Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In April - 15

1843  On this day in history birth of carl Eilhardt, composer   

1843  Henry James, American/British author (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians), (d. 1916) was born on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history birth of dave Gregory, cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captain)   

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 this day in history.   

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  Johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919) was born on April - 15.   

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

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

1875  James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

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  Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history birth of nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (d. 1921)   

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

1888  On April - 15 birth of maximilian Kronberger, German poet (d. 1904)   

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

1889  On April - 15 birth of thomas Hart Benton, Missouri, painter/muralist (Lonesome Road)   

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

1891  Vaino Raitio, composer was born on April - 15.   

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

1892  Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (d. 1983) was born on April - 15.   

1892  On this day in history birth of theo Osterkamp, World War I and World War II German fighter pilot (d. 1975)   

1894  On April - 15 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 April - 15.   

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

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  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.   

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

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

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on April - 15.   

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

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

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

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