Famous people born on 4 March

• Antonio VivaldiItalian composer and violinist · 1678–1741
  63 yrs
• Christopher MarloweEnglish dramatist, poet and translator · 1564–1593
  29 yrs
• Miriam MakebaSouth African singer and civil rights activist · 1932–2008
  76 yrs
• Benedict of NursiaFounder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order · AD 480–547
  67 yrs
• Paul IIPope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471 · 1417–1471
  54 yrs
• Muhammad AliWali of Egypt and Sudan · 1769–1849
  80 yrs
• Matthias CorvinusKing of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Austria · 1443–1490
  47 yrs
• George Gamow ↗Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist · 1904–1968
  64 yrs
• Tahmasp I ↗Safavid Shah of Iran from 1524 to 1576 · 1514–1576
  62 yrs
• Sergei Bagapsh ↗Abkhazian politician · 1949–2011
  62 yrs
• Soong May-ling ↗Chiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China · 1898–2003
  105 yrs
• Ryszard Kapuściński ↗Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author · 1932–2007
  74 yrs
• Jim Clark ↗British racecar driver · 1936–1968
  32 yrs
• Georges Dumézil ↗French philologist · 1898–1986
  88 yrs
• Tancredo Neves ↗Brazilian politician · 1910–1985
  75 yrs
• Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt ↗Egyptian general and Wāli of Egypt · 1789–1848
  59 yrs
• Bent Larsen ↗Danish chess grandmaster and author · 1935–2010
  75 yrs
• Lucio Dalla ↗Italian singer-songwriter · 1943–2012
  68 yrs
• Luis Carrero Blanco ↗Spanish admiral and politician · 1904–1973
  69 yrs
• Patrick Moore ↗English astronomer, broadcaster and writer · 1923–2012
  89 yrs
• Berta Cáceres ↗Honduran environmental activist · 1971–2016
  44 yrs
• Bernard Haitink ↗Dutch conductor and violinist · 1929–2021
  92 yrs
• Alan Sillitoe ↗British writer · 1928–2010
  82 yrs
• Hans Krebs ↗German general · 1898–1945
  47 yrs
• John Garfield ↗American actor · 1913–1952
  39 yrs
• Mihály Károlyi ↗Hungarian politician, president, prime minister of Hungary and ambassador to France · 1875–1955
  80 yrs
• Paul Mauriat ↗French orchestra leader · 1925–2006
  81 yrs
• Anne Haney ↗American actress · 1934–2001
  67 yrs
• Giorgio Bassani ↗Italian writer · 1916–2000
  84 yrs
• Maria Branyas ↗Former world's oldest verified living person · 1907–2024
  117 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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