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Commemoratives of Famous Women for 13 May 2008

A list of famous women whose birthday or death occurred on this date. The information is drawn from the FemBio Database and is updated daily. If you would like to learn more about the individual women or about future commemoratives, please consult the Database.

11 birthdays and 19 days of death are related to today's date.

birthdays 13 May 2008

100. birthday: Edith Gerson-Kiwi
Israeli musicologist
* 13 May 1908 in Berlin
† July 1992 in Tel-Aviv

291. birthday: Maria Theresia
Austrian empress, queen
* 13 May 1717 in Wien/Vienna
† 29 November 1780 in Wien/Vienna

266. birthday: Marie Christine, Statthalterin der Niederlande
Austrian
* 13 May 1742 in Wien
† 24 June 1798 in ebd.

161. birthday: Linda Gilbert
American
* 13 May 1847 in Rochester
† 24 October 1895 in Mt. Vernon

139. birthday: Franceschina Prevosti
Italian singer (soprano)
* 13 May 1869 in Livorno
† 28 December 1938 in Camogli

133. birthday: Klara Hofer
German writer
* 13 May 1875 in Bromberg
† 1 September 1955 in Neumarkt i. d. Opf.

127. birthday: Ilona Durigo

* 13 May 1881 in Budapest
† 25 December 1943 in Budapest

113. birthday: Larissa Michailowna Reisner

* 13 May 1895 in Lublin
† 9 February 1926 in Moskau

101. birthday: Daphne Du Maurier
English writer
* 13 May 1907 in London
† 19 April 1989 in Par, Cornwall

Fembiography of Daphne Du Maurier (German)

77. birthday: Gisela Steineckert
German writer
* 13 May 1931 in Berlin

Fembiography of Gisela Steineckert (German)

67. birthday: Senta Berger
Austrian
* 13 May 1941 in Wien

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days of death 13.5.2008

80. day of death: Ida Boy-Ed
German
* 17 April 1852 in Bergedorf b. Hamburg
† 13 May 1928 in Travemünde

165. day of death: Agnes Franz
German writer
* 8 March 1794 in Militsch/ Schlesien
† 13 May 1843 in Breslau

85. day of death: Charlotte Garrigue Masarykova

* 20 November 1850 in Brooklyn
† 13 May 1923 in Prag

65. day of death: Erika von Brockdorff
German employee, resistance fighter
* 29 April 1911 in Kolberg, Pommern
† 13 May 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee

404. day of death: Christina Christina, Herzogin von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
German
* 29 June 1543 in Kassel
† 13 May 1604 in Kiel

182. day of death: Ottilie Pauline Hornemann
Danish
* 16 March 1764 in Kopenhagen
† 13 May 1826 in Altona

169. day of death: Henriette Wilhelmine Fröbel
German
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† 13 May 1839

147. day of death: Magdalena Montalban Comello
Italian
* 16 September 1820 in Conegliano
† 13 May 1861 in Venedig

112. day of death: Nora Perry
American writer
* 1831 in Dudley, MA
† 13 May 1896 in Dudley, MA

92. day of death: Clara Louise Kellogg
American singer (soprano)
* 9 July 1842 in Sumterville (O.)
† 13 May 1916 in Hartford, CN

78. day of death: Helene Lange
German womens' rights pioneer
* 9 April 1848 in Oldenburg
† 13 May 1930 in Berlin

Fembiography of Helene Lange (German)

61. day of death: Frances Hodgkins

* 28 April 1870 in Dunedin
† 13 May 1947 in Dorchester b.

58. day of death: Pauline Strauss
German singer, wife of Richard Strauss
* 4 February 1862 in Ingolstadt
† 13 May 1950 in Garmisch

33. day of death: Marguerite Cathérine Perey
French
* 19 October 1909 in Villemoble
† 13 May 1975

23. day of death: Leatrice Joy
American actress
* 7 November 1896 in New Orleans
† 13 May 1985 in Riverdale, NY

23. day of death: Mildred Scheel
German
* 31 December 1932 in Köln
† 13 May 1985

16. day of death: Gisela Elsner
German writer
* 2 May 1937 in Nürnberg
† 13 May 1992 in München

11. day of death: Evelyn Ortner
South Tyrolian feminist entrepreneur, founder of the Women"s Museum of Meran
* 3 February 1944 in Kennelbach, Östr.
† 13 May 1997

Fembiography of Evelyn Ortner (German)

9. day of death: Meg Greenfield
American
* 27 December 1930 in Seattle
† 13 May 1999 in Washington, DC