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May 4th

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Star Wars Day

Informal commemoration on May 4 celebrating the Star Wars franchise, referencing the phrase "May the Force be with you."

cultural Observed May 4 each year.

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578 Notable birthdays

Maurice Sarrail

French general (1856–1929).

Born May 4th, 1856 in Carcassonne.

Died March 23rd, 1929 at 72 years old in Paris.

Daniel Siebert

German association football referee.

Born May 4th, 1984 (age 42 years) in East Berlin.

William Fothergill Cooke

English inventor (1806-1879).

Born May 4th, 1806 in Ealing.

Died June 25th, 1879 at 73 years old in Farnham.

Lulu Santos

Brazilian musician and singer.

Born May 4th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Nastya Kamenskikh

Ukrainian singer.

Born May 4th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Kyiv Oblast.

Frank Conrad

American electrical engineer (1874–1941).

Born May 4th, 1874 in Pittsburgh.

Died December 11th, 1941 at 67 years old in Miami.

Prince Rainier, 6th Prince of Koháry

Prince of saxe-coburg and gotha.

Born May 4th, 1900 in Pula.

Died January 7th, 1945 at 44 years old in Budapest.

Jimmy Gressier

French athletics competitor.

Born May 4th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Boulogne-sur-Mer. [ref]

Gustavo Barros Schelotto

Argentine footballer and manager.

Born May 4th, 1973 (age 53 years) in La Plata.

Jan Mulder

Dutch football player, writer, actor and television personality (born 1945).

Born May 4th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Bellingwedde, Bellingwolde.

Pius Heinz

German poker player.

Born May 4th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Odendorf.

Georg Wadenius

Swedish musician.

Born May 4th, 1945 in Stockholm. [ref]

Died April 30th, 2026 at 80 years old [ref]

Mihail Chemiakin

Russian artist (born 1943).

Born May 4th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Moscow.

Anastasiya Petryk

Ukrainian singer.

Born May 4th, 2002 (age 24 years) in Odesa.

Gábor A. Somorjai

American chemist.

Born May 4th, 1935 in Budapest.

Died July 7th, 2025 at 90 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]

Ramiro de Maeztu

Spanish political theorist, journalist, and literary critic (1874–1936).

Born May 4th, 1874 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. [ref]

Died October 29th, 1936 at 62 years old in Aravaca (gunshot wound).

Dániel Gyurta

Hungarian breaststroke swimmer.

Born May 4th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Budapest.

Edward Nelson

American mathematical physicist and logician (1932–2014).

Born May 4th, 1932 in Decatur.

Died September 10th, 2014 at 82 years old in Princeton. [ref]

Trevor Whymark

English footballer (1950–2024).

Born May 4th, 1950 in Burston.

Died October 31st, 2024 at 74 years old [ref]

Malin Andersson

Swedish association football player.

Born May 4th, 1973 (age 53 years) in Kristianstad.

Med Hondo

Mauritanian actor (1935–2019).

Born May 4th, 1935 in Atar.

Died March 2nd, 2019 at 83 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Michael L. Gernhardt

Nasa astronaut and manager of environmental physiology laboratory.

Born May 4th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Mansfield.

Phyllis Francis

American sprinter.

Born May 4th, 1992 (age 34 years) in Queens.

Ben Dolic

Slovenian singer.

Born May 4th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Ljubljana. [ref]

Luis Herrera

Colombian racing cyclist.

Born May 4th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Fusagasugá. [ref]

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