March 4: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is March 4th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on March 4th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

March 4th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

March 4th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Guatemalan sculptor Torres Rodolfo Galeotti (Obelisk to Victory) was born on March 4, 1912.

Scott Hicks, Australian film director (Call Me Mr. Brown, Down the Wind, Finders Keepers, Hearts in Atlantis, Freedom, No Reservations, Sebastian and the Sparrow, Shine and Snow Falling on Cedars), was born on March 4, 1953.

British film director Adrian Lyne (9 ½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Flashdance, Foxes, Indecent Proposal, Jacob's Ladder, Lolita and Unfaithful) was born on March 4, 1941.

Scottish Romantic painter and portrait artist Sir Henry Raeburn was born on March 4, 1756.

Kano Tanyu, Japanese painter, was born on March 4, 1602.

Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi (The Four Seasons) was born on March 4, 1678.

March 4th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

British race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner (1965) Jim Clark was born on March 4, 1936.

Ron Climie, Canadian professional hockey player (Denver Spurs, Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers and Ottawa Nationals), was born on March 4, 1950.

Piero d-Inzeo, French equestrian show jumper and Olympic gold medalist (1952), was born on March 4, 1923.

American professional soccer player Landon Donovan was born on March 4, 1982. Landon Donovan is the all-time top American soccer scorer.

Margaret Osborne DuPont, American tennis champion, was born on March 4, 1918.

American professional baseball player Vincent (Danny or Bear) Frisella (Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals) was born on March 4, 1946.

Dionna Harris, American soccer player and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on March 4, 1968.

Clyde McCullough, American professional baseball player (Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates), was born on March 4, 1917.