August 4th Birthdays
If you were born on August 4th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Richard Belzer is 78
American author, stand-up comedian, actor of TV (John Munch on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit & Homicide: Life on the Street; The Flash) & films (Night Shift; Scarface; The Wrong Guys; Fletch Lives; Man on the Moon; Polish Bar; Get on the Bus), born August 4, 1944. (Richard Belzer 2009: Jay Tamboli)
Billy Bob Thornton is 67
Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, director, producer & actor of movies (Slingblade; Monster’s Ball; A Simple Plan; Friday Night Lights; Bad Santa; Eagle Eye; Pushing Tin) and TV (Billy Bob Davis on Hearts Afire; Fargo; Goliath), born August 4, 1955. (Billy Bob Thornton 2008 Photo: kubacheck)
Roger Clemens is 60 (nee William Roger Clemens; “Rocket“)
American professional baseball player, Major League Baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox; Toronto Blue Jays; New York Yankees – 1999 & 2000 World Series Champs; Houston Astros), 1986 AL MVP, & 7-time Cy Young Awards, born August 4, 1962. (Roger Clemens 2004 Photo: Will Hoy / USAF)
Sebastian Roché is 58
Scottish-French actor of stage, TV (Jerry Jacks / James Craig on General Hospital; Loving; Fringe; Supernatural; The Vampire Diaries; Criminal Minds; The Man in the High Castle; The Originals) and movies (The Last of the Mohicans; The Peacemaker), born August 4, 1964. (Sebastian Roché 2013 Photo: Rach)
Dennis Lehane is 57
Anthony Award-winning American author of the Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro series (A Drink Before the War; Gone, Baby, Gone; Moonlight Mile) and other novels (Mystic River; Shutter Island; The Drop; The Given Day), born August 4, 1965. (Dennis Lehane 2010 Photo: David Shankbone)
Crystal Chappell is 57
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American producer & actress of TV (Olivia Spencer on Guiding Light; Carly Manning Alamain on Days of Our Lives; One Life to Live; The Bold and the Beautiful; Santa Barbara; Venice the Series; The Inn), born August 4, 1965. (Crystal Chappell 2010 Photo: Greg Hernandez)
Michael Lawrence Marsh is 55
American National Track and Field Hall of Fame former athlete, 3-time Olympic medal-winning sprinter (1992 Barcelona, Spain Summer Olympic Games – 200m gold & 4 x 100 m relay gold; 1996 Atlanta, USA Olympics – 4 x 100 m relay bronze), born August 4, 1967.
Daniel Dae Kim is 54
Korean-American TV producer (The Good Doctor), actor of stage, video games, TV (Jin-Soo Kwon on Lost; Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii Five-0; Crusade; Angel; 24; Miss Match; ER; Star Trek: Enterprise), and movies (Crash; Spider-Man 2; The Jackal), born August 4, 1968. (Daniel Dae Kim 2010 Photo: KoreAm)
American actor of TV (Tony Piccolo on SeaQuest 2032; Brooklyn South; Gilmore Girls; One Big Family; 21 Jump Street; NYPD Blue; My Two Dads; L.A. Law) and movies (Wayne’s World; Encino Man), David and Peter’s brother, and Dom’s son, born August 4, 1969. (Michael DeLuise 2006 Photo: Lukeisback.com)
NASCAR Hall of Fame American pro stock car racing driver (Hendrick Motorsports) in the Sprint Cup Series 1993-2015, 1994 youngest driver to win a NASCAR title (age 24), 4-time Cup Series Champ (1995, 1997, 1998 & 2001), born August 4, 1971. (Jeff Gordon 2015 Photo: Sarah Stierch (CC BY 4.0)
(Anita Page 1931: Jose M. Recoder | Louis Armstrong 1947: New York Sunday News)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 4th!
Remembering These August 4th Famous Birthdays
Louis Armstrong (“Satchmo“)
Grammy Hall of Fame American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer (What a Wonderful World; Lazy River; St. Louis Blues; La Vie en Rose; Hello, Dolly!; All of Me), and movie actor (Hello, Dolly! A Man Called Adam; Paris Blues; Glory Alley) (born August 4, 1901 – died July 6, 1971; age 69). Louis Armstrong died of a heart attack. (Louis Armstrong 1953 Photo: Herman Hiller)
Maurice “Rocket” Richard (nee Joseph Henri Maurice Richard)
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian pro hockey player, NHL Montreal Canadiens right-winger (1942-1960 – 8 Stanley Cups), first to score 50 goals in 1 season (1944-1945), 1947 Hart Trophy 1947 (NHL MVP), and 14x NHL All-Star, (born August 4, 1921 – died May 27, 2000; age 78). Maurice Richard died of respiratory failure. (Maurice Richard 1945 Photo: Conrad Poirier)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Nee Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, she was the Queen Consort of King George VI (United Kingdom and Dominions), last Empress of India, and mother of Queen Elizabeth II (born August 4, 1900 – died Mar. 20, 2002; age 101). Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother had a cold before she died. (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Photo: Allan Warren)
Joseph Calleia (nee Joseph Alexander Caesar Herstall Vincent Calleja)
Maltese-American movie actor (Man of the People; Tough Guy; Sworn Enemy; His Brother’s Wife; Gilda; Sinner Take All; His Woman; Riffraff; The Conspirators; My Little Chickadee; After the Thin Man; Golden Boy; The Glass Key; Captain Carey, U.S.A.; Lured; Sundown; Exclusive Story; The Jungle Book; My Sin) (born Aug. 4, 1897 – died Oct. 31, 1975; age 78). (Joseph Calleia 1938 Algiers)
Anita Page (nee Anita Pomares)
American movie actress of classic movies (Our Blushing Brides; Little Accident; Jungle Bride; The Big Cage; Soldiers of the Storm; Prosperity; Gentleman’s Fate; Night Court; Sidewalks of New York; Skyscraper Souls) & silent films (While the City Sleeps; Our Dancing Daughters; The Flying Fleet) (born August 4, 1910 – died Sept. 6, 2008; age 98). (Anita Page 1929 Our Modern Maidens: MGM)
Swedish WWII humanitarian, rescuer of Hungarian Jews (rented Budapest buildings for shelter, handed out false protective passports to Jews on trains to Auschwitz, bribed military & political figures (born Aug. 4, 1912 – detained by Soviet forces for espionage questioning Jan. 17, 1945 & disappeared). (Raoul Wallenberg 1930s-1940s: Julius Jaaskelainen)
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