Famous people born on 4 May

• Audrey HepburnBritish actress · 1929–1993
  63 yrs
• Hosni MubarakPresident of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 · 1928–2020
  91 yrs
• Thomas Henry HuxleyBritish biologist and comparative anatomist · 1825–1895
  70 yrs
• Alexander KerenskyRussian politician, prime minister in 1917 · 1881–1970
  89 yrs
• William the SilentDutch statesman and revolt leader · 1533–1584
  51 yrs
• John II of FranceMonarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death · 1319–1364
  44 yrs
• Amos Oz ↗Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual · 1939–2018
  79 yrs
• Henry I of France ↗King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060 · 1008–1060
  52 yrs
• Kangxi Emperor ↗3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty · 1654–1722
  68 yrs
• Vincent de Paul ↗French priest, founder and saint · 1581–1660
  79 yrs
• Ronald Golias ↗Brazilian actor and comedian · 1929–2005
  76 yrs
• Jakob Böhme ↗German Christian mystic and theologian · 1575–1624
  49 yrs
• Keith Haring ↗American artist and social activist · 1958–1990
  31 yrs
• Johann Friedrich Herbart ↗German philosopher, psychologist, and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline · 1776–1841
  65 yrs
• Kakuei Tanaka ↗Japanese politician · 1918–1993
  75 yrs
• George Tupou V of Tonga ↗King of Tonga · 1948–2012
  63 yrs
• Bartolomeo Cristofori ↗Italian maker of musical instruments · 1655–1731
  75 yrs
• William Kingdon Clifford ↗English mathematician and philosopher · 1845–1879
  33 yrs
• Wang Jingwei ↗Chinese politician, leader of Wang Jingwei regime · 1883–1944
  61 yrs
• Frederic Edwin Church ↗American landscape painter · 1826–1900
  73 yrs
• Horace Mann ↗American politician · 1796–1859
  63 yrs
• Julia Gardiner Tyler ↗First Lady of the United States · 1820–1889
  69 yrs
• Dick Dale ↗American surf rock guitarist · 1937–2019
  81 yrs
• Bruno Taut ↗German architect · 1880–1938
  58 yrs
• Tatiana Samoilova ↗Soviet and Russian actress · 1934–2014
  80 yrs
• Jane Jacobs ↗American–Canadian journalist, author, and activist · 1916–2006
  89 yrs
• Alice Liddell ↗English woman, basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland" · 1852–1934
  82 yrs
• François Gérard ↗French painter · 1770–1837
  66 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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