Anniversaries 4 February
Birth
American politician
1772–1864
British poet and critic
1799–1859
American educationalist and theologian
1802–1887
British jurist and constitutional theorist
1835–1922
Danish literature critic and scholar
1842–1927
Labor organizer
1869–1928
revolutionary from the Balkans
1872–1903
Chinese politician
1876–1932
Armenian writer
1878–1943
German politician
1897–1977
French poet, screenwriter
1900–1977
British politician
1902–2003
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social ac…
1902–1974
Welsh scientist
1903–1977
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
1906–1945
African-American civil rights activist
1913–2005
English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter
1915–2010
Electrical engineer and computer scientist
1921–2017
American activist
1921–2006
Indian vocalist
1922–2011
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs
1923–1951
American British novelist, children's writer and illustrator
1925–2011
Gaelic games commentatot
1935–2017
American-Canadian film director, film producer, screenwrite…
1940–2017
Prime Minister of Fiji
1941
American computer scientist, creator of the Unix operating …
1943
American politician, lawyer
1947
American rock singer, songwriter and musician
1948
Japanese mystery writer
1958
All-American college football player, professional football…
1959
American composer and playwright
1960–1996
British writer and activist
1960–2007
American philosopher
1964
American lawyer, investment advisor, and second son of form…
1970
Irish comedian and television presenter
1972
British-Australian singer and actor
1975
President of the Singularity Institute
1979
Japanese manga artist
1980
South African child AIDS activist
1989–2001
Death
Emperor of Ancient Rome
145–211
English politician and Earl
1671–1713
British writer and physician
1761–1815
British colonial administrator
1778–1826
Dutch physicist
1853–1928
British atheist and secularist writer and lecturer
1868–1954
American linguist and anthropologist
1884–1939
Electronic music pioneer and Futurist painter
1885–1947
Scottish politician
1885–1962
German journalist and writer
1888–1955
Doctor and soldier
1896–1971
British politician
1901–1980
American psychologist
1902–1987
American lexicographer
1904–1978
Croatian writer
1911–1941
American author
1915–1958
American actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and soc…
1917–2005
American activist
1921–2006
American novelist and short story writer
1921–1995
American cultural figure of 1950s and 1960s
1926–1968
Finnish ski jumper
1963–2019