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Famous birthdays for Aug. 4: Barack Obama, Jeff Gordon

By UPI Staff
Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after he was presented the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile In Courage Award by Caroline Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston on May 7. Obama turns 56 on August 4. File Photo by CJ Gunther/UPI
Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after he was presented the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile In Courage Award by Caroline Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston on May 7. Obama turns 56 on August 4. File Photo by CJ Gunther/UPI | License Photo

Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo.

They include:

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-- English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1792

-- Fashion designer Louis Vuitton in 1821

-- Queen Elizabeth, mother of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, in 1900

-- Legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong in 1901

-- Swedish architect Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving 100,000 Jews from the Nazis during World War II, in 1912;

-- Longtime White House reporter Helen Thomas in 1920

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-- Actor Richard Belzer in 1944 (age 73)

-- Actor Billy Bob Thornton in 1955 (age 62)

-- Football Hall of Fame member John Riggins in 1949 (age 68)

-- Actor Daniel Dae Kim in 1968 (age 49)

-- Race car driver Jeff Gordon in 1971 (age 46)

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-- Former U.S. President Barack Obama in 1961 (age 56)

-- Dancer Kym Johnson in 1976 (age 41)

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-- Actor Cole Sprouse in 1992 (age 25)

-- Actor Dylan Sprouse in 1992 (25)

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