Marie Thérèse
French royal & eldest child of Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI, born in 1778. Queen of France for 20 minutes.
Henri Cochet
French tennis player born in 1901. Ranked No. 1 in the world & member of the famous “Four Musketeers”.
Pope John XXIII
Italian head of the Catholic Church & sovereign of the Vatican State born in 1881. Known as the “Good Pope”.
Henri Vidal
French film actor born in 1919. Discovered by Edith Piaf & went on to appear in 36 films between 1941-1959.
Marie-Anne de Bovet
French feminist & anti-Semitic writer, literary critic, & explorer born in 1855.
Anton Webern
Austrian composer & conductor, born in 1883, & known for his innovations in schematic organization.
Claude Levi-Strauss
French anthropologist & ethnologist, born in 1908, & known as the “father of modern anthropology”.
Lillian Russell
American actress & singer born in 1860. One of the most famous of the late 19th & early 20th centuries.
Charles Starkweather
American spree killer born in 1938. Murdered 11 people when he was 19 years old.
Osho
Indian godman & mystic born in 1931. Founder of the Rajneesh movement & known as the “sex guru”.