What happened on April 4 ?

186 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)

1492 - Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)

1593 - Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)

1646 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)

1648 - Grinling Gibbons Dutch-born woodcarver (d. 1721)

1688 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)

1718 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)

1772 - Nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)

1785 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859)

1802 - Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)

1819 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)

1826 - Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)

1846 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)

1875 - Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. 1964)

1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. 1958)

1882 - Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)

1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander (d. 1943)

1888 - Tris Speaker, American baseball player (d. 1958)

1895 - Arthur Murray, American dance teacher (d. 1991)

1896 - Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright (d. 1955)

1898 - Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940)

1902 - Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French actress (d. 1969)

1906 - Bea Benaderet, American actress (d. 1968)

1906 - John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)

1911 - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (d. 1992)

1913 - Frances Langford, American actress (d. 2005)

1914 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. 1996)

1915 - Muddy Waters, American musician (d. 1983)

1920 - ÿric Rohmer, French film director

1922 - Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. 2004)

1924 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player (d. 1972)

1928 - Maya Angelou, American writer

1931 - Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director

1932 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)

1932 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director (d. 1986)

1932 - Richard Lugar, American politician

1934 - Clive Davis, American record producer

1938 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, American university president

1939 - Hugh Masekela, South African musician

1940 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter

1942 - Kitty Kelley, American writer

1944 - Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician

1944 - Craig T. Nelson, American actor

1945 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist

1946 - Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)

1946 - Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist

1947 - Luke Halpin, American actor

1947 - Wiranto, Indonesian general

1948 - Dan Simmons, American writer

1948 - Abdullah ÿcalan, Kurdish leader

1948 - Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor

1950 - Christine Lahti, American actress

1951 - Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia

1952 - Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete

1952 - Gary Moore, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)

1953 - Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician

1956 - David E. Kelley, American writer and television producer

1957 - Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director

1957 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star)

1957 - Kelso, American racehorse (d. 1983)

1957 - Graeme Kelling, Scottish musician (Deacon Blue) (d. 2004)

1958 - Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress

1960 - Jane Eaglin, English soprano

1960 - Hugo Weaving, Australian actor

1963 - Jack Del Rio, American football player and coach

1963 - Graham Norton, Irish talk show host

1963 - Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player

1964 - David Cross, American actor and comedian

1964 - Robbie Rist, American actor

1965 - Robert Downey Jr., American actor

1966 - Nancy McKeon, American actor

1968 - Jennifer Lynch, American director

1970 - Barry Pepper, Canadian actor

1973 - David Blaine, American illusionist

1974 - Dave Mirra, American athlete

1975 - Scott Rolen, American baseball player

1975 - Delphine Arnault, French billionaire businesswoman

1979 - Heath Ledger, Australian actor

1979 - Natasha Lyonne, American actress

1980 - Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver

1980 - Johnny Borrell, Razorlight singer

1991 - Jamie Lynn Spears, American child actress

1992 - Alexa Nikolas, American child actress