Commemoratives of Famous Women for 2 September 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.


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

birthdays 2 September 2010

190. birthday: Lucretia Peabody Hale
American writer
* 2 September 1820 in Boston
† 12 May 1900 in Boston

170. birthday: Emily Dilke
English
* 2 September 1840 in Ilfracombe
† 24 October 1904 in Pryford Rough

140. birthday: Luise Gräfin von Montignoso

* 2 September 1870 in Salzburg
† 23 March 1947 in Brüssel

115. birthday: Monique Saint-Hélier
Swiss writer
* 2 September 1895 in La-Chaux-de-Fonds
† 9 March 1955 in Pacy-sur-Eure


Fembiography of Monique Saint-Hélier (German)

247. birthday: Caroline von Schlegel-Schelling
German writer
* 2 September 1763 in Göttingen
† 7 September 1809 in Maulbronn


Fembiography of Caroline von Schlegel-Schelling (German)

203. birthday: Fredrika Runeberg
Finnish writer
* 2 September 1807 in Jakobstad/Pietarsaari, Finnland
† 27 May 1879 in Helsingfors/Helsinki


Fembiography of Fredrika Runeberg (German)

189. birthday: Anne Whitney
American sculptor, poet
* 2 September 1821 in Watertown, MA
† 23 January 1915 in Boston, MA

172. birthday: Liliuokalani
American-Hawaiian; last sovereign of Hawaii; composer
* 2 September 1838 in Honolulu
† 11 November 1917 in Honolulu


Fembiography of Liliuokalani (German)

167. birthday: Julie Bebel geb. Otto
German socialist, wife of August Bebel
* 2 September 1843 in Leipzig
† 22 November 1910 in Zürich

157. birthday: Emma Hopkins
American
* 2 September 1853 in Killingly, CN
† 25 April 1925 in New York

153. birthday: Wilhelmina Carlson
Swedish
* 2 September 1857 in Stockholm
† 9 June 1943 in ebd.

149. birthday: Henriette Crosman
American actress
* 2 September 1861 in Wheeling
† 31 October 1944 in New York

146. birthday: Séraphine Louis
French painter, cleaning woman
* 2 September 1864 in Arsy (Oise)
† 11 December 1942 in Clermont-de-l'Oise


Fembiography of Séraphine Louis (German)

139. birthday: Lisa Hausmann- Löns
German wife of Herrmann Löns
* 2 September 1871 in Hannover
† 2 December 1955 in Bad Oeynhausen

139. birthday: Hildegard Wegscheider
German
* 2 September 1871 in Liegnitz, Schlesien
† 4 April 1953 in Berlin

129. birthday: Elisabeth Christman
American labor organizer
* 2 September 1881 in Chicago
† 26 April 1975 in Delphi, Ind.

116. birthday: Bryher (eig. Annie Winifred Ellerman)
English writer, matron (patron) of the arts
* 2 September 1894 in Margate, Kent
† 28 January 1983 in Vevey, Schweiz/Switzerland


Fembiography of Bryher (eig. Annie Winifred Ellerman) (German)

109. birthday: Else Meidner
German painter
* 2 September 1901 in Berlin
† 5 May 1987 in London


Fembiography of Else Meidner (German)

97. birthday: Ruth Blum
Swiss writer
* 2 September 1913 in Wilchingen
† 2 August 1975 in ebd.

89. birthday: ANNEMARIE BLANC
Swiss actress
* 2 September 1921 in Vevey
† 5 February 2009 in Zürich / Zurich


Fembiography of ANNEMARIE BLANC (German)

83. birthday: Trude Jochum- Beiser
Austrian skier (descent)
* 2 September 1927 in Lech, Arlberg

76. birthday: Hilla Becher

* 2 September 1934 in Potsdam

62. birthday: Christa McAuliffe
American teacher; victim of the Challenger explosion
* 2 September 1948 in Boston, MA
† 28 January 1986 in Cape Canaveral, FL


Fembiography of Christa McAuliffe (German)

52. birthday: Barbara Woof
Australian composer
* 2 September 1958 in Sydney

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days of death 02.09.2010

70. day of death: Maria Leo
German
* 18 October 1873 in Berlin
† 2 September 1942 in Berlin

20. day of death: Barbara McClintock
American biochemist, Nobel laureate
* 16 June 1902 in Hartford, CN
† 2 September 1992 in Huntington, NY


Fembiography of Barbara McClintock (German)

185. day of death: Ludovika Simanowitz
German painter
* 21 February 1759 in Schorndorf
† 2 September 1827 in Ludwigsburg

201. day of death: Julie von Charpentier
German second bride of Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg)
* 16 March 1776 in Freiberg?
† 2 September 1811 in Schemnitz (heute Slowakei)

153. day of death: Delia Bacon
American literary scholar
* 2 February 1811 in Tallmadge (Ohio)
† 2 September 1859 in New York

97. day of death: Bertha Tapper

* 25 January 1859 in Oslo
† 2 September 1915 in New York

47. day of death: Ethel Browne Harvey
American
* 14 December 1885 in Baltimore, MD
† 2 September 1965 in Falmouth, MA

37. day of death: Mabel Vernon
American feminist, pacifist
* 10 September 1883 in Wilmington, DE
† 2 September 1975 in Washington, DC

32. day of death: Nina Kandinsky
Russian wife and heir of Kandinsky
* 1893
† 2 September 1980 in Gstaad

32. day of death: Marguerite Jason
Swiss writer
* 18 January 1904 in Biel
† 2 September 1980 in Leubringen ob Biel

27. day of death: Anna Banti
Italian writer
* 27 June 1895 in Florenz
† 2 September 1985 in Ronchi, Rom

21. day of death: Laura Riding
American
* 16 January 1901 in New York City
† 2 September 1991 in Sebastian, FL

19. day of death: JOANA MARIA Gorvin
German actress
* 30 September 1922 in Hermannstadt/Siebenbürgen (Rumänien)
† 2 September 1993 in Wien

16. day of death: Emily Kame Kngwarreye

* 1910 ca in Utopia, Soakage Bore, N.Terr.
† 2 September 1996 in Alice Springs, N.Terr.

13. day of death: Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda
Colombian anthropologist, family sociologist
* 4 November 1921
† 2 September 1999


Fembiography of Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda (German)

4. day of death: Andrea C. Busch
German writer
* 22 June 1963 in Darmstadt
† 2 September 2008

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