Christian Dietrich Grabbe

Christian Dietrich Grabbe was a German dramatist of the Vormärz era. He wrote many historical plays conceiving a disillusioned and pessimistic world view, with some shrill scenes. Heinrich Heine saw him as one of Germany's foremost dramatists, calling him "a drunken Shakespeare" and Sigmund Freud described Grabbe as "an original and rather peculiar poet."

11 December 1801

Born on the same birth day (11 December): Amon Göth • Annie Jump Cannon • Cliff Michelmore • Enrique Bermúdez • Georgi Plekhanov • Gete Wami • Göran Kropp • J. Frank Wilson • John Labatt • Josip Plemelj • Katy Steding • Liz Smith (actress) • Maarten Lafeber • Naguib Mahfouz • Onyeka Okongwu • Robert Koch • Ronald McKie • Tim Southee

Born in the same month (December 1801): Johann Nestroy