John Braxton Hicks was born in 1823.
John Braxton Hicks died in 1897.
Braxton Hicks contractions come from a Doctor named John Braxton Hicks. He was the first doctor to ever describe what these type of contractions were. This was back in the mid-late 1800s.
I think you may be referring to what are called "Braxton-Hicks" contractions.
John V. Hicks was born in 1907.
John Hicks Eynon was born in 1801.
John W. Hicks was born in 1921.
John Hicks - cricketer - was born in 1850.
John Hicks - American football - was born in 1951.
John Hicks - jazz pianist - was born in 1941.
John R. Hicks was born on 1956-07-31.
John Hicks was born on April 8, 1904.
NO because braxton hicks is just a temporary contraction, not increasing in frequency and interval.