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): Algernon Charles Swinburne • Andrea Arnold • Jess Sum • Larry Franco • Lasantha Wickrematunge • Marcos Vales • Mitch Pileggi • Nguyễn Văn Thiệu • Peter Greenaway • Ronnie Bucknum • Samuel Cate Prescott • Yohann Sangaré

Born in the same month (April 1886): Arthur Shaw (hurdler) • Athenagoras I of Constantinople • Dooley Wilson • Ernst Robert Curtius • Gustavo Jiménez • Johnny Hayes • Ma Rainey • Margaret Ayer Barnes • Mir Osman Ali Khan • Árpád Tóth