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 • Chen Yanqing • Dragoljub Minić • Franz Pforr • Laura Vicuña • Peter Case • Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine • Samuele Preisig • Sergey Chaplygin • Simona Cavallari (actress) • Takayoshi Yamano
Born in the same month (April 1886): Arthur Shaw (hurdler) • Athenagoras I of Constantinople • Ed Lafitte • Frank Luther Mott • Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell • Gustavo Jiménez • Izidor Cankar • Johnny Hayes • Margaret Ayer Barnes • Michalis Dorizas • Mir Osman Ali Khan • Nikolai Gumilev • Árpád Tóth • Ğabdulla Tuqay