Commemoratives of Famous Women for 16 April 2012

250. birthday: Anne-Geneviève Greuze
French
* 16 April 1762 in Paris
† 5 November 1842 in ebd.

150. birthday: Johanna (Hanna) Sofia Rönnberg
Finnish writer, painter
* 16 April 1862 in Tavastehus
† 9 October 1946

75. birthday: Colette Flesch
Luxembourg politician, fencer
* 16 April 1937 in Düdelingen (Dudelange)

95. birthday: Charlotte Salomon
German painter, poet
* 16 April 1917 in Berlin
† 12 October 1943 in Auschwitz

294. birthday: Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Italian mathematician, philanthropist
* 16 April 1718 in Mailand/Milan
† 9 January 1799 in Mailand/Milan

257. birthday: Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
French painter
* 16 April 1755 in Paris
† 30 March 1842 in Paris

242. birthday: Nina Aubigny von Engelbrunner
German
* 16 April 1770 in Kassel
† 29 January 1848 in Graz, auf d. Erklschlössl bei

132. birthday: Elsa Bland
Austrian singer
* 16 April 1880 in Wien / Vienna
† 27 September 1935 in Wien / Vienna

121. birthday: Dorothy P. Lathrop
American writer
* 16 April 1891 in Albany, New York
† 30 December 1980 in Falls Village, Connecticut

114. birthday: Lily Pons

* 16 April 1898 in Cannes o. Draguignan
† 13 February 1976 in Dallas

99. birthday: Constance Schacklock
German singer
* 16 April 1913 in Nottinghamshire
† 29 June 1999 in ""

81. birthday: Krista Keller
German actress
* 16 April 1931 in Hindenburg, Germany (now Zabrze, Poland)
† 9 October 1988 in München / Munich, Germany

77. birthday: Sarah Kirsch
German poet
* 16 April 1935 in Limlingerode/ Harz

73. birthday: Dusty Springfield
English singer
* 16 April 1939 in Hampstead, London
† 2 March 1999 in Henley-on-Thames o. London

72. birthday: Alexandrine Thorhildur Ingrid Margrethe
Danish queen
* 16 April 1940 in Kopenhagen

58. birthday: Sibylle Lewitscharoff
German writer
* 16 April 1954 in Stuttgart

41. birthday: Selena (Selena Quintanilla Perez)
American singer
* 16 April 1971 in Lake Jackson, TX
† 31 March 1995 in Corpus Christi,TX

55. day of death: Rosalind Franklin
English geologist (cristallographer), biophysicist, molecular biologist
* 25 July 1920 in London
† 16 April 1958 in London

45. day of death: Edna Ferber

* 15 August 1885 in Kalamazoo, MI
† 16 April 1968 in New York City

324. day of death: Aphra Behn
English writer
* 10 July 1640 in Wye/Kent
† 16 April 1689 in London

177. day of death: Adèle Marie Adélaïde Marquise de Souza-Botelho
French writer
* 14 May 1761 in Paris
† 16 April 1836 in ebd.

163. day of death: Marie Tussaud, geb. Großholtz
Swiss entrepreneur, wax modeler
* 12 December 1760 in Straßburg
† 16 April 1850 in London

143. day of death: Marie-Caroline Marie-Caroline, Herzogin von Berry

* 5 November 1798 in Palermo
† 16 April 1870 in Schloß Brunnsee (Steierm.)

134. day of death: Bernadette Soubirous
French nun, saint
* 17 February 1844 in Lourdes
† 16 April 1879 in Nevers

133. day of death: Thekla Knös
Swedish writer
* 17 June 1815 in Uppsala
† 16 April 1880 in Växjö

126. day of death: Gabriele von Bülow
German
* 28 May 1802 in Berlin
† 16 April 1887 in Berlin

94. day of death: Alexandrine Esterházy-Rossi
Austrian
* 10 June 1844 in Berlin
† 16 April 1919 in Wien

36. day of death: Ivy Litwinow
English-Russian writer, translator
* 4 June 1889 in London
† 16 April 1977 in England

34. day of death: Maria Caniglia
Italian singer
* 3 May 1905 in Neapel
† 16 April 1979 in Rom

33. day of death: Marie-Luise Scherer
German
* 24 June 1903 in Bremen
† 16 April 1980 in München, Straubing

32. day of death: Cécile Lauber
Swiss writer
* 13 July 1887 in Luzern / Lucerne
† 16 April 1981 in Luzern / Lucerne

23. day of death: Anne Philipe

* 1918
† 16 April 1990 in Paris

17. day of death: Madeleine Bourdouxhe
Belgian writer
* 25 September 1906 in Lüttich
† 16 April 1996 in Brüssel