November 4th

November 4th is my birthday.
It also the birth of:

1448 – King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)
1470 – King Edward V of England, one of the two princes in the Tower (d. 1483)
1575 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)
1631 – Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (d. 1660)
1661 – Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
1740 – Augustus Montague Toplady, English author of hymn "Rock of Ages" (d. 1778)
1765 – Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1809 – Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1874)
1816 – Stephen Johnson Field, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1899)
1836 – Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (d. 1912)
1845 – Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (d. 1883)
1868 – Carolina Otero, a.k.a La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan (d. 1965)
1874 – Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920)
1879 – Will Rogers, American humorist (d. 1935)
1883 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general (d. 1953)
1884 – Harry Ferguson, British aviator and inventor (d. 1960)
1890 – Alfred Henschke, German writer and poet (d. 1928)
1896 – Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Philippines (d. 1971)
1899 – Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1985)
1900 – Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist and sociologist (d. 1954)
1901 – Princess Bang-ja of Korea (d. 1989)
1901 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (d. 1974)
1904 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (d. 1967)
1907 – Draga Matkovic, German concert pianist
1908 – Józef Rotblat, Polish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
1908 – Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (d. 1997)
1909 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1909 – Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (d. 1974)
1909 – Evelyn Johnson, American aviator
1912 – Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (d. 1978)
1913 – Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)
1916 – Walter Cronkite, American news broadcaster (d. 2009)
1916 – Ruth Handler, American businesswoman and inventor of the Barbie doll (d. 2002)
1918 – Art Carney, American actor (d. 2003)
1918 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994)
1919 – Martin Balsam, American actor (d. 1996)
1922 – Benno Besson, Swiss actor (d. 2006)
1923 – Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)
1923 – Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
1928 – Hannah Weiner American experimental poet
1929 – Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor (d. 1987)
1930 – Doris Roberts, American actress
1930 – Dick Groat, American baseball player
1930 – John Hahn-Petersen, danish actor (d. 2006)
1932 – Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004)
1933 – Tito Francona, American baseball player
1936 – C. K. Williams, American poet
1937 – Loretta Swit, American actress
1937 – Michael Wilson, Canadian politician
1939 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian calculating prodigy
1940 – Delbert McClinton, American musician
1943 – Marlène Jobert, French actress
1943 – Clark Graebner, American tennis player
1943 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver (d. 2001)
1944 – Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)
1944 – Linda Gary, American voice actress (d. 1995)
1946 – Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States
1946 – Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
1946 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
1950 – Charles Frazier, American author
1950 – Markie Post, American actress
1951 – Traian Băsescu, President of Romania
1951 – Cosey Fanni Tutti, English performance artist (Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey)
1953 – Richie Green, Canadian actor
1953 – Carlos Gutierrez, American politician
1953 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian racing driver
1953 – Dr. Marvel Williamson, American educator
1954 – Chris Difford, English musician and songwriter (Squeeze)
1955 – Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
1956 – Jordan Rudess, American musician (Dream Theater)
1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist (The Pretenders) (d. 1982)
1958 – Anne Sweeney, American television executive
1960 – Marc Awodey, American artist and writer
1960 – Frl. Menke, German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle
1960 – Kathy Griffin, American comedian
1961 – Daron Hagen, American composer
1961 – Edward Knight, American composer
1961 – Ralph Macchio, American actor
1961 – Les Sampou, American musician
1961 – Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer
1962 – Jeff Probst, American television host
1963 – Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon)
1963 – Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress
1963 – Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey coach
1963 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish artist and singer (d. 1999)
1965 – Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer
1965 – Pata, Japanese musician
1965 – Jeff Scott Soto, American musician (Yngwie Malmsteen, Journey)
1965 – Wayne Static, American musician (Static-X)
1966 – H. John Heinz IV, American medieval armor craftsman; son of Teresa Heinz
1967 – Eric Karros, American baseball player
1968 – Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player
1969 – Sean "Diddy" Combs, American record producer and rapper
1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor
1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish Opera singer
1970 – Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
1972 – Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer
1972 – Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress
1974 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
1975 – Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
1975 – Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality
1975 – Orlando Pace, American football player
1975 – Heather Tom, American actress
1976 – Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian racing driver
1976 – Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
1977 – Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
1977 – So Ji-sub, South Korean swimmer, model and actor
1977 – Tonicha Jeronimo, British actress
1978 – Carmen Cali, American baseball player
1978 – John Grabow, American baseball player
1978 – Danny Salomon, American actor
1979 – Jesse Camp, American VJ
1979 – Trishelle Cannatella, American reality tv castmember and model
1979 – Audrey Hollander, American pornographic actress
1980 – Sabrina Colie, Jamaican actress
1980 – Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1980 – Richard Owens, American football player
1980 – Marcy Rylan, American actress
1981 – Vince Wilfork, American football player
1982 – Devin Hester, American football player
1986 – Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer and actress
1986 – Adrian Zaugg, South African racing driver
1987 – T.O.P, Korean rapper (Big Bang)

Not only that, but, The President of the U.S.A, Barack Obama, who was the first African-American President, was elected on, the one, the only, my birthday: November 4th.