Authors Born on August 4
- Stephen Kinzer Author, 1951
- Ted Strickland Politician, 1941
- Tom Parker Singer, 1988
- Walter Pater Essayist, 1839
- Wayne Pacelle President, 1965
- William Henry Hudson Author, 1841
- William Howard Schuman Composer, 1910
- William Rowan Hamilton Mathematician, 1805
- William Stephen Hamilton Politician, 1797
- Witold Gombrowicz Writer, 1904
- Yo-Yo Rapper, 1971