Commemoratives of Famous Women for 15 September 2010

125. birthday: Ina Seidel
German writer; mother of Christian Ferber
* 15 September 1885 in Halle/ Saale
† 2 October 1974 in Schäftlarn bzw. Ebenhausen/ München

140. birthday: Rahel Hirsch
German biologist, physicist
* 15 September 1870 in Frankfurt/M.
† 10 June 1953 in London

120. birthday: Agatha Christie
English writer
* 15 September 1890 in Torquay, Devon
† 12 January 1976 in Wallingford/ Oxfordshire

115. birthday: Hilda Heinemann
German First Lady
* 15 September 1895 in Bremen
† 5 May 1979 in Essen

85. birthday: Erika Köth
German singer
* 15 September 1925 in Darmstadt
† 20 February 1989 in Speyer

65. birthday: Carmen Maura
Spanish actress
* 15 September 1945 in Madrid

65. birthday: Jessye Norman
American singer (soprano, mezzo)
* 15 September 1945 in Augusta, GA

344. birthday: Sophie Dorothea, genannt Prinzessin von Ahlden
German princess, prisoner, marriage victim
* 15 September 1666 in Celle
† 13 November 1726 in Schloß Ahlden bei Celle

286. birthday: ELISA Fornaro
Swiss
* 15 September 1724 in ""
† 19 January 1796 in ""

211. birthday: Roza Parczewska
Polish
* 15 September 1799
† 20 October 1852

197. birthday: Valérie Agénor de Gasparin-Boissier
Swiss writer
* 15 September 1813 in Valleyres s. Orbe
† 16 June 1894 in Genf

163. birthday: Anna von Liebenau
Swiss
* 15 September 1847 in Luzern
† 9 April 1915 in ebd.

137. birthday: Ellen Helga Hagen
Swedish writer
* 15 September 1873 in Stockholm
† 28 January 1967 in Täby

129. birthday: Lena Madesin Phillips
American
* 15 September 1881 in Nicholasville, KY
† 21 May 1955 in Marseille, Fr.

123. birthday: Ruth Thompson
American politician (Rep)
* 15 September 1887 in White Hall, MI
† 5 April 1970 in Plainwell Sanitorium, Plainwell, Allegan County, MI

109. birthday: Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich
German writer and historian
* 15 September 1901 in München
† 16 June 1979 in Berlin o. Garmisch

109. birthday: Dame Sylvia Crowe
English
* 15 September 1901 in Banbury, Oxfordsh.
† 30 June 1997 in London

101. birthday: Jean Batten
New Zealand pilot
* 15 September 1909 in Rotorua
† 22 November 1982 in Spanien

94. birthday: Margaret Lockwood
English actress
* 15 September 1916 in Karachi (Indien)
† 15 July 1990 in London

93. birthday: Hilde Güden
Austrian singer
* 15 September 1917 in Wien
† 17 September 1988 in München oder Klosterneuburg b. Wien

33. birthday: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian writer
* 15 September 1977 in Enugu, Nigeria

45. day of death: Elena Luksch-Makovsky
Russian
* 13 November 1878 in St. Petersburg
† 15 September 1967 in Hamburg

502. day of death: (Caterina Fieschi) Katharina v. Genua, hl.

* 5 April 1447 in Genua
† 15 September 1510 in Genua

203. day of death: Karoline Flachsland
German writer
* 28 January 1750 in Reihenweyher/ Elsaß
† 15 September 1809 in Weimar

142. day of death: Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie
American
* 11 September 1806 in Middletown, CN
† 15 September 1870 in Amagansett, NY

139. day of death: Laura Mantegazza Solera
Italian philanthropist
* 15 January 1813 in Mailand
† 15 September 1873 in Sabbioncella di Cannero (Lago Maggiore)

137. day of death: Louise Farrenc
French pianist, composer, piano teacher, musicologist
* 31 May 1804 in Paris
† 15 September 1875 in Paris

124. day of death: Caroline Howard Gilman
American writer
* 8 October 1794 in Boston, MA
† 15 September 1888 in Washington, DC

29. day of death: Anneliese Niethammer
German botanist; mycologist
* 11 May 1901 in Berlin
† 15 September 1983 in Korntal

6. day of death: Oriana Fallaci
Italian writer, journalist
* 29 June 1929 in Florenz / Florence
† 15 September 2006 in Florenz / Florence