Commemoratives of Famous Women for 16 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.


22 birthdays and 23 days of death are related to today's date.

birthdays 16 September 2010

125. birthday: Karen Horney
German-American psychoanalyst, writer
* 16 September 1885 in Hamburg-Blankenese
† 4 December 1952 in New York, NY


Fembiography of Karen Horney (German)

75. birthday: Esther Vilar
German writer
* 16 September 1935 in Buenos Aires

390. birthday: Isabella Leonarda
Italian
* 16 September 1620 in Mailand, Novara bei
† 25 February 1704 in ebd.

190. birthday: Magdalena Montalban Comello
Italian
* 16 September 1820 in Conegliano
† 13 May 1861 in Venedig

261. birthday: Anna Füssli
Swiss
* 16 September 1749 in Zürich
† 24 February 1772 in ebd.

164. birthday: Marie Popelin
Belgian lawyer and women"s rights activist
* 16 September 1846 in Scharbeck, Belgien
† 5 June 1913

159. birthday: Emilia Pardo Bazan
Spanish writer
* 16 September 1851 in La Coruña
† 12 May 1921 in Madrid

148. birthday: HELENE SIMON
German politician
* 16 September 1862 in Düsseldorf
† 8 December 1947 in London

147. birthday: Sara Rein Horneman
Norwegian painter
* 16 September 1863 in Rissen
† 1960 in ""

143. birthday: Sofia Lazdynu Peléda
writer
* 16 September 1867 in Gutshof Paragiai bei Schaulen
† 15 March 1926 in ebd.

141. birthday: Maria Elisabeth Kuylenstierna-Wenster
Swedish writer
* 16 September 1869 in Nacka
† 13 February 1933 in Lund

123. birthday: Nadia Boulanger
French composition teacher, conductor, organist, composer
* 16 September 1887 in Paris
† 22 October 1979 in Paris


Fembiography of Nadia Boulanger (German)

122. birthday: Til Brugman
Dutch writer, translator
* 16 September 1888 in Amsterdam
† 24 July 1958 in Gouda


Fembiography of Til Brugman (German)

117. birthday: Hagar Olsson
writer
* 16 September 1893 in Kustavi
† 21 February 1978 in Helsinki

108. birthday: Mildred Harnack
German resistance fighter
* 16 September 1902 in Milwaukee, WI
† 16 February 1943 in Berlin- Plötzensee

108. birthday: Germaine Richier
French-Swiss sculptor
* 16 September 1902 in Grans b. Arles
† 31 July 1959 in Montpellier

107. birthday: Gwen Bristow
American writer
* 16 September 1903 in Marion, SC
† 17 August 1980 in New Orleans

94. birthday: Marie Vieux-Chauvet
Haitian writer
* 16 September 1916 in Port-au-Prince (Haïti)
† 19 June 1973 in New York City

86. birthday: Lauren Bacall (eig. Jean Perske)
American actress, writer
* 16 September 1924 in New York City

83. birthday: Sadako Ogata

* 16 September 1927 in Tokyo

74. birthday: Karin Huebner
German actress
* 16 September 1936 in Gera
† 18 July 2006 in München

34. birthday: Elina Garanca
Latvian singer (mezzo)
* 16 September 1976 in Riga

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days of death 16.09.2010

300. day of death: Catherine Bernard
French poet
* 24 August 1663 in Rouen
† 16 September 1712 in Paris

160. day of death: Therese von Bacheracht
German writer
* 4 July 1804 in Stuttgart
† 16 September 1852 in Tjilatjap/Java

20. day of death: Victoria Wolff
German-American writer
* 10 December 1903 in Heilbronn
† 16 September 1992 in Los Angeles

20. day of death: Ingeborg Capra-Teuffenbach
Austrian poet
* 1 October 1914 in Wolfsberg/Kärnten
† 16 September 1992 in Innsbruck

105. day of death: Sophie Junghans
German writer
* 3 December 1845 in Kassel
† 16 September 1907 in Hildburghausen

35. day of death: Cecil Leitch
English
* 13 April 1891
† 16 September 1977

35. day of death: Maria Callas
American-Greek singer
* 2 December 1923 in New York, NY
† 16 September 1977 in Paris


Fembiography of Maria Callas (German)

15. day of death: Helen Jepson
American singer
* 28 November 1906 in Tituswil
† 16 September 1997

429. day of death: Karin Jagellonica
Swedish
* 1 December 1526
† 16 September 1583

234. day of death: Petronella Melusine von der Schulenburg; Gräfin Walsingham
German-English noblewoman
* 1 April 1693 in Hannover
† 16 September 1778 in London

229. day of death: Felicitas Abt
German actress
* 18 November 1741 in Biberach
† 16 September 1783 in Bremen

102. day of death: Augusta Mary Wakefield
English
* 19 August 1853 in Sedgwick b. Kendal
† 16 September 1910 in Grange-over-Sands

89. day of death: Emilie Welti-Herzog

* 17 December 1859 in Ermatingen
† 16 September 1923 in Aarburg

88. day of death: AUGUSTE Bender
German
* 20 March 1846 in Ober schefflenz
† 16 September 1924 in Mosbach

84. day of death: Marie Stritt
German feminist, reciter
* 18 February 1855 in Schässburg/ Siebenbürgen
† 16 September 1928 in Dresden

83. day of death: Harriet Strong
American
* 23 July 1844 in Buffalo, NY
† 16 September 1929 in Whitthier, CA

66. day of death: Mamie Smith
American
* 26 May 1883 in Cincinnati, OH
† 16 September 1946 in Harlem

63. day of death: Hallie Quinn Brown
American
* 10 March 1850 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
† 16 September 1949 in Wilberforce

36. day of death: Bertha Lutz
Brasilian zoologist, feminist
* 2 August 1894 in Sao Paolo
† 16 September 1976 in Rio de Janeiro

29. day of death: Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles
American journalist, writer
* 24 August 1910 in Brattleboro
† 16 September 1983 in bei Biarritz

21. day of death: Olga Spessivtseva
Russian
* 18 July 1895 in Rostow
† 16 September 1991 in Nyack, NY

18. day of death: Dolly Haas
German-American actress, dancer
* 29 April 1910 in Hamburg
† 16 September 1994 in New York City

3. day of death: Mary Travers
American singer
* 1937
† 16 September 2009

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