Commemoratives of Famous Women for 31 January 2012

75. birthday: Helke Sander
German director, writer, feminist
* 31 January 1937 in Berlin

140. birthday: Helene Christaller
German writer
* 31 January 1872 in Darmstadt
† 24 May 1953 in Jugenheim, Bergstraße

110. birthday: Tallulah Bankhead
American actress
* 31 January 1902 in Huntsville, AL
† 12 December 1968 in New York

110. birthday: Alva Myrdal
Swedish social reformer; Nobel laureate (peace, 1980)
* 31 January 1902 in Uppsala
† 1 February 1986 in Stockholm

115. birthday: Elena Liessner-Blomberg
Russian-German painter
* 31 January 1897 in Moskau
† 1 January 1978 in Berlin

115. birthday: Nabia Abbott
American
* 31 January 1897 in Mardin, Südost-Türkei
† 15 October 1981 in Chicago

256. birthday: Ernestine Voß
German wife Joh. Heinr. Voß
* 31 January 1756 in Meldorf, Holstein
† 10 March 1834 in Heidelberg

192. birthday: Concepción de Arenal
Spanish
* 31 January 1820 in El Ferrol
† 4 February 1893 in Vigo

189. birthday: Elise Polko
German
* 31 January 1823 in Dresden, Wackerbartsruhe b.
† 15 May 1899 in München

158. birthday: Marie Jaehner
German
* 31 January 1854 in Konkolewo (Provinz Posen)
† 29 October 1919 in Schweidnitz

136. birthday: Minna Bollmann
German
* 31 January 1876
† 28 December 1935

134. birthday: Lenore Kühn
German
* 31 January 1878 in Riga
† 21 October 1955 in Tutzing, Obb.

119. birthday: Freya Stark
English travel writer
* 31 January 1893 in Paris
† 9 May 1993 in Asolo, Italien

111. birthday: Marieluise Kaschnitz
German writer
* 31 January 1901 in Karlsruhe
† 10 October 1974 in Rom/Rome

107. birthday: Anna Blaman
Dutch writer
* 31 January 1905 in Rotterdam
† 13 July 1960 in Rotterdam

98. birthday: Marianne Mahlberg, verh. Reimbold
German
* 31 January 1914 in Köln / Cologne
† 18 April 1981 in Köln / Cologne

92. birthday: Benoîte Groult
French writer
* 31 January 1920 in Paris

91. birthday: Eva Maria Buch
German resistance fighter
* 31 January 1921
† 5 August 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee

83. birthday: Jean Simmons

* 31 January 1929 in London
† 22 January 2010 in Santa Monica, CA

74. birthday: Beatrix van Oranje-Nassau
Dutch queen
* 31 January 1938 in Schloß Soestdijk b. Baarn
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25. day of death: Waltraud Gebert-Deeg
South Tyrolean politician
* 9 December 1928 in Blumau, Südtirol
† 31 January 1988 in Bruneck, Südtirol

85. day of death: Flora Geisenheimer
German donor, philanthropist
* 18 April 1841 in Frankfurt/M.
† 31 January 1928 in Frankfurt/M.

35. day of death: Margit Angerer, eig. von Rupp
Hungarian singer
* 6 November 1902 in Budapest
† 31 January 1978 in ""

5. day of death: Eva Heller
German writer
* 8 April 1948 in Esslingen, Neckar
† 31 January 2008 in Frankfurt/M.

198. day of death: Karoline von Linsingen
German writer
* 27 November 1768 in Hannover
† 31 January 1815

193. day of death: Josepha Auernhammer
Austrian pianist, composer
* 25 September 1758 in Wien / Vienna
† 31 January 1820 in Wien / Vienna

139. day of death: Sophie Gräfin von Ségur
French-Russian writer
* 19 July 1799 in St. Petersburg
† 31 January 1874 in Paris

114. day of death: Elise Rüdiger
German writer
* 7 March 1812 in Eschwege
† 31 January 1899 in Berlin

87. day of death: Stella Rothschild
German writer
* 14 October 1840 in Randegg, Baden
† 31 January 1926 in Frankfurt/M.

78. day of death: Helene Glatzer
German
* 8 February 1902 in Weinböhla b. Dresden
† 31 January 1935 in Halle, Polizeigefängnis

76. day of death: Anna Bergström-Simonsson
Swedish
* 30 December 1853 in Persberg
† 31 January 1937 in Stockholm

63. day of death: Mira Munkh

* 11 November 1891 in Wien
† 31 January 1950 in Zürich

43. day of death: Marija Iwanowa Grubeschliewa
writer
* 13 June 1900 in Kjustendil
† 31 January 1970 in Sofia

38. day of death: Elsa Alsen
Polish-American singer
* 7 April 1880 in Obra, Polen
† 31 January 1975 in New York

38. day of death: Toti Dal Monte
Italian singer
* 27 June 1893 in Venedig / Mogliano Veneto
† 31 January 1975 in Pieve di Soligno (Prov. Treviso)

29. day of death: Ada Beatrice Bricktop
American
* 14 August 1894 in Alderson
† 31 January 1984 in New York

7. day of death: Moira Shearer
English dancer
* 17 January 1926 in Dunfermline
† 31 January 2006 in Oxford, England

6. day of death: Molly Tyler Ivins
American columnist
* 30 August 1944 in Kalifornien
† 31 January 2007 in Austin, TX