Who was born on February 4?
👉 BIRTHS:
– 1494 – François Rabelais (1553) – French writer, one of the most famous satirists.
– 1682 – Johann Friedrich Böttger (1719) – German chemist, the first European to receive white porcelain.
– 1746 – Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1817) – Polish national hero, military and political figure.
– 1799 – Juan Batista de Almeida Garret (1854) – Portuguese poet, playwright and politician.
– 1808 – Josef Caetan Til (1856) – Czech playwright and poet, author of the text of the Czech anthem.
– 1873 – Mikhail Prishvin (1954) – Russian Soviet writer, publicist.
– 1875 – Ludwig Prandthal – (1953) – German mechanic and physicist, one of the founders of aerodynamics.
– 1881 – Kliment Voroshilov (1969) – Soviet state, party and military figure, Marshal of the Soviet Union.
– 1900 – Jacques Prévert (1977) – French poet, playwright, screenwriter.
– 1901 – Yepisov Ivan (1963) – opera singer (bass), People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1952). Possessor of a full-range, pleasant voice.
– 1902 – Manuel Alvarez Bravo (2002) – famous Mexican photographer.
– 1903 – Simo Bayic (1942) – partisan, national hero of Yugoslavia.
– 1906 – Clyde William Tombaugh (1997) – American astronomer, discoverer of Pluto.
– 1913 – Rosa Parks (2005) – American social activist, pioneer of the black civil rights movement in the United States.
– 1945 – Polat Bulbul oglu – Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, composer, politician and diplomat.
– 1947 – Abirkul Botayev (2002) – historian, scientist and museologist, Honored Worker of Public Education of the USSR. In 1984, he founded the Museum of History and Local Lore in the Samarkand region.
– 1948 – Alice Cooper (real name – Vincent Fourne) – American rock musician.
– 1973 – Oscar de La Hoya – American boxer, Olympic champion (1992), world champion.
– 1975 – Natalie Jane Imbruglia – Australian singer and actress.
– 1985 – Leslie Burgoyne – French R’n’B singer.
– 1989 – Valentina Gunina – Russian chess player, grandmaster.
– 1995 – Lisa Vittozzi – Italian biathlete.
