Birthdays of Personalities on November 04
1590 : Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter
1756 : Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner
1779 : John W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo)
1790 : Carlos A L˘pez, president of Paraguay (1844-62)
1797 : Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author
1812 : Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria)
1816 : William Polk Hardeman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1818 : Alexander Robert Lawton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1820 : Robert Vinkler Richardson, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1870
1826 : Albert R‚ville, French theologist (Jesus of Nazareth)
1835 : Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1913
1842 : William Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874
1862 : Eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)
1867 : Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47)
1873 : G E Moore, English philosopher (Ethics)
1876 : James Fraser, designed buffalo nickel
1879 : Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory (Okla), humorist
1889 : Juan Negrˇn, Spanish anatomy/socialist premier (1937-39)
1890 : Klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Bracke, Borgia)
xxxx : Frank Dicostanzo, Ct, rocker (Steelheart-She's Gone)
1900 : Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars)
1904 : Walter Bauer, writer
1905 : Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent
1906 : Bob Considine, sports columnist (Bob Feller Story)
1906 : Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat
1908 : Stanley Cortez, cinematographer
1909 : Ciro Alegrˇa, Peru, novelist (Golden Serpent)
1911 : Jack Rose, screenwriter
1912 : Pauline Trigere, fashion designer (Bell Bottoms)
1915 : Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science
1915 : Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster
1915 : Lloyd James Austin, French Scholar
1916 : Walter Cronkite, St Joseph Mo, news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81)
1920 : Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game)
1921 : Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer
1923 : Alfred Heineken, beer brewer (Heineken)
1930 : Dick Groat, shortstop (NL MVP 1960)
1932 : David Shipman, film historian
1934 : Judith Herzberg, Dutch poetess/author (Charlotte Life or Theater)
1936 : Didier Ratsiraka, president of Madagascar
1938 : Harry Elston, rocker
1940 : Delbert McClinton, Lubbock Tx, singer (Gonna Find a Good Woman)
1943 : Marlene Jobert, novelist (Adventures of John Difool)
1944 : Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor (WB Collective)
1946 : Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer
1950 : Markie Post, [Marjorie], Palo Alto Cal, actr (Christine-Night Court)
1954 : Chris Difford, guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted)
1956 : James Honeyman-Scott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pretenders)
1956 : Jeff Watson, rock guitarist (Night Ranger)
1957 : Najee, rocker
1960 : Kim Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
1965 : Gregory Scott [Koenig], Dearborn Mich, guitarist (Signs of Life)
1966 : Kathy Griffin, Chicago, comedienne (Vicki Groener-Suddenly Susan)
1966 : Kool Rock, [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1966 : Petra Verkaik, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Dec, 1989)
1968 : Domingo Cedeno, La Ramona Dom Rep, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1968 : Osvaldo Fernandez, Holguin Cuba, pitcher (SF Giants)
1975 : Michael Osmond, Utah, singer (Osmond Boys)
1975 : Orlando Pace, tackle (St Louis Rams)