Famous Birthdays In April - 15

1843  On April - 15 birth of carl Eilhardt, composer  

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  On April - 15 birth of john Munroe Longyear, US, capitalist/bank president  

1858  Anton G O Ridder Van Rappard, Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher was born on April - 15.  

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 April - 15 birth of johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919)  

1874  On April - 15 birth of george Harrison Shull, American plant geneticist (d. 1954)  

1875  Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty) was born on April - 15.  

1875  James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1953) was born on April - 15.  

1878  On April - 15 birth of robert Walser, writer  

1879  On April - 15 birth of melville Henry Cane, American lawyer (d. 1980)  

1882  Giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo) was born on this day in history.  

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

1885  On April - 15 birth of tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)  

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

1888  Florence Bates, San Antonio Tx, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama) was born on this day in history.  

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

1889  Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union) was born on April - 15.  

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

1891  On this day in history birth of alvin Carter, Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family)  

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

1891  On this day in history birth of wallace Reid, St Louis MO, actor/dir/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man)  

1892  On this day in history birth of corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (d. 1983)  

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

1894  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs)  

1895  On this day in history birth of corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte)  

1895  Harry F V Edward, British Guiana, 100m/200m runner (Oly-bronze-1920) was born on April - 15.  

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

1896  Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986) was born on April - 15.  

1898  Marian Jordan, actress, radio comedienne (Molly-Fibber McGee & Molly) was born on April - 15.  

1898  On April - 15 birth of nini de Boel, Flemish operette singer (White Horse)  

1901  Joe Davis, English snooker/billiards-world champ (1927-46) was born on April - 15.  

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1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex  

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.  

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on April - 15.  

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62