What happened on March 4 ?

1188 - Blanche of Castile, Queen of France, wife of King Louis VIII (d. 1252)

1394 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (d. 1460)

1492 - Francesco de Layolle, Italian composer (d. c.1540)

1651 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1716)

1665 - Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)

1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)

1719 - George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (d. 1777)

1745 - Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author, Sea Songs (d.1814)

1747 - Kazimierz Pu?aski, Count/American Revolutionary War general (d. 1779)

1754 - Benjamin Waterhouse, Cambridge physician and medical professor (smallpox vaccine pioneer) (d. 1846)

1756 - Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (d. 1823)

1782 - Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer, Swiss Family Robinson (d. 1830)

1792 - Samuel Slocum, American inventor (d. 1861)

1793 - Karl Lachmann, German philologist (d. 1851)

1819 - Charles Oberthur, Munich-born harp virtuoso and composer (d. 1895)

1822 - Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician, inventor of the harmonograph (d. 1880)

1826 - Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (d. 1863)

1835 - John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (d. 1911)

1847 - Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (d. 1904).

1859 - Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1905)

1864 - Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, Naval architect and engineer of the United States Navy (d. 1940)

1870 - Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet, author and artist (d. 1944)

1876 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (d. 1947)

1877 - Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, Russian composer (d. 1957)

1877 - Garrett Morgan, American inventor (d. 1963)

1881 - Maude Fealy, American stage and film actor (d. 1971)

1881 - Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (d. 1948)

1881 - Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American writer and lawyer (d. 1965)

1883 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (d. 1956)

1888 - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)

1889 - Pearl White, [Victoria], U.S. actress/stunt woman, Perils of Pauline (d. 1938)

1895 - Bjarne Brustad, Norwegian violinist, composer and teacher (d. 1978)

1895 - Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (d. 1953)

1895 - Shemp Howard, American actor, comedian (Three Stooges) (d. 1955)

1897 - Lefty O'Doul, baseball player and restaurateur (d. 1969)

1898 - Georges Dumézil, philologist, French academic (d. 1940)

1900 - Herbert Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (d. 1971)

1901 - Charles Goren, bridge expert (d. 1991)

1903 - Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish statesman (d. 1973)

1903 - Dorothy Mackaill, British-born American actress (d. 1990)

1903 - John Scarne, American magician and card expert (d. 1985)

1904 - George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (d. 1968)

1906 - Meindert DeJong American author of children's books (d. 1991)

1909 - Harry Helmsley, American real estate entrepreneur(d. 1997)

1910 - Tancredo Neves, civil rights activist (d. 1985)

1912 - Carl Marzani, American political documentary filmmaker, author, editor and publisher (d. 1994)

1913 - John Garfield, American actor (d. 1952)

1914 - Ward Kimball, American cartoonist (d. 2002)

1915 - Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer, Monte Carlo (d. 1997)

1916 - Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (d. 2000)

1916 - Hans Eysenck, German-born psychologist (d. 1997)

1920 - Jean Lecanuet, French politician (d. 1993)

1920 - Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (d. 2002)

1921 - Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-born U.S. composer, performer, ethnomusicologist, and educator

1921 - Joan Greenwood, English actress and director (d. 1987)

1923 - Sir Patrick Moore, British astronomer and broadcaster

1925 - Paul Mauriat, French musician

1926 - Fran Warren, American popular singer

1927 - Thayer David, actor (d. 1978)

1927 - Robert Orben, U.S. magician and comedy writer

1928 - Alan Sillitoe, English writer

1928 - Samuel Adler, composer

1929 - Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor, conductor of London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969-78

1932 - Ryszard Kapu?ci?ski, Polish journalist

1932 - Miriam Makeba, South African singer, Grammy 1965

1932 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (d. 2001)

1934 - Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist

1934 - Mario Davidovsky, Argentinian composer, Synchronisms

1934 - John Duffey, bluegrass musician (d. 1996)

