| 87961 | August 4 | Birth | 1805 – William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1865) |
| 87962 | August 4 | Birth | 1821 – Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892) |
| 87963 | August 4 | Birth | 1821 – James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881) |
| 87964 | August 4 | Birth | 1834 – John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923) |
| 87965 | August 4 | Birth | 1839 – Walter Pater, English author, critic, and academic (d. 1894) |
| 87966 | August 4 | Birth | 1844 – Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (d. 1929) |
| 87967 | August 4 | Birth | 1853 – John Henry Twachtman, American painter, etcher, and academic (d. 1902) |
| 87968 | August 4 | Birth | 1859 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952) |
| 87969 | August 4 | Birth | 1867 – Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1918) |
| 87970 | August 4 | Birth | 1870 – Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer (d. 1950) |
| 87971 | August 4 | Birth | 1876 – Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970) |
| 87972 | August 4 | Birth | 1884 – Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic (d. 1949) |
| 87973 | August 4 | Birth | 1884 – Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941) |
| 87974 | August 4 | Birth | 1887 – Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1967) |
| 87975 | August 4 | Birth | 1888 – Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 1965) |
| 87976 | August 4 | Birth | 1890 – Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957) |
| 87977 | August 4 | Birth | 1891 – Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (d. 1989) |
| 87978 | August 4 | Birth | 1893 – Fritz Gause, German historian and curator (d. 1973) |
| 87979 | August 4 | Birth | 1898 – Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (d. 1975) |
| 87980 | August 4 | Birth | 1899 – Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994) |
| 87981 | August 4 | Birth | 1900 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002) |
| 87982 | August 4 | Birth | 1901 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (d. 1971) |
| 87983 | August 4 | Birth | 1901 – Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972) |
| 87984 | August 4 | Birth | 1902 – Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981) |
| 87985 | August 4 | Birth | 1904 – Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (d. 1969) |
| 87986 | August 4 | Birth | 1904 – Helen Kane, American singer and actress (d. 1966) |
| 87987 | August 4 | Birth | 1904 – Joe Tate, English footballer and manager (d. 1973) |
| 87988 | August 4 | Birth | 1906 – Marie José of Belgium (d. 2001) |
| 87989 | August 4 | Birth | 1906 – Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer (d. 1973) |
| 87990 | August 4 | Birth | 1908 – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994) |