On this day

Commemoratives of Famous Women for 1 April 2012

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.

22 birthdays and 15 days of death are related to today's date.

birthdays 1 April 2012

150. birthday: Flora Scherres-Friedenthal
Polish pianist
* 1 April 1862 in Warschau
† 1939

80. birthday: Debbie Reynolds
American actress
* 1 April 1932 in El Paso, Texas

135. birthday: Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
American
* 1 April 1877 in San Francisco
† 28 January 1948 in Palo Alto

115. birthday: Lucille Bogan
American
* 1 April 1897 in Amory, Mississippi
† 10 August 1948 in Los Angeles

319. birthday: Petronella Melusine von der Schulenburg; Gräfin Walsingham
German-English noblewoman
* 1 April 1693 in Hannover
† 16 September 1778 in London

248. birthday: Barbara Krafft, geb. Steiner
Austrian painter
* 1 April 1764 in Iglau/ Mähren
† 28 September 1825 in Bamberg

236. birthday: Sophie Germain
French mathematician, physicist
* 1 April 1776 in Paris
† 18 July 1831 in Paris

Fembiography of Sophie Germain (German)

154. birthday: Agnes Repplier

* 1 April 1858 in Philadelphia
† 15 December 1950 in Overbrook

136. birthday: Jakoba van Heemskerck

* 1 April 1876 in Den Haag
† 3 August 1923 in Domburg

134. birthday: Julia Virginia Laengsdorf
German
* 1 April 1878 in Frankfurt a.M.

128. birthday: Laurette Taylor
American actress
* 1 April 1884 in Harlem/New York
† 7 December 1946 in New York

119. birthday: Adelaide Hahn
American
* 1 April 1893 in New York

117. birthday: Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, composer
* 1 April 1895 in Memphis, TN
† 17 October 1984 in New York City

113. birthday: Nita Naldi
American actress
* 1 April 1899 in New York
† 17 February 1961 in New York City

109. birthday: Jackie Martin
American
* 1 April 1903 in East Pittsburgh

107. birthday: Clara Hale
American
* 1 April 1905 in Philadelphia, PA
† 18 December 1992 in New York City

107. birthday: Hilde Ephraim
German resistance fighter; social worker
* 1 April 1905
† 20 September 1940

106. birthday: Lucette Descaves
French
* 1 April 1906 in Paris
† 15 April 1993 in ebd.

98. birthday: Elfi Althoff-Jacobi
Austrian circus director
* 1 April 1914
† 22 January 1995 in beigesetzt auf d Ortsfriedhof Merkersdorf

74. birthday: Ali (eig. Alice) MacGraw
American actress, author
* 1 April 1938 in Pound Ridge, NY

72. birthday: Wangari Maathai
Kenyan biologist, politician, Nobel laureate (Peace)
* 1 April 1940 in Nyeri, Kenia

Fembiography of Wangari Maathai
Fembiography of Wangari Maathai (German)

24. birthday: Fatmire "Lira" Bajmaraj
German soccer player
* 1 April 1988 in Gjurakovc (Kosovo)

top

days of death 01.04.2012

165. day of death: Adele Ferrand
French
* 20 April 1807 in Massieu
† 1 April 1848

246. day of death: Maria Ladvenant y Quirante
Spanish actress
* 23 July 1741 in Valencia
† 1 April 1767 in Madrid

154. day of death: Amalie Sieveking
German philanthropist, social worker
* 25 July 1794 in Hamburg
† 1 April 1859 in Hamburg

Fembiography of Amalie Sieveking (German)

148. day of death: Giuditta Pasta
Italian singer
* 28 October 1797 in Saronno bei/near Mailand/Milan
† 1 April 1865 in Blavio bei/near Como

131. day of death: Fanny Koenig
German philanthropist
* 9 April 1808 in Saalfeld, Thür.
† 1 April 1882 in Oberzell b. Würzburg

122. day of death: Pauline Craven ("Mrs. Augustus C.)
French writer
* 12 April 1808 in London
† 1 April 1891 in Paris

116. day of death: Thekla von Gumpert, verh. v. Schober
Danish writer; kindergarden pioneer
* 28 June 1810 in Kalisch
† 1 April 1897 in Dresden

89. day of death: Johanne Cathrine Krebs

* 21 April 1848 in Laeso
† 1 April 1924

83. day of death: Cosima Wagner
German diarist; wife of Richard Wagner, daughter of Marie d"Agoult and Franz Liszt
* 25 December 1837 in Bellagio, Como
† 1 April 1930 in Bayreuth

Fembiography of Cosima Wagner (German)

67. day of death: Orie Latham Hatcher
American
* 10 December 1868 in Petersburg, VA
† 1 April 1946 in Richmond

48. day of death: Helena Rubinstein
Polish-American entrepreneur, inventor, cosmetician, philanthropist, art collector
* 25 December 1870 in Krakau
† 1 April 1965 in New York

42. day of death: Kathleen Lonsdale
Anglo-Irish chemist, physicist, cristallographer
* 28 January 1903 in Newbridge (Eire)
† 1 April 1971 in London

Fembiography of Kathleen Lonsdale (German)

32. day of death: Agnija Lvovna Barto
writer
* 17 February 1906 in Moskau
† 1 April 1981 in ebd.

29. day of death: Elizabeth Goudge
English writer
* 24 April 1900 in Wells
† 1 April 1984

22. day of death: Martha Graham
American dancer, choreographer, ballet director
* 11 May 1894 in Pittsburgh bzw. Allegheny Cty, PA
† 1 April 1991 in New York, NY

Share Tweet Bookmark () Mail