Famous Birthdays In April - 15

1843  Carl Eilhardt, composer was born on this day in history.  

1843  On April - 15 birth of henry James, American/British author (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians), (d. 1916)  

1845  Dave Gregory, cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captain) was born on this day in history.  

1850  John Munroe Longyear, US, capitalist/bank president was born on this day in history.  

1858  On April - 15 birth of anton G O Ridder Van Rappard, Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher  

1858  On April - 15 birth of emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Division du travail social)  

1861  Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history birth of johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919)  

1874  George Harrison Shull, American plant geneticist (d. 1954) was born on this day in history.  

1875  On April - 15 birth of klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty)  

1875  On April - 15 birth of james J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1953)  

1878  Robert Walser, writer was born on April - 15.  

1879  Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer (d. 1980) was born on April - 15.  

1882  On April - 15 birth of giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo)  

1883  Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967) was born on April - 15.  

1885  On this day in history birth of tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)  

1886  Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history birth of florence Bates, San Antonio Tx, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama)  

1888  On this day in history birth of maximilian Kronberger, German poet (d. 1904)  

1889  On this day in history birth of asa Philip Randolph, labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union)  

1889  Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri, painter/muralist (Lonesome Road) was born on this day in history.  

1891  On April - 15 birth of alvin Carter, Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family)  

1891  On this day in history birth of vaino Raitio, composer  

1891  Wallace Reid, St Louis MO, actor/dir/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man) was born on this day in history.  

1892  Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (d. 1983) was born on this day in history.  

1892  Theo Osterkamp, World War I and World War II German fighter pilot (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

1894  On April - 15 birth of elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs)  

1895  On April - 15 birth of corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte)  

1895  On April - 15 birth of harry F V Edward, British Guiana, 100m/200m runner (Oly-bronze-1920)  

1895  Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards player (d. 1980) was born on this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history birth of nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)  

1898  Marian Jordan, actress, radio comedienne (Molly-Fibber McGee & Molly) was born on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history birth of nini de Boel, Flemish operette singer (White Horse)  

1901  Joe Davis, English snooker/billiards-world champ (1927-46) was born on this day in history.  

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1053  On April - 15 death of godwin, Earl of Wessex  

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.  

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on April - 15.  

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  On April - 15 jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies  

1605  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1607  On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62