Commemoratives of Famous Women for 28 February 2012

130. birthday: Geraldine Farrar
American singer
* 28 February 1882 in Melrose, MA
† 11 March 1967 in Ridgefield, CN

215. birthday: Mary Mason Lyon
American pedagogue; founder of Mount Holyoke College
* 28 February 1797 in Buckland, MA
† 5 March 1849 in Mt. Holyoke

165. birthday: Ida Janson
German
* 28 February 1847 in Kassel
† 5 October 1923 in Bremen

135. birthday: LuisePolitikerin (konservativ) Rist, geb. Freyler
German politician
* 28 February 1877 in Rottweil
† 10 September 1955 in ""

603. birthday: Elisabeth von Luxemburg
Bohemian queen
* 28 February 1409 in Prag
† 19 December 1442 in Györ / Ofen/ Buda

237. birthday: Sophie Tieck
German writer; only sister of Ludwig Tieck
* 28 February 1775 in Berlin
† 1 October 1833 in Reval

219. birthday: Duan Wang
Chinese poet, literary scholar, historian
* 28 February 1793 in Hangzhou, Provinz Zhejiang
† 1 February 1839 in Hangzhou, Provinz Zhejiang

204. birthday: Sybil Jones
American
* 28 February 1808 in Brunswick, ME
† 4 December 1873 in Dirigo

192. birthday: Elisabeth, genannt Rachel Félix
French actress
* 28 February 1820 in Mumpf, Kt. Aargau
† 3 January 1858 in Cannet, Südfr.

176. birthday: Luise Harriers-Wippern
German singer
* 28 February 1836 in Hildesheim
† 5 October 1878 in Görbersdorf in Schlesien

169. birthday: Anna Peters
German painter
* 28 February 1843 in Mannheim
† 26 June 1926 in Stuttgart-Sonnenberg b. Möhringen

169. birthday: Hermine Ridder
German educator
* 28 February 1843 in Lüben/Schlesien
† 10 February 1938 in Hannover

154. birthday: Hermine von Hillern
German writer
* 28 February 1858 in Freiburg/Br.
† 23 March 1924 in München

141. birthday: Isabel Irving
American actress
* 28 February 1871 in Bridgeport, CN

136. birthday: Nelly Merz
German singer
* 28 February 1876 in Frankfurt/M.

133. birthday: Maria Faßnauer
South Tyrolian show woman (freak shows); tallest woman of her time
* 28 February 1879 in Ridnaun/Südtirol
† 4 December 1917 in Ridnaun/Südtirol

126. birthday: Agnes Gierck, geb. Höhne
German resistance fighter
* 28 February 1886 in Weimar
† 1944 in Hamburg

117. birthday: Guiomar Novaes

* 28 February 1895 in Sao Joao da Boa Vista
† 7 March 1979 in Sao Paulo

102. birthday: Nydia Lamarque
Argentinian writer, lawyer
* 28 February 1910 in Buenos Aires
† "" in ""

78. birthday: Sylvia Geszty
Hungarian singer
* 28 February 1934 in Budapest

74. birthday: Erika Pluhar
Austrian actress, writer, singer-songwriter
* 28 February 1938 in Wien

100. day of death: Henrikke, gen. Dikken Zwilgmeyer
Norwegian writer
* 20 September 1853 in Trondheim
† 28 February 1913 in ebd.

25. day of death: Kylie Tennant
Australian writer
* 12 March 1912 in Manly, N.S.Wales, Austral.
† 28 February 1988 in Sydney

20. day of death: Ruby Keeler

* 25 August 1909 in Halifax, Kanada
† 28 February 1993 in Rancho Mirage, CA

105. day of death: Pauline Lucca
Austrian singer (soprano)
* 25 April 1841 in Wien
† 28 February 1908 in ebd.

85. day of death: Emerenz Meier
German writer
* 3 October 1874 in Schiefweg bei Waldkirchen, Nieder bayern (bayr. Wald)
† 28 February 1928 in Chicago

85. day of death: Amy Fay
American
* 21 May 1844 in Bayou Goula, Miss.
† 28 February 1928 in Watertown

164. day of death: Regina Josepha von Siebold
German midwife, nurse
* 14 December 1771 in Geismar im Eichsfeld
† 28 February 1849 in Darmstadt

119. day of death: Janet Monach Patey
singer (alto)
* 1 May 1842 in London
† 28 February 1894 in Sheffield

108. day of death: Jane L. Stanford
American
* 25 August 1825 in Albany
† 28 February 1905 in Honolulu

102. day of death: Ida Baccini
Italian writer, teacher
* 16 May 1851 in Florenz
† 28 February 1911 in Livorno

98. day of death: Anna Knittel, verh. Stainer
Austrian painter
* 28 July 1841 in Untergibeln/ Tirol
† 28 February 1915 in Wattens

89. day of death: Hanna Cordelia Ouchterlony
Swedish salvation army pioneer
* 14 September 1838 in Värnamo
† 28 February 1924 in Stockholm

27. day of death: Laura Z. Hobson
American writer
* 19 June 1900 in New York
† 28 February 1986 in ebd.

26. day of death: Anny Ondra
German actress
* 15 May 1902 in Tarnow, Woiwodschaft Krakau
† 28 February 1987 in Hamburg Hollenstedt

2. day of death: Annie Girardot
French actress
* 25 October 1931 in Paris
† 28 February 2011 in Paris

2. day of death: Janell Russell
American actress
* 21 June 1921 in Bemidji, MN
† 28 February 2011