Famous People: November 4
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All Figures for November 4 (54 results)
Alfonso II of Naples
King of Naples (1494–1495), Renaissance Military Commander & Architectural Patron
Hu Zongxian
Ming Dynasty Grand Commander, Coastal Strategist & Military Scholar
Charles Borromeo
Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal, Catholic Saint & Leading Reformer of the Council of Trent
Guido Reni
Master High-Baroque Painter of the Bolognese School & Classical Draftsman
Gerard van Honthorst
Dutch Golden Age Master Painter & Leader of the Utrecht Caravaggisti ("Gherardo delle Notti")
Augustus Toplady
Anglican Cleric, Theologian & Immortal Hymnwriter of "Rock of Ages"
Pierre-Simon Girard
French Mathematician, Hydraulic Engineer & Chief Director of Canal de l'Ourcq
Edmund Kean
Celebrated British Shakespearean Tragedian & Drury Lane Theatre Legend
Paul Delaroche
Leading French Academic Historical Painter (*The Execution of Lady Jane Grey*)
Thiệu Trị
3rd Emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty of Vietnam, Scholar & Imperial Poet
Felix Mendelssohn
Early Romantic Era Master Composer, Pianist, Organist & Conductor
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court & Author of the Historic Dred Scott Dissent
Gabriel Fauré
Master French Composer, Organist, Pianist & Director of the Conservatoire de Paris
Hara Takashi
10th Prime Minister of Japan ("Commoner Prime Minister") & Political Reformer
Akiyama Yoshifuru
General in the Imperial Japanese Army & "Father of Modern Japanese Cavalry"
Kyōka Izumi
Celebrated Japanese Novelist, Short-Story Writer & Master of Surrealism