Commemoratives of Famous Women for 23 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.


28 birthdays and 16 days of death are related to today's date.

birthdays 23 September 2010

40. birthday: Ani di Franco
American singer-songwriter, producer
* 23 September 1970 in Buffalo, NY

155. birthday: Ellen Fries
Swedish historian
* 23 September 1855 in Rödsle
† 31 March 1900 in Stockholm

145. birthday: Emmuska Baroness Orczy
writer
* 23 September 1865 in Tarnaörs/ Ungarn
† 12 November 1947 in London

145. birthday: Suzanne Valadon
French painter
* 23 September 1865 in Bessines-sur-Gartempe (Haute-Vienne) bei/near Limoges
† 19 April 1938 in Paris

135. birthday: Hedwig Wangel
German actress; philanthropist
* 23 September 1875 in Berlin
† 9 March 1961 in Lohe b. Rendsburg

256. birthday: Anna Barbara von Stetten
German
* 23 September 1754 in Augsburg
† 19 February 1805 in Augsburg

227. birthday: Jane Taylor
English writer
* 23 September 1783 in London
† 13 April 1824 in Ongar

187. birthday: Grace Greenwood
American
* 23 September 1823 in Pompey, NY
† 20 April 1904 in New Rochelle, NY

177. birthday: Marie Blanc, geb. Hensel
German-French casino director (Monte Carlo) and philanthropist
* 23 September 1833 in Friedrichsdorf
† 25 July 1881 in auf Schloss Moutiers, Frankreich


Fembiography of Marie Blanc, geb. Hensel (German)

172. birthday: Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin
American feminist, entrepreneur, journalist
* 23 September 1838 in Homer, OH
† 10 June 1927 in Tewkesbury (Engl.)

171. birthday: Helen A. Shafer
American
* 23 September 1839 in Newark, NJ
† 20 January 1894 in Wellesley, Mass.

164. birthday: Vinnie Ream Hoxie
American
* 23 September 1846 in Madison, Wis.
† 20 November 1914 in ebd.

149. birthday: Adelheid von Bennigsen
German social reformer
* 23 September 1861 in Lüneburg
† 16 December 1938 in Hannover

147. birthday: Mary Eliza Church Terrell
American
* 23 September 1863 in Memphis
† 24 July 1954 in Annapolis, Md.

143. birthday: Draga Draga von Serbien

* 23 September 1867 in Gorni Milanovac
† 11 June 1903 in Belgrad

137. birthday: Salomea Kruszelnicka
singer
* 23 September 1873 in Bilavintsy b. Tarnapol (poln. Galizien)
† 14 November 1952 in Lemberg/ Ukraine

129. birthday: Carla Mann
German actress; sister of Julia, Thomas und Heinrich Mann
* 23 September 1881 in Lübeck
† 30 July 1910 in Polling in Obb.


Fembiography of Carla Mann (German)

111. birthday: Louise Nevelson
American sculptor
* 23 September 1899 in Kiew
† 17 April 1988 in New York


Fembiography of Louise Nevelson (German)

109. birthday: Ruth Andreas-Friedrich
German writer, member of the resistance
* 23 September 1901 in Berlin
† 17 September 1977 in Gauting b./n. München/Munich


Fembiography of Ruth Andreas-Friedrich (German)

108. birthday: Irmgard Pohl
German
* 23 September 1902 in Mülheim (Ruhr)

103. birthday: Dominique Aury (Ps. Pauline Réage)
French
* 23 September 1907 in Rochefort
† 30 April 1998 in Paris

103. birthday: Jarmila Novotná
Czech singer
* 23 September 1907 in Prag
† 9 February 1994 in New York City

101. birthday: BLANCHE Honegger-Moyse
Swiss
* 23 September 1909 in Genf / Geneva

98. birthday: Irena Pfeiffer
Polish composer, choir director
* 23 September 1912 in Stettin
† 6 July 1996 in Krakau

72. birthday: Maria Perschy
Austrian actress
* 23 September 1938 in Eisenstadt (Burgenland)
† 3 December 2004 in Wien / Vienna

72. birthday: Romy Schneider
Austrian-French actress
* 23 September 1938 in Wien/Vienna
† 29 May 1982 in Paris


Fembiography of Romy Schneider
Fembiography of Romy Schneider (German)

67. birthday: Gabi Dohm
Austrian-German actress
* 23 September 1943 in Salzburg

53. birthday: Suzanne von Borsody
German actress
* 23 September 1957

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days of death 23.09.2010

250. day of death: Elisabeth "Doris" Ritter
Prussian friend of Frederick the Great
* 21 March 1714 in Halle
† 23 September 1762 in Berlin

25. day of death: Maria Müller-Gögler
German writer
* 28 May 1900 in Leutkirch
† 23 September 1987 in Weingarten

70. day of death: Caroline van Deurs

* 28 October 1860 in Frederiksborg
† 23 September 1942 in Kopenhagen

115. day of death: Frances Elizabeth Cox
Scottish translator
* 10 May 1812 in Oxford
† 23 September 1897

477. day of death: Katharina von Schweden, Königin
Swedish queen
* 24 September 1513 in ""
† 23 September 1535 in Stockholm

232. day of death: Marie Anne Marquise du Deffand
French letter writer, salon hostess
* 25 December 1697 in Schloß Chamrond b./n. Macon
† 23 September 1780 in Paris


Fembiography of Marie Anne Marquise du Deffand (German)

204. day of death: Maria Elisabeth Josepha Erzherzogin von Österreich
Austrian abbess
* 13 August 1743 in Wien
† 23 September 1808 in Innsbruck

176. day of death: Maria Felicità Malibran
Spanish singer, composer
* 24 March 1808 in Paris
† 23 September 1836 in Manchester


Fembiography of Maria Felicità Malibran (German)

151. day of death: Therese Gräfin Brunswick
Austrian kindergarden pioneer; student and friend of Beethoven
* 27 July 1775 in Preßburg
† 23 September 1861 in Ofen (heute Budapest)

124. day of death: Geraldine Jewsbury
English writer
* 22 August 1812 in Measham
† 23 September 1888 in London

123. day of death: Eliza Cook
English poet
* 24 December 1818 in Southwark
† 23 September 1889 in Wimbledon

69. day of death: Elinor Glyn
English writer
* 17 October 1864 in Jersey
† 23 September 1943 in London

61. day of death: Annie Nathan Meyer
American
* 19 February 1867 in New York
† 23 September 1951 in ebd.

49. day of death: Margarethe Hardegger, verh. Faas
Swiss women"s rights pioneer
* 20 February 1882 in Bern
† 23 September 1963 in Minusio

21. day of death: Ingrid Schmidt-Harzbach
German historian, feminist, activist
* 17 November 1941
† 23 September 1991

18. day of death: Madeleine Renaud
French actress
* 21 February 1900 in Paris
† 23 September 1994 in Paris - Neuilly-sur-Seine

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