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men's national team player of all time, Donovan was the all-time top assist provider in international football (58) until 2023 and is tied with Clint Dempsey for the most international goals scored by a male U.
Famous Birthdays on March 4
1982 — Landon Donovan
American soccer player and coach
March 4 has 436 recorded notable births across history, from 895 to 2007. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on March 4
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 2009 The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002. Source
- 1980 Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister. Source
- 1797 John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4. Source
- 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States. Source
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During his career, he made 338 appearances for Celtic and 515 for Liverpool, playing as a forward, and earned a record 102 caps for the Scotland national team, scoring 30 goals, also a joint record.
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Sarah Stock is known for her role in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and as a trainer and producer for WWE.
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Langford was known as "the Boston Bonecrusher", "the Boston Terror", and, most famously, "the Boston Tar Baby".
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Ryszard Kapuściński was the Communist-era Polish Press Agency's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization, and also worked in South America and Asia.
More major people born on March 4
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1951
Kenny Dalglish
Scottish footballer and manager
Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish is a Scottish former football player and manager.
1979
Sarah Stock
Canadian wrestler and trainer
Sarah Stock is a Canadian professional wrestler. She is known for her role in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and as a trainer and producer for WWE.
1883
Sam Langford
Canadian-American boxer (died 1956)
Samuel Edgar Langford was a Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1902 to 1926.
1932
Ryszard Kapuściński
Polish journalist, photographer, and poet (died 2007)
Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish journalist, photographer and author. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1929
Bernard Haitink
Dutch violinist and conductor (died 2021)
Bernard Johan Herman Haitink was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961.
1931
Bob Johnson
American ice hockey player and coach (died 1991)
Robert Norman "Badger Bob" Johnson was an American college, international, and professional ice hockey coach.
1934
Sandra Reynolds
South African tennis player
Sandra Reynolds Price is a South African former tennis player who won four Grand Slam women's doubles championships and one Grand Slam mixed doubles championship.
1817
Edwards Pierrepont
American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Attorney General (died 1892)
Edwards Pierrepont was an American attorney, reformer, jurist, traveler, New York U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Minister to England, and orator.
1901
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright (died 1937)
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo was a Malagasy poet who is widely considered to be Africa's first modern poet and the greatest literary artist of Madagascar.
1952
Svend Robinson
American-Canadian lawyer and politician
Svend Robinson is a Canadian politician. He was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2004, representing suburban Vancouver-area constituencies in the city of Burnaby for the New Democratic Party (NDP).
1651
John Somers
1st Baron Somers, English lawyer, jurist, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1716)
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, was an English jurist and Whig statesman. Somers first came to national attention in the trial of the Seven Bishops where he was on their defence counsel.
1951
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
South Korean-American author, director, and producer (died 1982)
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha was an American novelist, producer, director, and artist of South Korean origin, best known for her 1982 novel, Dictée.
1881
Thomas Sigismund Stribling
American lawyer and author (died 1965)
Thomas Sigismund Stribling was an American writer. Although he acquired a law degree and practiced law for a few years, his career was mainly that of an author of fiction.
1937
William Deverell
Canadian lawyer, author, and activist
William Herbert Deverell is a Canadian writer, criminal lawyer, and civil liberties activist.
1894
Charles Corm
Lebanese businessman and philanthropist (died 1963)
Charles Corm (1894–1963) was a Lebanese writer, industrialist, and philanthropist.
1927
Thayer David
American actor (died 1978)
David Thayer Hersey, known professionally as Thayer David, was an American actor. He was best known to television audiences for his roles on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–71).
1965
Paul W. S. Anderson
English director, producer, and screenwriter
Paul William Scott Anderson is an English filmmaker who is best known for his science fiction films and video game adaptations.
1912
Carl Marzani
Italian-American activist and publisher (died 1994)
Carl Aldo Marzani was an Italian-born American political activist with a series of careers as a volunteer soldier in the Spanish Civil War, organizer for the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), United States intelligence…
1974
Crowbar
American wrestler
Christopher Ford is an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Crowbar, where he was a one time Hardcore Champion, a one time World Tag Team Champion…