Commemoratives of Famous Women for 24 January 2012

150. birthday: Edith Wharton
American writer
* 24 January 1862 in New York
† 11 August 1937 in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt

120. birthday: Xenia Alexandrowna Bogouslawskaja
Russian painter
* 24 January 1892 in Nowgorod
† May 1973 in Paris

145. birthday: Katherine Mayo
American writer, journalist, feminist
* 24 January 1867 in Ridgway, PA
† 9 October 1940 in Bedford Hills

198. birthday: Helene Helene Herzogin von Orléans
German writer
* 24 January 1814 in Ludwigslust, Meckl.
† 18 May 1858 in Richmond, England

169. birthday: Franziska Tiburtius
German physician
* 24 January 1843 in Bidamitz auf Rügen
† 5 May 1927 in Berlin

166. birthday: Maria Amelie Ekman, Maria Amelie
Swedish
* 24 January 1846 in Stockholm
† 30 October 1915 in ebd.

162. birthday: Mary N. Murfree
American writer
* 24 January 1850 in Murfreesboro, TN
† 31 July 1922 in ebd.

154. birthday: Constance Caroline Woodhill Naden
English poet and philosopher
* 24 January 1858 in Birmingham (Edgbaston)
† 23 December 1889 in London

131. birthday: Elsa Wagner
German actress
* 24 January 1881 in Reval/Russl./ heuteTallin, Estl.
† 17 August 1975 in Berlin

127. birthday: Marjory Stephenson
English
* 24 January 1885
† 12 December 1948

124. birthday: Vicki Baum
Austrian writer
* 24 January 1888 in Wien / Vienna
† 29 August 1960 in Hollywood, CA

123. birthday: Kuni Tremel-Eggert
German writer
* 24 January 1889
† 15 April 1957

108. birthday: Berta Karlik
Austrian nuclear physicist
* 24 January 1904 in Wien
† 4 February 1990 in ebd.

103. birthday: Viktoria von Ballasko
Austrian actress
* 24 January 1909 in Wien
† 10 May 1976 in Berlin

101. birthday: Catherine L. Moore
American writer
* 24 January 1911 in Indianapolis, IN
† 4 April 1987 in Hollywood, CA

89. birthday: Santha Rama Rau
Indian writer
* 24 January 1923

87. birthday: Maria Tallchief
American
* 24 January 1925 in Fairfax, OK

69. birthday: Sharon Tate,
American actress
* 24 January 1943 in Houston, TX
† 9 August 1969 in Los Angeles, CA

51. birthday: Nastassja Kinski
German actress
* 24 January 1961 in Berlin

44. birthday: Mary Lou Retton

* 24 January 1968 in Fairmont, VW

65. day of death: Ellen Warren Scripps Booth
American philanthropist
* 10 July 1863 in Detroit
† 24 January 1948 in Cranbrook

55. day of death: Hedwig Bleibtreu
Austrian actress
* 23 December 1868 in Linz
† 24 January 1958 in Wien

154. day of death: Massima F. Rossellini Fantastici

* 8 June 1788 in Florenz
† 24 January 1859 in ebd.

119. day of death: Constance Fenimore Woolson
American writer
* 5 March 1840 in Claremont, NH
† 24 January 1894 in Venedig

89. day of death: Léontine-Marie Bordes-Pène
French
* 25 November 1858 in Lorient
† 24 January 1924 in Rouen

86. day of death: Jean Bertheroy (Ps.)
French writer
* 4 July 1868 in Bordeaux
† 24 January 1927 in Cannes

79. day of death: Clara Blüthgen
German
* 25 May 1856 in Halberstadt
† 24 January 1934 in Berlin

69. day of death: MARIA BARD
German actress
* 7 July 1900 in Schwerin
† 24 January 1944 in Potsdam

43. day of death: Caresse Crosby
American inventor; publisher of the "Lost Generation"
* 20 April 1892 in New York City
† 24 January 1970 in Rom

42. day of death: Martha Baird
American
* 15 March 1895 in Madera, CA
† 24 January 1971 in New York City

34. day of death: Hadley Hemingway
American
* 9 November 1891 in St. Louis
† 24 January 1979 in Lakeland, FL

26. day of death: Maria Schwauß
German
* 11 April 1889 in Bautzen
† 24 January 1987 in Dresden