Commemoratives of Famous Women for 1 February 2012

130. birthday: Marie Majerová

* 1 February 1882 in Uvaly/Böhmen
† 16 January 1967 in Prag

120. birthday: Else Wegener, geb. Köppen
German wife and biographer of Alfred Wegener
* 1 February 1892 in Hamburg
† 27 August 1992 in Sindelfingen

90. birthday: Renata Tebaldi
Italian singer
* 1 February 1922 in Pesaro
† 19 December 2004 in Rep. di San Marino

242. birthday: Joanna Graham Bethune

* 1 February 1770 in Fort Niagara
† 28 July 1860 in New York

164. birthday: Cordelia Howard
American actress
* 1 February 1848 in Providence
† 8 August 1941 in Bourne, MA

161. birthday: Annette Essipova
Russian pianist
* 1 February 1851 in Petersburg
† 18 August 1914 in ebd.

139. birthday: Dame Clara Butt
English singer (alto)
* 1 February 1873 in Southwick
† 23 January 1936 in Worthsloke, Oxford

134. birthday: Hattie Wyatt Caraway
American
* 1 February 1878 in Bakerville, Tenn.
† 21 December 1950 in Falls Church, Va.

124. birthday: Winifred Goldring
American paleontologist
* 1 February 1888 in Kenwood b. Albany, N.Y.
† 30 January 1971 in Albany, NY

123. birthday: Gertrude Caton-Thompson
English archeologist
* 1 February 1889 in London
† 18 April 1985 in Broadway, Engl.

122. birthday: Germaine Lubin
French singer
* 1 February 1890 in Paris
† 27 October 1979 in Paris

112. birthday: Anna Alexandrowna Leporskaja
Russian
* 1 February 1900 in Tschernigow
† 14 March 1982 in Leningrad

94. birthday: Muriel Spark
English-Scottish writer
* 1 February 1918 in Edinburgh
† 13 April 2006 in Civitella della Chiana, Toskana

76. birthday: Andreina Ardizzone Emeri
Italian politician, lawyer, feminist
* 1 February 1936 in Bozen
† 30 July 1985 in auf einer Reise am Nordkap, Norwegen

73. birthday: Jekaterina Sergejewna Maximowa, Maksimowa

* 1 February 1939 in Moskau /Moscow
† 28 April 2009

53. birthday: Barbara Auer
German actress
* 1 February 1959 in Konstanz

100. day of death: Anne Richmond French Warner
American writer
* 14 October 1869 in Saint Paul, MN
† 1 February 1913 in Dorset, England

10. day of death: Kalpana Chawla
Indian-American Astronaut, Aerospace engineer
* 1 July 1961 in Karnal, India
† 1 February 2003 in über/above Texas

10. day of death: Laurel Clark
American physician; Space Shuttle Columbia Mission Specialist 4
* 10 March 1961
† 1 February 2003

308. day of death: Sophie Charlotte Königin in Preußen
Prussian queen
* 30 October 1668 in Osnabrück, Iburg bei
† 1 February 1705 in Hannover

189. day of death: Maria Theresia von Paradis
Austrian pianist, composer, singer
* 15 May 1759 in Wien / Vienna
† 1 February 1824 in Wien / Vienna

174. day of death: Duan Wang
Chinese poet, literary scholar, historian
* 28 February 1793 in Hangzhou, Provinz Zhejiang
† 1 February 1839 in Hangzhou, Provinz Zhejiang

119. day of death: Léonide-Alexandrine Leblanc
French actress
* 8 December 1842 in Dampierre (Loiret
† 1 February 1894 in Paris

118. day of death: Mary Thornycroft
English
* 1814 in Thornham (Norfolk)
† 1 February 1895 in London

114. day of death: Gisela von Lorinser
Austrian
* 27 September 1856 in Kalksburg
† 1 February 1899 in Wien

104. day of death: Natalie Liebknecht
German socialist, wife of Wilhelm and mother of Karl Liebknecht
* 19 July 1835 in Darmstadt
† 1 February 1909

76. day of death: Marguerite Audoux
French writer
* 7 July 1863 in Sancoins
† 1 February 1937 in St. Raphael

73. day of death: Hedwig Bleuler-Waser
Swiss writer, temperance activist
* 29 December 1869 in Zürich
† 1 February 1940 in Zollikon b. Zürich

72. day of death: Lina Hähnle
German
* 3 February 1851 in Sulz am Neckar
† 1 February 1941 in Giengen a.d. Brenz

67. day of death: Vera Cushman
American
* 19 September 1876 in Ottawa, IL
† 1 February 1946 in Savannah, GA

47. day of death: Hedda Hopper
American
* 2 June 1885 in Hollidaysburg, PA
† 1 February 1966 in Los Angeles, CA

34. day of death: Luise Albertz
German
* 22 June 1901 in Duisburg
† 1 February 1979 in Oberhausen

27. day of death: Alva Myrdal
Swedish social reformer; Nobel laureate (peace, 1980)
* 31 January 1902 in Uppsala
† 1 February 1986 in Stockholm

16. day of death: Kiki Kogelnik
Austrian painter, Pop artist, feminist
* 22 January 1935 in Bleiburg, Kärnten
† 1 February 1997 in Wien / Vienna

11. day of death: Hildegard Knef
German actress, author, singer
* 28 December 1925 in Ulm
† 1 February 2002 in Berlin

1. day of death: Wyslawa Szymborska
Polish poet, Nobel laureate (1996, literature)
* 2 July 1923 in Bnin (heute e. Teil v. Kornik) b. Posen
† 1 February 2012 in Krakau