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Commemoratives of Famous Women for 11 June 2006

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.

18 birthdays and 9 days of death are related to today's date.

birthdays 11 June 2006

130. birthday: Jeannette Pickering Rankin
American suffragist, congresswoman, pacifist
* 11 June 1880 in Missoula, MT
† 18 May 1973 in Carmel, CA

80. birthday: Ellen Schwiers
German actress, director, manager
* 11 June 1930 in Stettin

195. birthday: Julia Margaret Cameron
English pioneer of photograpy
* 11 June 1815 in Kalkutta/Calcutta, Indien/India
† 26 January 1879 in Kalutara, Ceylon

135. birthday: Addie D. Hunton
American
* 11 June 1875 in Norfolk, VA
† 21 June 1943 in Brooklyn

241. birthday: Anne Newport Royall
American
* 11 June 1769 in Baltimore n.
† 1 October 1854 in Washington, DC

173. birthday: Minna Kautsky
Austrian
* 11 June 1837 in Graz
† 20 December 1912 in Berlin- Friedenau

164. birthday: Anna Falk-Mehlig
German
* 11 June 1846 in Stuttgart
† 16 July 1928 in Berlin

163. birthday: Millicent Garrett Fawcett
English suffragist
* 11 June 1847 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk
† 5 August 1929 in London

Fembiography of Millicent Garrett Fawcett (German)

159. birthday: Mary Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward)
English writer
* 11 June 1851 in Hobart (Tasmanien)
† 24 March 1920 in London

148. birthday: Violet Florence Martin (Ps. Martin Ross)
writer
* 11 June 1862 in Ross House, Co. Galway (Irland)
† 21 December 1915 in Cork (Irland)

136. birthday: Margarethe Dessoff
German
* 11 June 1874 in Wien
† 27 November 1944 in ""

133. birthday: Renée Vivien
English-French poet
* 11 June 1877 in London
† 18 November 1909 in Paris

Fembiography of Renée Vivien (German)

129. birthday: Margarita Maria Gripenberg

* 11 June 1881 in Helsinki
† 28 July 1976 in Maarianhamina

111. birthday: Gabrielle Damedts

* 11 June 1899 in St. Baafs Vijve
† 6 September 2002 in Kortrijk

111. birthday: Helene Fleischer
German
* 11 June 1899 in Leumnitz b. Gera
† 26 June 1941 in Stadtroda

102. birthday: Alice Samter
German composer
* 11 June 1908 in Berlin
† 19 March 2004 in Berlin

Fembiography of Alice Samter (German)

98. birthday: Mary Lavin
writer
* 11 June 1912 in East Walpole
† 25 March 1996

74. birthday: Marianne Krüll
German
* 11 June 1936 in Berlin

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days of death 11.6.2006

110. day of death: Belle Boyd
American
* 9 May 1844 in Martinsburg, VA
† 11 June 1900 in Kilbourn, Wis.

119. day of death: Barbara Leigh Bodichon
English
* 8 April 1827 in Wathington (Sussex)
† 11 June 1891 in Scalands Gate

94. day of death: Jean Webster
American writer
* 24 July 1876 in Fredonia, NY
† 11 June 1916 in New York

92. day of death: Elise Prehn
German
* 9 August 1848 in Altona Hamburg
† 11 June 1918 in Kiel

78. day of death: Clementine Schuch-Proska
Austrian singer
* 12 February 1853 in Wien
† 11 June 1932 in Kötzschenbroda

77. day of death: Hildegard Burjan

* 30 January 1883 in Gablonz, Neiße
† 11 June 1933 in Wien?

32. day of death: Carola Oman
English
* 11 May 1897 in Oxford
† 11 June 1978

14. day of death: Brigitte Helm
German actress
* 17 March 1906 in Berlin
† 11 June 1996 in Ascona

12. day of death: Catherine Cookson
English writer
* 20 June 1906 in Tyne Dock, Durham
† 11 June 1998 in Jesmond Dene bei Newcastle-upon-Tyne