May 4 - Births

Births

1008 – Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Persian Sufi (d. 1088)
1008 – Henry I of France (d. 1060)
1649 – Maharaja Chhatrasal (d. 1731)
1654 – Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)
1655 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian musical instrument maker, inventor of the piano (d. 1731)
1715 – Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)
1733 – Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
1752 – John Brooks, American politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
1767 – Tyagaraja, Indian composer (d. 1847)
1772 – Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
1781 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
1796 – Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859)
1796 – William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)
1820 – Julia Gardiner Tyler, American first lady, second wife of John Tyler (d. 1889)
1822 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian politician (d. 1915)
1825 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)
1825 – Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)
1826 – Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)
1827 – John Hanning Speke, English explorer (d. 1864)
1852 – Alice Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)
1856 – Pablo de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1929)
1864 – Marie Booth, English daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)
1870 – Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)
1873 – Joe De Grasse, Canadian director (d. 1940)
1889 – Francis Spellman, American archbishop (d. 1967)
1890 – Franklin Carmichael, Canadian artist, founder of the Group of Seven (d. 1945)
1903 – Luther Adler, American actor (d. 1984)
1907 – Lincoln Kirstein, American writer and impresario (d. 1996)
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 author and activist (d. 2006)
1916 – Richard Proenneke, American naturalist (d. 2003)
1917 – Edward T. Cone, American composer, theorist, pianist, and philanthropist (d. 2004)
1918 – Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1993)
1918 – Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004)
1919 – Dory Funk, American wrestler (d. 1973)
1921 – John van Kesteren, Dutch operatic tenor (d. 2008)
1921 – Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005)
1922 – Paul-Émile Charbonneau, Canadian bishop
1923 – Ed Cassidy, American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons)
1923 – Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery (d. 2006)
1923 – Eric Sykes, English actor and comedian (d. 2012)
1923 – Godfrey Quigley, English actor (d. 1994)
1923 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author (d. 1986)
1925 – Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
1928 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz musician and bandleader (Big Bop Nouveau) (d. 2006)
1928 – Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian politician and military commander, 4th President of Egypt
1928 – Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (d. 1961)
1928 – Betsy Rawls, American golfer
1929 – Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (d. 1993)
1929 – Sidney Lamb, American linguist
1929 – Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1930 – Roberta Peters, American soprano
1930 – Katherine Jackson, American mother of the Jackson musical family
1931 – Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor
1931 – Thomas Stuttaford, English doctor and writer
1933 – J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and writer
1934 – Tatiana Samoilova, Russian actress
1935 – Harry Fujiwara, American wrestler
1936 – El Cordobés, Spanish matador
1937 – Ron Carter, American jazz bassist
1937 – Dick Dale, American guitarist
1937 – Mr. Fuji, American wrestler and manager
1938 – Tyrone Davis, American singer (d. 2005)
1938 – Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer
1939 – Paul Gleason, American actor (d. 2006)
1939 – Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
1939 – Léon Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
1940 – Robin Cook, American novelist
1941 – George Will, American writer
1942 – Nickolas Ashford, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Ashford and Simpson) (d. 2011)
1943 – Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter
1943 – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer
1944 – Dave, Dutch singer
1944 – Peggy Santiglia, American singer-songwriter (The Angels and The Delicates)
1944 – Russi Taylor, American voice actress
1945 – Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist
1946 – John Watson, Irish race car driver
1946 – Gary Bauer, American politician
1947 – Willem van Beusekom, Dutch broadcaster and disk jockey (d. 2006)
1947 – John Bosley, Canadian politician
1947 – Richard Jenkins, American actor
1948 – Hurley Haywood, American race car driver
1948 – George Tupou V (d. 2012)
1949 – John Force, American race car driver
1949 – Stella Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress
1949 – Graham Swift, English author
1950 – Darryl Hunt, English musician (The Pogues)
1951 – Colin Bass, English musician songwriter, and producer (Camel and 3 Mustaphas 3)
1951 – Jackie Jackson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and dancer (The Jackson 5)
1951 – Gérard Jugnot, French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
1951 – Mick Mars, American musician and songwriter (Mötley Crüe)
1951 – Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer
