Famous birthdays for Aug. 4: Jeff Gordon, Daniel Dae Kim

Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo.

-- Pope Urban VII in 1521

-- Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1792

-- Fashion designer Louis Vuitton in 1821

-- Musician Louis Armstrong in 1901

-- 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

-- Football Hall of Fame member John Riggins in 1949 (age 75)

-- Writer Sapphire, born Ramona Lofton, in 1950 (age 74)

-- Actor Billy Bob Thornton in 1955 (age 69)

-- Former U.S. President Barack Obama in 1961 (age 63)

-- Actor Daniel Dae Kim in 1968 (age 56)

-- Race car driver Jeff Gordon in 1971 (age 53)

-- Dancer Kym Johnson in 1976 (age 48)

-- Meghan Markle, duchess of Sussex, in 1981 (age 43)

-- Actor Dylan Sprouse in 1992 (age 32)

-- Actor Cole Sprouse in 1992 (age 32)