Bram Stoker Bram Stoker Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel "Dracula". During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned. Stoker was born on 8 November 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. His parents were Abraham Stoker (1799–1876) from Dublin and Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley (1818–1901), who was raised in County Sligo. Stoker was the third of seven children, the eldest
Frank Stoker Frank Stoker Frank Owen Stoker (29 May 1867 – 8 January 1939) was an Irish tennis and rugby union player. He is the only rugby international to have won Wimbledon. Stoker was Irish tennis champion (doubles) in 1890, 1891 and 1893 - 1895. In 1890 and 1893 he and Joshua Pim won the doubles in Wimbledon. He was ranked world No. 7 for 1892 by Karoly Mazak. He was a member of Landsdowne Lawn Tennis Club. He played five times for in rugby union between 1886-91. Stoker was a Forward, he played four matches in the Home Nations Championships, and