Commemoratives of Famous Women for 23 January 2012

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.


27 birthdays and 14 days of death are related to today's date.

birthdays 23 January 2012

25. birthday: Louisa Nécib
French
* 23 January 1987 in Marseille

115. birthday: Margarete (Grete) Schütte-Lihotzky
Austrian architect
* 23 January 1897 in Wien / Vienna
† 18 January 2000 in Wien / Vienna

65. birthday: Sukarnoputri Megawati

* 23 January 1947

65. birthday: Megawati Sukarnoputri

* 23 January 1947 in Jogjakarta, Indonesia

427. birthday: Mary Ward
English education reformer, founder
* 23 January 1585 in Mulwith (Kent)
† 30 January 1645 in Hewarth bei/near York


Fembiography of Mary Ward (German)

324. birthday: Ulrike Eleonore Ulrike Eleonore, Königin von Schweden

* 23 January 1688 in Stockholm (Kopenhagen?)
† 24 November 1741 in ebd.

199. birthday: Camilla Collett
Norwegian writer, pioneer of the women"s movement
* 23 January 1813 in Kristiansand
† 6 March 1895 in Kristiania (=Oslo)


Fembiography of Camilla Collett (German)

188. birthday: Auguste Scheibe
German
* 23 January 1824 in Dresden
† February 1898 in Dresden

182. birthday: ANTONIE BIEL
German painter
* 23 January 1830 in Stralsund
† 2 April 1880 in Berlin

162. birthday: Antoinette Sterling
American
* 23 January 1850 in Sterlingville
† 9 January 1904 in Hampstead (Engl.)

154. birthday: Lisa Wenger
Swiss writer
* 23 January 1858 in Bern
† 17 October 1941 in Carona b. Lugano

151. birthday: Katharine Tynan
writer
* 23 January 1861 in Clondalkin (Dublin)
† 2 April 1931 in Wimbledon o London-Merton

129. birthday: Gertrud Kraut
German designer
* 23 January 1883 in Straßburg
† 26 December 1980 in Kloster Marienwerder b. Hannover

123. birthday: Claribel Kendall

* 23 January 1889 in Denver
† 17 April 1965 in Boulder

117. birthday: Rösy von Känel
Swiss writer
* 23 January 1895 in Aarau
† 12 January 1953 in Zürich

116. birthday: CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE VON LUXEMBURG

* 23 January 1896 in Schloß Berg (Luxemburg)
† 9 July 1985 in Schloß Fischbach

114. birthday: Freda Utley
English
* 23 January 1898 in London

112. birthday: Maria Veronika Rubatscher
Austrian writer
* 23 January 1900 in Innsbruck, Hall bei
† 1 September 1987 in Brixen

101. birthday: Anna Maria Jokl
Austrian writer
* 23 January 1911 in Wien
† 21 October 2001 in Jerusalem

98. birthday: Pina Carmirelli
Italian violinist
* 23 January 1914 in Mailand
† 27 February 1993 in Carpena

97. birthday: Herma Bauma
Austrian athlete
* 23 January 1915 in Wien

94. birthday: Gertrude Belle Elion
American pharmacologist, biochemist, Nobel laureate (1988, medicine)
* 23 January 1918 in New York City
† 21 February 1999 in  


Fembiography of Gertrude Belle Elion (German)

91. birthday: Marija Gimbutas
Lithuanian-American prehistorian, acheologist, ethnologist
* 23 January 1921 in Vilnius, Litauen
† 2 February 1994 in Los Angeles, CA

84. birthday: Jeanne Moreau
French actress, director
* 23 January 1928 in Paris
† Ê in  

81. birthday: Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner
German politician
* 23 January 1931 in München / Munich
† 29 May 2008 in München / Munich

77. birthday: Marlene Stenten
German writer
* 23 January 1935 in Aachen

76. birthday: Cécile Ousset
French
* 23 January 1936 in Tarbes

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days of death 23.01.2012

260. day of death: Anne-Louise-Bénédicte Anne-Louise-Bénédicte, Herzogin von Maine
French
* 8 November 1676 in Paris
† 23 January 1753 in ebd.

185. day of death: Mary Randolph
American author of cookbooks
* 9 August 1762 in Virginia ? Idaho?
† 23 January 1828 in Washington, DC

127. day of death: Karoline Lebrun
German actress
* 28 April 1800 in Hamburg
† 23 January 1886 in ebd.

98. day of death: Anne Whitney
American sculptor, poet
* 2 September 1821 in Watertown, MA
† 23 January 1915 in Boston, MA

86. day of death: Hilma Kristina Angered-Strandberg
Swedish writer
* 10 June 1855 in Stockholm
† 23 January 1927 in Stockholm

82. day of death: Anna Pawlowa
Russian dancer
* 12 February 1881 in Petersburg
† 23 January 1931 in Den Haag


Fembiography of Anna Pawlowa (German)

81. day of death: Marion Phillips
English-Australian economist
* 29 October 1881 in Melbourne
† 23 January 1932 in London

79. day of death: Hedwig Heyl
German politician, writer
* 5 May 1850 in Bremen
† 23 January 1934 in Berlin


Fembiography of Hedwig Heyl (German)

77. day of death: Dame Clara Butt
English singer (alto)
* 1 February 1873 in Southwick
† 23 January 1936 in Worthsloke, Oxford

53. day of death: Ruth Suckow
American writer
* 6 August 1892 in Howarden (Iowa)
† 23 January 1960 in Tuscon, Ar.

47. day of death: Jo van Ammers-Küller
writer
* 13 August 1884 in Noordeloos
† 23 January 1966 in Bakel

42. day of death: Annie Francé-Harrar
Austrian
* 2 December 1886 in München
† 23 January 1971 in Hallein/Östr.

41. day of death: Mabel Smith
American
* 1 May 1924
† 23 January 1972

33. day of death: Lil Dagover
German actress
* 30 September 1887 in Maduen/ Java
† 23 January 1980 in München

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