Commemoratives of Famous Women for 16 January 2012

80. birthday: Dian Fossey
American zoologist, mountain gorilla expert, writer
* 16 January 1932 in San Francisco, CA
† 27 December 1985 in Virunga- Nationalpark, Ruanda

105. birthday: Irmingard von Freyberg
German
* 16 January 1907 in München
† 29 March 1985 in Würzburg

65. birthday: Juliet Berto
French actress, director, writer
* 16 January 1947 in Grenoble
† 10 January 1990 in Paris

271. birthday: Hester Thrale, verh. Piozzi
English
* 16 January 1741 in Bodvel
† 2 May 1821 in Clifton

208. birthday: Giuditta Sidoli Bellerio
Italian
* 16 January 1804 in Mailand
† 28 March 1871 in Turin

187. birthday: Virginia Clay-Clopton
American
* 16 January 1825 in Nash County, NC
† 23 June 1915 in Gurley, AL

157. birthday: Eleanor Marx
English politician, pacifist, yougest daughter of Jenny and Karl Marx
* 16 January 1855 in London, Soho
† 31 March 1898 in London

134. birthday: Johanne Reitze
German
* 16 January 1878 in Hamburg
† 22 February 1949 in ebd.

119. birthday: Daisy Kennedy

* 16 January 1893 in Burra-Burra b. Adelaide
† 30 July 1981 in London

114. birthday: Gerta Overbeck
German painter
* 16 January 1898 in Dortmund
† 2 March 1977 in Cappenberg bei/near Lünen, Westf.

111. birthday: Laura Riding
American
* 16 January 1901 in New York City
† 2 September 1991 in Sebastian, FL

104. birthday: Ethel Merman
American singer, actress
* 16 January 1908 in Astoria, Queens, N.Y.
† 15 February 1984 in New York

83. birthday: Marilyn Horne
American singer
* 16 January 1929 in Bradford, PA

79. birthday: Susan Sontag
American writer, critic, "public intellectual"
* 16 January 1933 in New York
† 28 December 2004 in New York City, Sloan Kettering Mem. Hosp.

77. birthday: Inger Christensen
Danish poet
* 16 January 1935 in Vejle
† 2 January 2009 in Kopenhagen / Copenhagen

71. birthday: Iris Gusner
German director
* 16 January 1941 in Trautenau (heute Trutnow, Tschechien)

53. birthday: Sade Adu
Nigerian-English singer
* 16 January 1959

70. day of death: Jane Avril

* 9 June 1868 in Belleville b. Paris
† 16 January 1943 in ""

185. day of death: Charlotte Buff-Kestner
German friend of Goethe; model of Werther"s Lotte
* 11 January 1753 in Wetzlar
† 16 January 1828 in Hannover

165. day of death: Evdokija Iljinisa Istomina
Russian
* 6 January 1799 in Petersburg
† 16 January 1848 in ebd.

45. day of death: Liselotte Richter
German
* 7 June 1906 in Berlin
† 16 January 1968

203. day of death: Jekaterina Daschkowa
Russian writer
* 28 March 1743 in Petersburg
† 16 January 1810 in Moskau

144. day of death: Julie Gräfin von Egloffstein
German painter
* 12 September 1792 in Hildesheim
† 16 January 1869 in Marienroda

86. day of death: Lili Dressler
German singer
* 11 February 1857 in Würzburg
† 16 January 1927 in München

78. day of death: Ma Barker
American
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† 16 January 1935

77. day of death: Annie Russell
American actress
* 12 January 1864 in Liverpool
† 16 January 1936 in Winter Park, FL

74. day of death: Helena Swanwick
English
* 1864 in München
† 16 January 1939 in London

71. day of death: Carole Lombard
American actress
* 6 October 1908 in Fort Wayne, IN
† 16 January 1942 in Las Vegas, NV

47. day of death: Margarete Susman
Swiss writer
* 14 October 1872 in Hamburg
† 16 January 1966 in Zürich

46. day of death: Marie Majerová

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

43. day of death: Philippine Schick,
German
* 9 February 1893 in Bonn
† 16 January 1970 in München

31. day of death: Astrid Berwald
Swedish pianist
* 8 September 1886 in Stockholm
† 16 January 1982 in Stockholm

26. day of death: Ilse Langner
German writer
* 21 May 1899 in Breslau
† 16 January 1987 in Darmstadt