The 216th day of the year, the 217th in a leap year
Born on 4 August
Every 4 August birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Leo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LeoFire, fixed, ruled by the Sun.
- Birthstone
- Peridot, Spinel, SardonyxThe 1912 list gave Sardonyx and Peridot.
- Birth flower
- Gladiolus, PoppyUsually taken today to mean strength of character and remembrance.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 4 August in any year.
Which weekday 4 August falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 4 August falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 4 August is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,839 babies were born on 4 August in each year of the twenty, making it the 101st most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 4 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama | 1961– | 44th President of the United States (2009–2017) |
| Louis Armstrong | 1901–1971 | American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | 1792–1822 | British Romantic poet |
| Knut Hamsun | 1859–1952 | Norwegian novelist |
| José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | 1960– | Spanish politician |
| Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | 1981– | member of the British royal family and Duchess of Sussex since 2018 |
| Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother | 1900–2002 | Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 |
| William Rowan Hamilton | 1805–1865 | Irish mathematician and astronomer |
| Pope Urban VII | 1521–1590 | pope of the Catholic Church in September 1590 |
| Fredrik Reinfeldt | 1965– | Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014 |
| Greta Gerwig | 1983– | American actress and filmmaker |
| Billy Bob Thornton | 1955– | American actor, filmmaker, and musician |
| Jeff Gordon | 1971– | American racing driver |
| Antonio Valencia | 1985– | Ecuadorian former footballer |
| Raoul Wallenberg | 1912–1952 | Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian |
| Witold Gombrowicz | 1904–1969 | Polish writer |
| Mark Milligan | 1985– | Australian association football player |
| John Venn | 1834–1923 | British logician and philosopher |
Died on 4 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Christian Andersen | 1805–1875 | Danish writer and poet |
| Marilyn Monroe | 1926–1962 | American actress and model |
| Tsung-Dao Lee | 1926–2024 | Chinese-American physicist |
| Jeanne Calment | 1875–1997 | French supercentenarian, person with the longest confirmed lifespan |
| Enver Pasha | 1881–1922 | Ottoman politician and general |
| Henry I of France | 1008–1060 | king of the Franks from 1031 to 1060 |
| Juan Sebastián Elcano | 1486–1526 | Spanish navigator and explorer on the Magellan expedition |
| Edgar Adrian | 1889–1977 | English electrophysiologist |
| Sebastian, King of Portugal | 1554–1578 | King of Portugal from 1557 to 1578 |
| Naoki Matsuda | 1977–2011 | Japanese association football player |
| John Vianney | 1786–1859 | French priest and saint |
| Frederick Chapman Robbins | 1916–2003 | American doctor |
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