List of Famous people born on August 4th

Peter Shotton was an English businessman and former washboard player. He is known for his long friendship with John Lennon of The Beatles. He was a member of The Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles, and remained close to the group during their career.

Amalia of Saxony was a princess of Saxony and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut.

Robert Hjalmar Nobel was a Swedish businessman, industrialist and investor. He was the founder of Branobel, and a pioneer in the Russian oil industry.

Kazuo Fukumori is a former Japanese right-handed relief pitcher.

Frederick Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, known as Friedrich Karl or Friedrik Carl of Holstein-Plön, was a member of a cadet branch of the Danish royal family and the last duke of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, a Danish royal prince, and a knight of the Order of the Elephant. When he died without a male heir born of his marriage to Countess Christine Armgard von Reventlow, rule of the Duchy of Holstein-Plön returned to the Danish crown.

Vitaliy Yuriyovych Khomutynnik is a Ukrainian businessman, President and Head of the Board of the Ukrainian Golf Federation.

Xavier Marchand is a former medley swimmer from France, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. He won his first international medal (silver) in 1997, at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships in the 200 m individual medley behind the Netherlands' Marcel Wouda.