 1994
Hirotugu Akaike
1927 – 2009
Jean Guiart
1925 – 2019
Joseph Georges Bouchard
1888 – 1956
Jules Lemaître
1853 – 1914
Klaus Hänsch
1938 – 2026
Louis Edmund Blaze
1861 – 1951
Mikhail Nikolayev
1937 – 2023
Paolo Baffi
1911 – 1989
Renato Ruggiero
1930 – 2013
Rudolf Holsti
1881 – 1945
Samvel Kocharyants
1909 – 1993
Sergey Ambartsumian
1922 – 2018
Shōjirō Gotō
1838 – 1897
Sylvester Sembratovych
1836 – 1898
Tsung-Dao Lee
1926 – 2024
Walther Flemming
1843 – 1905
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
1520 – 1598
William Imbrie
1845 – 1928
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan
1731 – 1804
Aleksy Ćwiakowski
1895 – 1953
Alvin Goldman
1938 – 2024
André Goosse
1926 – 2019
Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn
1942 – 2024
As'ad Syamsul Arifin
1897 – 1990
Cai Hesen
1895 – 1931
Charles B. Brownson
1914 – 1988
Christoph von Sigwart
1830 – 1904
Daniel Hale Williams
1858 – 1931
Daniel Kan
1927 – 2013
Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil
1935 – 2026
E. Barrett Prettyman
1891 – 1971
Ebrahim Alkazi
1925 – 2020
Eddie Ilarde
1934 – 2020
Eelis Gulin
1893 – 1975
Eleanore Boswell Murrie
1897 – 1966
Elizabeth Marie Pope
1917 – 1992
Enver Pasha
1881 – 1922
Ernst Bloch
1885 – 1977
Ernst Rothauser
1931 – 2015
Eugene F. Rice, Jr.
1924 – 2008
Fattah Heydarov
1938 – 2020
Frances Allen
1932 – 2020
Francis Lee Friedman
1918 – 1962
František Tomášek
1899 – 1992
Frederic de Forest Allen
1844 – 1897
Frederick Chapman Robbins
1916 – 2003
Gaspar Saladino
1927 – 2016
Georg Aumann
1906 – 1980
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 – 1875
Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
1887 – 1956
Heinrich Julius Holtzmann
1832 – 1910
Jacob Dolson Cox
1828 – 1900
James Flack Norris
1871 – 1940
James G. Roche
1939 – 2026
James Wiegold
1934 – 2009
Jan Strelau
1931 – 2020
Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup-Rosenvinge
1792 – 1850
John Burgon
1813 – 1888
John Burgoyne
1722 – 1792
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
1818 – 1906
John Northcott
1890 – 1966
Joseph Tilly
1837 – 1906
Józef Baryła
1924 – 2016
M. Brewster Smith
1919 – 2012
Manuel Rivas Vicuña
1880 – 1937
Margaret Maruani
1954 – 2022
Mary Emily Eaton
1873 – 1961
Michele Achilli
1931 – 2023
Miroslav Lazanski
1950 – 2021
N. Frank Ukadike
1950 – 2018
Nandini Satpathy
1931 – 2006
Otto Hesse
1811 – 1874
Paolo Treves
1908 – 1958
Parshuram Mishra
1894 – 1981
Percival Farquhar
1865 – 1953
René Pellat
1936 – 2003
Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam
1832 – 1907
Robert Sedgewick
1848 – 1906
Roy Thomson
1894 – 1976
Ruth Zechlin
1926 – 2007
Santiago Grisolía García
1923 – 2022
Sebastian Gebhard Messmer
1847 – 1930
Seichō Matsumoto
1909 – 1992
Sergio Zavoli
1923 – 2020
Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Bt.
