Celebrities Born on August 4
Who was born on August 4?
Famous people born on August 4 include Barack Obama, Louis Armstrong, Yasser Arafat. It is day 216 of the year, and everyone born on this date is a Leo (Fire sign).
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
Louis Armstrong
American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
Knut Hamsun
Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Spanish politician
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
member of the British royal family and Duchess of Sussex since 2018
Pumpuang Duangjan
Thai female singer
William Rowan Hamilton
Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865)
Ibn Arabi
Sufi scholar and Sunni philosopher (1165–1240)
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 (1900–2002)
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014
Calendar Facts
Day of the year
#216
of 365 (non-leap)
Days until next
5
days from today
Birthday Number 4 — The Builder
The birthday number is the numerology reduction of the day (day 4 → 4). It adds a personal note to the Life Path number.
Stability · Discipline · Hard work · Practicality — To build with wisdom rather than control. The integrated 4 creates structures that serve others — acknowledging that the…
Full numerology 4 guide →Season
Summer (Northern Hemisphere) — long days, full energy, peak sun.
Chinese Zodiac
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August Birthstone — Peridot
Peridot is the one gemstone that glows in the dark — or rather, it glows with a warm yellowish-green light that ancient Egyptians believed was the trapped radiance of the sun. They mined it exclusively on the island of Zabargad in the Red Sea, a volcanic island that was a guarded state secret for ce…
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