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): Al-Nuwayri • Anna Sophia Berglund • Arne Hoel • Danylo Sapunov • Dave Holland (drummer) • Edem Rjaïbi • Jairo Patiño • Joseph Lister • Mike McCready • Ulrich Wille • Vakhtang Iagorashvili • Vítězslav Hálek
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 • Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell • 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