1876 – 1963
Svend Auken
1943 – 2009
Tachi Yamada
1945 – 2021
Terry Snow
1943 – 2024
Tudor Deliu
1955 – 2023
Veikko Antero Koskenniemi
1885 – 1962
Waldemar Schreckenberger
1929 – 2017
Washington Luís
1869 – 1957
William B. Allison
1829 – 1908
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
1813 – 1865
Zahara Schatz
1916 – 1999
Adalbert Merx
1838 – 1909
Albert Hansen
1847 – 1925
Albert Schreiner
1892 – 1979
Alberto Franchetti
1860 – 1942
Alberto Monreal Luque
1928 – 2014
Alberto Zumarán
1940 – 2020
Alejandro Almendras
1919 – 1995
Alexander Oscar Gettler
1883 – 1968
Alice Saunier-Seité
1925 – 2003
Amos Kenan
1927 – 2009
Andrés de Orbe y Larreategui
1672 – 1740
Antonio Azarola y Gresillón
1874 – 1936
Antonio Jatta
1853 – 1912
Arnie Risen
1924 – 2012
Art Donovan
1924 – 2013
Augustus Orlebar
1897 – 1943
Bernard Barrow
1927 – 1993
Bobby Eaton
1958 – 2021
Bruno Canfora
1924 – 2017
Bueno de Paiva
1861 – 1928
Busiri Suryowinoto
1925 – 1982
Cesare Ricotti Magnani
1822 – 1917
Charles J. Train
1845 – 1906
Charles Ogletree
1952 – 2023
Charles-Joseph Coursol
1819 – 1888
Conrad von Bibra
1490 – 1544
Cyro dos Anjos
1906 – 1994
Dalia Fadila
1972 – 2023
Daniel B. Wesson
1825 – 1906
Daniel Read Anthony, Jr.
1870 – 1931
David Dudley Dowd Jr.
1929 – 2016
David M. Waters
1897 – 1981
Dean Burch
1927 – 1991
Dmitry Filosofov
1872 – 1940
Dory Funk Jr.
1941 – 2026
Dušan Pirjevec
1921 – 1977
Edmund Boyd Osler
1845 – 1924
Edward Hutton
1848 – 1923
Enrico Sibilia
1861 – 1948
Enrique Angelelli
1923 – 1976
Ernestine Rose
1810 – 1892
Ernst von Weizsäcker
1882 – 1951
Eugene Atkinson
1927 – 2016
Eugenio Pérez
1896 – 1957
Francis Butler Loomis
1861 – 1948
Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford
1704 – 1790
Francisc Rainer
1874 – 1944
Francisco Bayeu
1734 – 1795
Frank B. Klepper
1864 – 1933
Frank DeSimone
1909 – 1967
Frank Maxwell
1916 – 2004
Franklin Hiram King
1848 – 1911
Franz Matt
1860 – 1929
Frederick R. Lehlbach
1876 – 1937
Friedrich Auerbach
1870 – 1925
Friedrich Wilhelm Franz Nippold
1838 – 1918
Félix de Avelar Brotero
1744 – 1828
Georg Simon Klügel
1739 – 1812
George Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury
1873 – 1961
George Durant
1731 – 1780
George Frederik Willem Borel
1837 – 1907
George M. Wallhauser
1900 – 1993
Gerhard Gentzen
1909 – 1945
Gong Pusheng
1913 – 2007
Granville Crabtree
1929 – 2024
Grigory Abramovich Shajn
1877 – 1956
Harcourt Caughey
1911 – 1993
Harry Lee Waterfield
1911 – 1988
Heinrich Held
1868 – 1938
Henderson M. Jacoway
1870 – 1947
Henry A. Lardy
1917 – 2010
Henry Edward Downer
1836 – 1905
Henry Gullett
1837 – 1914
Henry Schoenfeld
1857 – 1936
Herbert Paul
1853 – 1935
Ian Willoughby Bazalgette
1918 – 1944
Ioan Bălan
1880 – 1959
Ira F. Thompson
1885 – 1947
Irene D. Long
1950 – 2020
Isaac Berman
1913 – 2013
István Andrássy
1927 – 2012
Ivan Mažuranić
1814 – 1890
Jack Dwan
1921 – 1993
Jacob Aall
1773 – 1844
James C. Dobbin
1814 – 1857
James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont
1728 – 1799
James E. Dalton
1930 – 2024
Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz
1537 – 1579
Jan Sas Zubrzycki
1860 – 1935
Jane Morgan
1924 – 2025
Jean "Binta" Breeze
1956 – 2021
Jean-Marie Vianney
1786 – 1859
Jeanne Landry
1922 – 2011
Jesse M. Unruh
1922 – 1987
Jim Kennan
1946 – 2010
John Andrew Doyle
1844 – 1907
John Calvin Mason
1802 – 1865
John Dillon
1851 – 1927
John Francis Burke
1923 – 2006
… and 1,597 more