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): Dejan Kelhar • Doggie Julian • Giulio della Rovere • Guy Bertrand (broadcaster) • Johan Kriek • Marie Jules César Savigny • Matheus Vivian • Matthias Jaissle • Richard Sánchez (footballer, born 1994) • Tom Riley (actor) • Toshiko Fujita

Born in the same month (April 1886): Arthur Shaw (hurdler) • Athenagoras I of Constantinople • Dooley Wilson • Erich Salomon • Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell • Gustavo Jiménez • Johnny Hayes • Ma Rainey • Margaret Ayer Barnes • Michalis Dorizas • Mir Osman Ali Khan • Nikolai Gumilev • Árpád Tóth • Ğabdulla Tuqay