1934 - Anne Haney, American actress (d. 2001)

1935 - Bent Larsen, Danish chess player

1936 - Jim Clark Scottish race car driver, Indianapolis 500 (d. 1968)

1936 - David Thompson, British food magnate and multi-millionaire

1936 - Aribert Reimann, German opera composer

1937 - Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer

1937 - Leslie Gelb, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations

1937 - Yuri Senkevich, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2003)

1938 - Don Perkins, American football player

1938 - Angus MacLise, American percussionist, composer, mystic, shaman, poet, occultist, calligrapher and original drummer for the Velvet Underground (d. 1979)

1939 - Paula Prentiss, American actress

1941 - Adrian Lyne, English film director

1941 - John Aprea, Italian-American actor

1942 - Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps

1943 - Zoltan Jeney, Hungarian composer

1943 - Lucio Dalla, Italian singer-songwriter

1944 - Bobby Womack, American R&B singer and songwriter and guitarist

1945 - Dieter Meier, Swiss singer and children book writer

1945 - Tommy Svensson, Swedish football manager and former player

1945 - Gary Williams, Head coach of the University of Maryland's Men's basketball team

1946 - Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker, Professor of Film at Howard University, Washington, DC

1946 - Harvey Goldsmith, British impresario

1946 - Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur/multi-millionaire

1947 - Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician

1948 - Chris Squire, British bassist (Yes)

1948 - Shakin' Stevens (Michael Barratt), Welsh rocker

1948 - James Ellroy, American writer

1948 - Lindy Chamberlain, Australian author

1950 - Rick Perry, Governor of Texas

1951 - Kenny Dalglish Scottish footballer and football manager

1951 - Chris Rea, British singer, rock guitarist and musician

1952 - Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer

1952 - Ronn Moss, American actor

1952 - Scott Hicks, Ugandan-born Australian movie director

1953 - Emilio Estefan, Cuban percussianist

1953 - Kay Lenz, American actress

1954 - Willie Thorne, English snooker player

1954 - Adrian Zmed, American actor and dancer

1954 - Catherine O'Hara, Canadian actress and comedienne

1954 - Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian writer

1955 - Dominique Pinon, French actor

1958 - Patricia Heaton, American actress

1958 - Lennie Lee, British performance artist

1960 - Mykelti Williamson, American actor

1961 - Ray Mancini, American boxer

1961 - Steven Weber, American actor

1963 - Jason Newsted, American bassist (Metallica)

1965 - Gary Helms, American kickboxer

1965 - Paul W.S. Anderson, British filmmaker, producer and screenwriter

1966 - Kevin Johnson, American basketball player

1966 - Grand Puba (Brand Nubian), American rapper

1966 - Dav Pilkey, American author and illustrator

1966 - Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer (The Sundays)

1967 - Evan Dando, American musician (The Lemonheads)

1968 - Patsy Kensit, English actress

1969 - Chastity Bono, American actress, advocate for human rights and gay rights, daughter of Sonny and Cher

1971 - Fergal Lawler, Irish drummer (The Cranberries)

1971 - Nick Stabile, American actor

1972 - Jos Verstappen, former Dutch Formula 1 driver

1972 - Pae Gil-Su, North Korean Olympic gymnast

1974 - Karol Kucera, Slovak tennis player

1974 - Ariel Ortega, Argentine football player

1975 - Myrna Veenstra, former Dutch Olympic field hockey player

1976 - Vic Wunderle, American Olympic archer

1977 - Jason Marsalis, American jazz musician

1979 - Geoff Huegill, Australian Olympic swimmer

1982 - Landon Donovan, American soccer player

1986 - Margo Harshman, American actress

1990 - Andrea Bowen, American actress

1993 - Jenna Boyd, American actress

1999 - Brooklyn Beckham, son of English footballer David Beckham and singer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham