Famous people born on 4 August

17 of the people we track were born on 4 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Barack Obama 1961American politician who served as President of the United Statesliving, 65
2. Louis Armstrong 1901American jazz musician and trumpeterdied aged 69
3. Yasser Arafat 1929Palestinian politician who served as President of the Palestinian National Authoritydied aged 75
4. Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792British poetdied aged 29
5. Knut Hamsun 1859Norwegian novelistdied aged 92
6. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 1960Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spainliving, 66
7. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex 1981American actorliving, 45
8. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 1900Consortdied aged 101
9. William Rowan Hamilton 1805British mathematician and astronomerdied aged 60
10. Mikhail Botvinnik 1911Soviet chess playerdied aged 83
11. PDPumpuang Duangjan 1961Thai singerdied aged 30
12. Pope Urban VII 1521Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 69
13. Fredrik Reinfeldt 1965Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Swedenliving, 61
14. Greta Gerwig 1983American actorliving, 43
15. Billy Bob Thornton 1955American actor and musicianliving, 71
16. Jeff Gordon 1971American driverliving, 55
17. Antonio Valencia 1985Ecuadorian footballerliving, 41