Bedřich Hrozný
Bedřich Hrozný, also known as Friedrich Hrozny, was a Czech orientalist and linguist. He contributed to the decipherment of the ancient Hittite language, identified it as an Indo-European language, and laid the groundwork for the development of Hittitology.
6 May 1879
Born on the same birth date (6 May 1879): Hendrik van Heuckelum
Born on the same birth day (6 May): Alan Dale • Konrad Henlein • Mark Eaton (ice hockey) • Pope Innocent X • Pope Marcellus II • Prince Archie of Sussex
Born in the same month (May 1879): C. C. Martindale • Colin Blythe • Frances Alda • Fred Englehardt • H. B. Reese • Hans Lammers • Hans Meerwein • Hendrik van Heuckelum • James F. Byrnes • Jean Cras • Konstantin Ramul • Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook • Milutin Milanković • Pierre Gilliard • Symon Petliura • Symon Petliura • Warwick Armstrong • William Stickney (golfer)