Commemoratives of Famous Women for 16 February 2012

125. birthday: Margarethe Voigt-Schweikert
German composer, violinist
* 16 February 1887 in Karlsruhe
† 13 March 1957 in Karlsruhe

240. birthday: Johanna Veronica Franul von Weißenthurn
German
* 16 February 1772 in Koblenz
† 17 May 1847 in Hietzing b. Wien

160. birthday: Minna Lammert
German singer
* 16 February 1852 in Sondershausen
† 1921 in Berlin

120. birthday: Sara Cesar
Argentinian singer
* 16 February 1892 in Buenos Aires
† 25 June 1984 in Buenos Aires

418. birthday: Juliana Morell

* 16 February 1594 in Barcelona
† 26 June 1653 in Avignon

226. birthday: Maria Pawlowna
German philanthropist, artist
* 16 February 1786 in Schloss Gatschina  b. St. Petersburg
† 23 June 1859 in Schloss Belvedere b. Weimar

183. birthday: Helene von Hülsen
German writer
* 16 February 1829 in Teltow, Blankenfelde b. (Mark Brdbg.)
† 8 May 1892 in Berlin

179. birthday: Pierette Ignace Pingaud Favart, gen. Maria F.
French actress
* 16 February 1833 in Beaune
† 11 November 1908 in Paris

178. birthday: Salesia Strickler
Swiss philanthropist
* 16 February 1834 in Menzingen
† 17 May 1898 in Menzingen

142. birthday: Leonora O'Reilly
American
* 16 February 1870 in New York
† 3 April 1927 in Brooklyn

129. birthday: Anna Klein
German painter
* 16 February 1883 in Nürnberg
† November 1941 in Kowno, Litauen (erschossen)

129. birthday: Ada Lessing
German educator
* 16 February 1883 in Hannover
† 10 November 1953 in Hameln

123. birthday: Ida Orloff (eig. IDA MARGARETHE WEISSBECK)
German actress
* 16 February 1889 in St. Petersburg
† 9 April 1945 in Tullnerbach bei/near Wien/Vienna

114. birthday: Henrica Judith van Nijnatten-Doffegnies
writer
* 16 February 1898 in Diepenveen

103. birthday: Sophie Dorothee Gräfin Podewils
German writer
* 16 February 1909 in Bamberg
† 5 October 1979 in Starnberg

101. birthday: Agnes Kraus
German actress
* 16 February 1911 in Berlin
† 2 May 1995 in Berlin

89. birthday: Anneliese Schimke
German president of the German Association of Housewives
* 16 February 1923 in Zwickau/Schl.

83. birthday: Inge Brandenburg
German jazz singer
* 16 February 1929 in Leipzig
† 23 February 1999 in München

73. birthday: Marita Napier
South African soccer player
* 16 February 1939 in Johannesburg
† 10 April 2004 in Kapstadt (Südafrika)

57. birthday: Margaux Hemingway
American
* 16 February 1955 in Portland/Oregon
† 2 July 1996 in Santa Monica, CA

39. birthday: Cathy Freeman
Australian sprinter
* 16 February 1973 in Mackay, Queen.

70. day of death: Mildred Harnack
German resistance fighter
* 16 September 1902 in Milwaukee, WI
† 16 February 1943 in Berlin- Plötzensee

70. day of death: Adele Lewing
German pianist, composer, music teacher
* 6 August 1866 in Hannover
† 16 February 1943 in New York

30. day of death: Kazimierza Illakowiczowna

* 19 August 1892 in Wilna
† 16 February 1983 in Posen

285. day of death: Maria Aurora Gräfin von Königsmarck
German-Swedish noblewoman, mistress
* 28 April 1662 in Schloß Agathenburg bei Stade
† 16 February 1728 in Quedlinburg

15. day of death: Marie-Louise von Franz

* 4 January 1915 in München
† 16 February 1998 in Küsnacht

212. day of death: Philippine Charlotte Philippine Charlotte von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
German composer
* 13 March 1716 in Berlin
† 16 February 1801 in Braunschweig?

131. day of death: Hermine Rudersdorff
Russian
* 12 December 1822 in Ivanovskij (Ukraine)
† 16 February 1882 in Boston

102. day of death: Agnes Günther
German writer
* 21 July 1863 in Stuttgart
† 16 February 1911 in Marburg / Lahn

59. day of death: Margarete zur Bentlage
German writer
* 24 March 1891 in Hof Bentlage in Wierup bei Menslage/ Emslande
† 16 February 1954 in Garmisch

36. day of death: Rózsa Péter
Hungarian mathematician, logician, founder of thentheory of recursive functions
* 17 February 1905 in Budapest
† 16 February 1977 in Budapest

28. day of death: Marian Engel
Canadian writer
* 24 May 1933 in Toronto (Ontario)
† 16 February 1985 in Toronto

24. day of death: Ida Ehre, verh. Heyde
German theater director, actress, director
* 9 July 1900 in Prerau, Mähren/Östr. (heute Tschechosl.)
† 16 February 1989 in Hamburg

21. day of death: Angela Carter
English writer
* 7 May 1940 in Eastbourne, Sussex
† 16 February 1992 in London

17. day of death: Eleanor Clark
American writer
* 6 July 1913 in Los Angeles, CA
† 16 February 1996 in Boston, MA

16. day of death: Chien Shiung Wu
Chinese-American
* 31 May 1913 in Liuhe bei Shanghai
† 16 February 1997 in New York

13. day of death: Ellinor von der Heyde-Dohrn
German organist, musicologist
* 23 February 1905 in Kassel
† 16 February 2000 in Hannover

12. day of death: Helen Vita (eig. Helene Vita Elisabeth Reichel)
German actress
* 7 August 1928 in Hohenschwangau
† 16 February 2001 in Berlin