Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In April - 15

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

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

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

1850  On this day in history 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  Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Division du travail social) was born on April - 15.   

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

1878  On this day in history birth of robert Walser, writer   

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

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  Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947) was born on April - 15.   

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  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  Vaino Raitio, composer was born on April - 15.   

1891  On April - 15 birth of wallace Reid, St Louis MO, actor/dir/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man)   

1892  On April - 15 birth of corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (d. 1983)   

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

1894  Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs) was born on April - 15.   

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

1895  On this day in history 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 April - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1901  On April - 15 birth of joe Davis, English snooker/billiards-world champ (1927-46)   

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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 this day in history.   

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.