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): Amer Said Al-Shatri • Barbara Holland • Björn Granath • Dave McArtney • Dean Brown • Frithjof Andersen • Henry Havelock • Herbert Bayer • Igor Borisov • Jane Asher • Kurtis Patterson • Laima Zilporytė • Lisa Zane • Marius Lăcătuș • Mike Glumac • Nelson Parraguez • Saba Qamar • Sigmund Exner • Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet • Teresa Almeida • Valeria Straneo • Vlada Avramov
Born in the same month (April 1886): Arthur Shaw (hurdler) • Athenagoras I of Constantinople • Dooley Wilson • Ed Lafitte • Erich Salomon • Ernst Robert Curtius • Ernst Thälmann • Frank Luther Mott • Gustavo Jiménez • Izidor Cankar • Johnny Hayes • Ma Rainey • Margaret Ayer Barnes • Michalis Dorizas • Mir Osman Ali Khan • Nikolai Gumilev • Walter Dandy • Árpád Tóth • Ğabdulla Tuqay