Famous Birthdays In April - 15

1843  On April - 15 birth of carl Eilhardt, composer   

1843  Henry James, American/British author (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians), (d. 1916) was born on April - 15.   

1845  On April - 15 birth of dave Gregory, cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captain)   

1850  On April - 15 birth of john Munroe Longyear, US, capitalist/bank president   

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  On this day in history birth of bliss Carman, Canadian poet (d. 1929)   

1874  On April - 15 birth of johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919)   

1874  On this day in history birth of george Harrison Shull, American plant geneticist (d. 1954)   

1875  On this day in history birth of klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty)   

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

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

1879  On this day in history birth of melville Henry Cane, American lawyer (d. 1980)   

1882  Giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo) was born on April - 15.   

1883  On this day in history birth of stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)   

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

1886  Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (d. 1921) was born on April - 15.   

1888  On April - 15 birth of florence Bates, San Antonio Tx, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama)   

1888  Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (d. 1904) was born on April - 15.   

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 April - 15.   

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

1891  On April - 15 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 April - 15.   

1894  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards player (d. 1980)   

1896  Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history birth of marian Jordan, actress, radio comedienne (Molly-Fibber McGee & Molly)   

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 April - 15.   

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

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on this day in history.