Paul Wittgenstein

Paul Wittgenstein was an Austrian-American concert pianist notable for commissioning new piano concerti for the left hand alone, following the amputation of his right arm during the First World War. He devised novel techniques, including pedal and hand-movement combinations, that allowed him to play chords previously regarded as impossible for a five-fingered pianist.

5 November 1887

Born on the same birth day (5 November): Abedi Pele • Art Garfunkel • Gil Hill • Giuseppe Salvioli • Hirotugu Akaike • Ike Turner • Isaac de Benserade • Jacqueline Auriol • James Allen (journalist) • Jan Zrzavý • Joe Dassin • Michael Gaston • Ricardo Fort • Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville • Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja • Turid Birkeland

Born in the same month (November 1887): Arnold Zweig • Beatrice Kerr • Boris Karloff • Georgia O'Keeffe • James B. Sumner • Jean Ducret • L. S. Lowry • Nikolai Vavilov