Jakub Bart-Ćišinski

Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, also known as Łužičan, Jakub Bart Kukowski, was a Sorbian poet, writer and playwright, translator of Czech, Polish, Italian and German literature. He produced his works in Upper Sorbian. He is also an inventor of modern Upper Sorbian poetic language. He has been described as "the classical writer of Sorbian literature."

20 August 1856

Born on the same birth day (20 August): Agnes Chan • Aleksandre Amisulashvili • Christian Mayer (astronomer) • Fabien Jarsalé • Fred Kavli • Jim Calder (rugby union) • Lieke Klaver • Miguel Albaladejo • Nikolas Asimos

Born in the same month (August 1856): Alfred Deakin • Aparicio Saravia • Carl Runge • Clara Schønfeld • Diamond Jim Brady • George Coulthard • Ivan Franko • Keir Hardie • Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès • Thomas Anstey Guthrie • William Willett