Commemoratives of Famous Women for 1 October 2010

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.


28 birthdays and 16 days of death are related to today's date.

birthdays 1 October 2010

100. birthday: Ingrid Warburg Spinelli
German philanthropist, resistance fighter
* 1 October 1910 in Hamburg
† 23 October 2000 in Rom

75. birthday: Julie Andrews (eig. Wells)
English actress, singer
* 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

210. birthday: Paolina Leopardi
Italian letter writer; sister of Giacomo Leopardi
* 1 October 1800 in Recanati
† 13 March 1869 in Recanati

70. birthday: Phyllis Chesler
American writer, feminist
* 1 October 1940 in Brooklyn, NY

215. birthday: Margaretta Angelica Peale
American
* 1 October 1795 in Philadelphia
† 17 January 1882 in ebd.

251. birthday: Sally (Sarah) Sayward Barrell Keating Wood

* 1 October 1759 in York, ME
† 6 January 1855 in Kennebunk

191. birthday: Maria Charlesworth
English
* 1 October 1819 in Little Blakenham, Ipswich
† 16 October 1880 in Nutfield, Surrey

172. birthday: Kate Field
American journalist
* 1 October 1838 in St. Louis
† 19 May 1896 in Honolulu

168. birthday: Marie Oesterley
German painter
* 1 October 1842 in Göttingen
† 16 August 1916 in Hannover

166. birthday: Wilhelmina von Hallwyl
Swedish
* 1 October 1844 in Stockholm
† 25 July 1930 in Stockholm

163. birthday: Annie Besant
English theosophist, socialist, womens' rights activist
* 1 October 1847 in London
† 20 September 1933 in Adyar (Indien)


Fembiography of Annie Besant (German)

161. birthday: Anne Charlotte Edgren-Leffler
Swedish writer
* 1 October 1849 in Stockholm
† 21 October 1892 in Neapel

149. birthday: Anna Brigadere
writer
* 1 October 1861 in Tervete / Zemgale
† 25 June 1933 in Spridisi / ebd.

144. birthday: Isabelle Kaiser
Swiss writer
* 1 October 1866 in Beckenried / Vierwaldst. See
† 17 February 1925 in Beckenried / Vierwaldst. See

144. birthday: Josephina Therese Zürcher
Swiss physician
* 1 October 1866 in Zürich
† 10 July 1932 in Stuttgart

129. birthday: Else Züblin-Spiller
Swiss
* 1 October 1881 in Seen b. Winterthur
† 11 April 1948 in Zürich

127. birthday: Ella Jonas- Stockhausen
German pianist
* 1 October 1883 in Dortmund

118. birthday: Martha Fuchs
German
* 1 October 1892 in Grubschütz b. Bautzen
† 8 January 1966 in Braunschweig

117. birthday: Justina Hamilton Hill
American bacteriologist
* 1 October 1893 in Washington, DC

117. birthday: Monica (Faith) Baldwin
English writer
* 1 October 1893 in Worcestershire
† 18 March 1978 in Norwalk, CT

117. birthday: Marianne Brandt
German designer
* 1 October 1893 in Chemnitz
† 18 June 1983 in Kirchberg bei Zwickau

113. birthday: Erna Auerbach
German painter, art historian
* 1 October 1897 in Frankfurt/M.
† 23 June 1975 in London

96. birthday: Ingeborg Capra-Teuffenbach
Austrian poet
* 1 October 1914 in Wolfsberg/Kärnten
† 16 September 1992 in Innsbruck

89. birthday: Margaret Hillis
American
* 1 October 1921 in Kokomo, Indien
† 4 February 1998 in Evanston, IL

88. birthday: Inge Merkel
Austrian writer
* 1 October 1922 in Wien
† 15 January 2006 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexiko

84. birthday: Els Oksaar
Estonian-German linguist
* 1 October 1926 in Pernau, Estl.

74. birthday: Lea Rosh
German journalist
* 1 October 1936 in Berlin

57. birthday: Grete Waitz

* 1 October 1953 in Oslo
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days of death 01.10.2010

20. day of death: Petra Kelly
German politician, pacifist
* 29 November 1947 in Günzburg, Donau/Danube
† 1 October 1992 in bei/near Bonn


Fembiography of Petra Kelly (German)

10. day of death: Edith Schollwer

* 12 December 1904 in Berlin
† 1 October 2002 in Berlin

65. day of death: Rotraud Richter
German actress
* 15 May 1915 in Berlin
† 1 October 1947 in Berlin

5. day of death: Marianne Fritz
Austrian writer
* 14 December 1948 in Weiz/ Steiermark
† 1 October 2007

314. day of death: Claudine Bouzonnet
French
* 7 July 1636 in Lyon
† 1 October 1698 in Paris

204. day of death: Regina Minotti
Italian singer
* 6 February 1722 in Neapel
† 1 October 1808 in Neuburg/ Donau

179. day of death: Sophie Tieck
German writer; only sister of Ludwig Tieck
* 28 February 1775 in Berlin
† 1 October 1833 in Reval


Fembiography of Sophie Tieck (German)

158. day of death: Anne Newport Royall
American
* 11 June 1769 in Baltimore n.
† 1 October 1854 in Washington, DC

156. day of death: Caterina Bon Brenzoni
Italian poet
* 28 October 1813 in Verona
† 1 October 1856 in ebd.

146. day of death: Maria Susanna Cummins
American writer
* 9 April 1827 in Salem, MA
† 1 October 1866 in Dorchester, MA

101. day of death: Helene von Dönniges, verh. Fürstin Rácowitza
German writer, actress
* 21 March 1843 in Berlin
† 1 October 1911 in München

98. day of death: Kitty Kielland

* 8 October 1843 in Stavanger
† 1 October 1914 in Oslo

93. day of death: Wen Chi-Mei
Chinese; mother of Mao
* 1867
† 1 October 1919

91. day of death: Marie Conrad- Ramlo
German
* 8 September 1850 in München
† 1 October 1921 in ebd.

86. day of death: Karin Valborg Ek

* 17 June 1885 in Stockholm
† 1 October 1926 in Göteborg

33. day of death: Dorothy Arzner
American director, film theorist, writer
* 3 January 1897 in San Francisco, CA
† 1 October 1979 in La Quinta, CA

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