Leon Rochefort (85)
May 4th, 1939

Canadian ice hockey player – Leon Rochefort was born in Cap-de-la-Madeleine (Sector of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada) on May 4th, 1939 and is 85 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 4

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

68

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

62

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

49

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

26

Clara Azurmendi

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1998, San Sebastián

41

Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen

Member of the Danish parliament

*May 4th, 1983, Brovst

75

Erwin Kruk

Polish author (1941-2017)

*May 4th, 1941, Dobrzyń, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †March 31st, 2017, Olsztyn

89

Ed Cassidy

American drummer (1923–2012)

*May 4th, 1923, Chicago †December 6th, 2012, San Jose

87

Ron Carter

American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer

*May 4th, 1937, Ferndale

43

Benjamin Schüßler

German association football player and manager

*May 4th, 1981, Magdeburg

66

Tyrone Davis

American musician (1938-2005)

*May 4th, 1938, Greenville †February 9th, 2005, Chicago

85

Hartmut Hoffmann

German medievalist

*May 4th, 1930, Berlin †April 16th, 2016, Göttingen

80

Dave

Dutch pop/chanson singer and musician

*May 4th, 1944, Amsterdam

81

Dick Dale

American surf rock guitarist

*May 4th, 1937, Boston †March 16th, 2019, Loma Linda

40

Sarah Meier

Swiss figure skater

*May 4th, 1984, Bülach

70

Liz Robertson

British actress

*May 4th, 1954, Ilford

64

Werner Faymann

Austrian politician who was Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria

*May 4th, 1960, Vienna

31

Keith Haring

American artist and social activist (1958–1990)

*May 4th, 1958, Reading †February 16th, 1990, Manhattan

37

Cesc Fàbregas

Spanish professional footballer

*May 4th, 1987, Arenys de Mar

51

Katrin Apel

German biathlete

*May 4th, 1973, Erfurt

94

Katherine Jackson

Matriarch of the Jackson musical family

*May 4th, 1930, Barbour County

71

Fritz von Opel

German engineer

*May 4th, 1899, Rüsselsheim am Main †April 8th, 1971, Samedan

75

Edward Soja

American urban planner

*May 4th, 1940, New York City †November 2nd, 2015, Los Angeles

84

Robin Cook

American novelist, ophthalmologist, aquanaut

*May 4th, 1940, New York City

78

Yves Lecoq

French comedian, impersonator and animator

*May 4th, 1946, 15th arrondissement of Paris

75

Russi Taylor

American voice actress (1944-2019)

*May 4th, 1944, Cambridge †July 26th, 2019, Glendale

38

David Gove

American ice hockey player

*May 4th, 1978, Centerville †April 5th, 2017, Pittsburgh

86

Nicolás Sartorius

Spanish trade unionist, politician and journalist

*May 4th, 1938, San Sebastián

44

Franziska Weisz

Austrian actress

*May 4th, 1980, Vienna

Also born in 1939

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

84

Amanda Lear

French singer, actress, television presenter

*November 18th, 1939, Ho Chi Minh City

85

Beate Klarsfeld

French journalist, Nazi hunter, and historian

*February 13th, 1939, Berlin

85

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

85

Ariane Mnouchkine

French theater and film director, theater director and author

*March 3rd, 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt

80

Ginger Baker

British drummer (1939–2019)

*August 19th, 1939, Lewisham †October 6th, 2019, Canterbury

80

Sid Haig

American actor (1939–2019)

*July 14th, 1939, Fresno †September 21st, 2019, Los Angeles

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

85

Gro Harlem Brundtland

29th Prime Minister of Norway

*April 20th, 1939, Bærum Municipality

85

Marty Wilde

British rock and roll singer (born 1939)

*April 15th, 1939, Blackheath

Leon Rochefort