Who Was Born Today – February 4 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on February 4 | ||
1881 | Fernand Leger, French painter. | |
1900 | Jacques Prevert, French poet, screenwriter (The Visitors of the Evening, The Children of Paradise). | |
1902 | Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic. | |
1906 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Protestant theologian. | |
1906 | Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered Pluto. | |
1913 | Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights activist. | |
1921 | Betty Friedan, writer, feminist, founded the National Organization of Women in 1966. | |
1925 | Russell Hoban, artist and writer (Bedtime for Frances, The Mouse and His Child). | |
1932 | Robert Coover, novelist & short story writer. | |
1947 | Dan Quayle, vice president under President George H.W. Bush. |