1952 – Michael Barrymore, English comedian and actor
1953 – Oleta Adams, American singer, pianist, and actress
1953 – Salman Hashimikov, Soviet wrestler
1954 – Marilyn Martin, American singer-songwriter
1954 – Robert Michael Snyder, American author
1954 – Pia Zadora, American actress
1955 – Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer-songwriter and producer
1955 – Avram Grant, Israeli football manager
1956 – Michael L. Gernhardt, American astronaut
1956 – David Guterson, American author
1956 – Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete
1956 – Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player
1956 – Sharon Jones, American singer Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
1957 – Kathy Kreiner, Canadian alpine ski racer
1958 – Delbert Fowler, American football player
1958 – Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990)
1958 – Antonis Minou, Greek footballer
1959 – Joseph James, Jr., American wrestling referee
1959 – Inger Nilsson, Swedish actress
1959 – Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
1959 – Bob Tway, American golfer
1960 – Andrew Denton, Australian television producer and comedian
1960 – Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, Chancellor of Austria
1961 – Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist
1961 – Jay Aston, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Bucks Fizz)
1964 – Mónica Bardem, Spanish actress
1964 – Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism
1964 – Rocco Siffredi, Italian porn actor
1964 – Goran Prpić, Croatian tennis player
1966 – Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation (d. 2008)
1967 – Ana Gasteyer, American actress
1967 – Ken Rosato, American journalist
1967 – Kate Garraway, English journalist
1967 – Akiko Yajima, Japanese voice actress
1968 – Julian Barratt, English comedian, actor, musician, and producer, one half of The Mighty Boosh
1969 – Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling manager
1970 – Gregg Alexander, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (New Radicals)
1970 – Paul Wiseman, New Zealand cricketer
1970 – Sergio Basañez, Mexican actor
1970 – Will Arnett, American actor
1970 – Dawn Staley, American basketball player
1971 – Joe Borowski, American baseball player
1971 – Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian race car driver
1971 – Rudresh Mahanthappa, Indian-American saxophonist, composer, and educator
1972 – Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player
1972 – Mike Dirnt, American musician and songwriter (Green Day, The Frustrators, Screeching Weasel, and Foxboro Hot Tubs)
1972 – Chris Tomlin, American singer-songwriter and musician
1973 – Matthew Barnaby, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer
1973 – John Madden, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player
1974 – Tony McCoy, Irish horse racing jockey
1975 – Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002)
1975 – Catherine Trudeau, Canadian actress
1976 – Ben Grieve, American baseball player
1976 – Jason Michaels, American baseball player
1977 – Nestoras Kommatos, Greek basketball player
1977 – Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
1977 – Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer
1977 – John Tripp, German ice hockey player
1978 – Erin Andrews, American sportscaster and journalist
1978 – Brett Burton, Australian football player
1978 – Shaenon K. Garrity, American writer and artist
1978 – Vladimíra Uhlířová, Czech tennis player
1978 – Daisuke Ono, Japanese voice actor
1979 – Lance Bass, American singer, dancer, actor, producer, and author (*NSYNC)
1979 – Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan rugby player
1979 – Marie Poissonnier, French pole vaulter
1979 – Wes Butters, English broadcaster and writer
1979 – Kristin Harmel, American novelist
1980 – Andrew Raycroft, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Franziska Weisz, Austrian actress
1981 – Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer
1982 – Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer
1982 – Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter
1982 – Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer
1982 – Giorgos Tsiaras, Greek basketball player
1983 – Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress
1983 – Jesse Moss, Canadian actor
1983 – Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Rubén Olivera, Uruguayan footballer
1984 – Brad Maddox, American wrestler and referee
1984 – Sarah Meier, Swiss figure skater
1984 – Montell Owens, American football player
1984 – Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2007)
1984 – Kevin Slowey, American baseball player
1985 – Anthony Fedorov, American singer
1985 – Ravinder Bopara, English cricketer
1986 – George Hill, American basketball player
1986 – Devan Dubnyk, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer
1987 – Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
1987 – Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer
1988 – Georgios Ioannidis, Greek footballer
1988 – Robert Lacy, American writer
1989 – Rory McIlroy, Irish golfer
1989 – Aris Tatarounis, Greek basketball player
1989 – James van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player
1990 – Irina Falconi, American tennis player
1992 – Courtney Jines, American actress
1992 – Ashley Rickards, American actress
1994 – Pauline Ducruet, Monegasque daughter of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
1994 – Alexander Gould, American actor
2009 – Prince Henrik of Denmark