Birth Date: April 3, 1783 Death Date: November 28, 1859 |
Birth Date: April 3, 1783 Death Date: November 28, 1859 Rip Van Winkle is a man who sleeps for a hundred years and wakes in a world he cannot recognize. The name "Rip Van Winkle" has gone into the language to describe people who awake and cannot recognize their surroundings. |