Commemoratives of Famous Women for 31 October 2010

150. birthday: Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon Low

* 31 October 1860 in Savannah, GA
† 18 January 1927 in Savannah, GA

260. birthday: Leonor de Almeida de Portugal

* 31 October 1750 in Lissabon / Lisbon
† 11 October 1839 in Lissabon / Lisbon

190. birthday: Marie Bayer-Bürck
German actress
* 31 October 1820 in Prag
† 10 February 1910 in Dresden

60. birthday: Zaha Hadid
Iraqui architect
* 31 October 1950 in Bagdad

185. birthday: Catherine Helen Spence
Australian writer, preacher, feminist, activist: "Grand old woman of Australia"
* 31 October 1825 in Melrose, Schottland/Scotland
† 3 April 1910 in Norwood, Südaustralien

214. birthday: Ottilie von Goethe
German
* 31 October 1796 in Danzig
† 26 October 1872 in Weimar

167. birthday: Emilie de Morsier
Swiss
* 31 October 1843 in Genf, Vernier bei
† 13 January 1896 in Paris

158. birthday: Mary Wilkins Freeman
American writer
* 31 October 1852 in Randolph, MA
† 13 March 1930 in Metuchen, NJ

147. birthday: Alicia Adelaide Needham
Irish composer
* 31 October 1863 in Oldcastle, Grafschaft Meath
† 24 December 1945 in London

144. birthday: Eva von Tiele- Winckler
German
* 31 October 1866 in Schloß Miechowitz, Schlesien
† 21 July 1930 in ebd.

138. birthday: SOPHIE HAUSER
Swiss
* 31 October 1872 in Wädenswil
† 14 May 1945 in Bern

134. birthday: Natalie Clifford Barney
American salon hostess, writer
* 31 October 1876 in Dayton, OH
† 2 February 1972 in Paris

132. birthday: Eleonora De Cisneros
American singer
* 31 October 1878 in New York
† 3 February 1934 in ebd.

131. birthday: Sara Allgood
Irish actress
* 31 October 1879 in Dublin
† 13 September 1950 in Woodland

127. birthday: Marie Laurencin
French painter and graphic artist
* 31 October 1883 in Paris
† 8 June 1956 in ebd.

127. birthday: Margherita Moretti Maina
Swiss
* 31 October 1883 in Caslano (Tessin)
† 4 August 1953 in Como

122. birthday: Maria Szabo
Hungarian writer
* 31 October 1888 in Ottomany
† 24 June 1982

116. birthday: Anita Pollitzer
American
* 31 October 1894 in Charleston
† 3 July 1975 in Queens

114. birthday: Ethel Waters
American
* 31 October 1896 in Chester, Pa.
† 1 September 1977 in Chatsworth, CA

111. birthday: Nadeschda Mandelstam
Russian writer
* 31 October 1899 in Saratow
† 29 December 1980 in Moskau/Moscow

102. birthday: Ita Maximowna
Russian stage and costume designer, painter
* 31 October 1908 in Pskov
† 8 April 1988 in Berlin

99. birthday: Luise Ullrich
Austrian-German actress, writer
* 31 October 1911 in Wien
† 21 January 1985 in München / Munich

83. birthday: Lee Grant
American
* 31 October 1927 in New York, NY

68. birthday: Ginka (=Gisela) Steinwachs
German writer
* 31 October 1942 in Göttingen

58. birthday: Andrea Breth
German theater director
* 31 October 1952 in Darmstadt

32. birthday: Inka Grings
German soccer player
* 31 October 1978 in Düsseldorf

35. day of death: Eva Taylor
American
* 22 January 1895 in ""
† 31 October 1977 in ""

206. day of death: Sophie Mereau
German writer, botanist, translator
* 27 March 1770 in Altenburg
† 31 October 1806 in Heidelberg

91. day of death: Anna Ritter
German writer
* 23 February 1865 in Coburg
† 31 October 1921 in Marburg a.d. Lahn

68. day of death: Henriette Crosman
American actress
* 2 September 1861 in Wheeling
† 31 October 1944 in New York

64. day of death: Milly Steger
German sculptor
* 15 June 1881 in Moers, Rheinberg bei
† 31 October 1948 in Berlin

36. day of death: Eileen Gray
Irish designer and architect
* 9 August 1878 in Wexford County/ Irland, Familienhaus Brownswood b. Enniscorthy
† 31 October 1976 in Paris

28. day of death: Indira Gandhi
Indian politician; prime minister
* 19 November 1917 in Allahabad, Indien
† 31 October 1984 in Neu-Delhi