Gotthelf Bergsträsser

Gotthelf Bergsträsser was a German linguist specializing in Semitic studies, generally considered to be one of the greatest of the twentieth century. Bergsträsser was initially a teacher of classical languages before deciding to approach Semitic.

5 April 1886

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1886): Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell • Gustavo Jiménez

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Bianca Maria Sforza • Bill Roberts (athlete) • Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine • Dean Brown • Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern • Friedrich Sigmund Merkel • Henrik Dettmann • Jairo Patiño • Juicy J • Leo Stern • Marie Jules César Savigny • Marius Lăcătuș • Matthias Jakob Schleiden • Oleg Khodkov • Pieter Weening • Teresa Almeida • Thomas Hitzlsperger

Born in the same month (April 1886): Arthur Shaw (hurdler) • Dooley Wilson • Ed Lafitte • Erich Salomon • Ernst Robert Curtius • Gustavo Jiménez • Ma Rainey • Mir Osman Ali Khan • Walter Dandy • Ğabdulla Tuqay