Jacob Gordin

Jacob Michailovitch Gordin was a Russian-American playwright active in the early years of Yiddish theater. He is known for introducing realism and naturalism into Yiddish theater.

1 May 1853

Born on the same birth day (1 May): Alain Bernard • Amir Johnson • Anna Jarvis • Billy Owens • George Inness • Henry Demarest Lloyd • Horst Schumann • Hugo Alfvén • Jack Paar • Jacqueline Comerre-Paton • Jan Heylen • Jay Reatard • Johann Jakob Balmer • Jules Breton • Louis Nye • Martin O'Donnell • Phoebe Hinsdale Brown • Pierre Teilhard de Chardin • Ralf Dahrendorf • Rinchinbal Khan • Scott Carpenter • Shirley Horn • Sidónio Pais • Sonny Ramadhin • Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven

Born in the same month (May 1853): Carl Larsson • Dan Brouthers • Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac • Vaiben Louis Solomon