Category: Birth Locations

343) Marsha P Johnson

Courtesy of USA Today

343: Marsha P Johnson

Transwoman and LGBT+ Activist From The 1960’s to The 1990’s in New York City

Born: 24 August 1945, Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America

Died: 6 July 1992, Greenwich Village, New York, United States of America

Marsha was also an HIV/AIDS Awareness and Education Advocate.

Today she is most remembered for her participation in the Stonewall Riots, which are largely seen as the beginning of the public’s participation and recognition of the fight for LGBT+ Rights, especially for those in the Trans community.

Marsha’s body was found floating in the Hudson River after the 1992 Pride Parade and the NYPD ruled it a suicide—however support from friends and fans got the NYPD to reopen the case in 2012 as a possible homicide—the case remains open.

Netflix released a documentary about her case, which is narrated and spearheaded by a fellow Trans activist who knew Marsha when she was alive. You can view the trailer to the left.

In 2019, New York announced Marsha would be honored alongside fellow activist Sylvia Rivera with a permanent monument in Greenwich Village, just down the street from the Stonewall Inn.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Rejected Princess

Located In My Personal Library:

Tough Mothers by Jason Porath

Time Magazine's 100 Women of the Year (Marsha appears in the 1969 article, "Marsha P. Johnson”)

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/arts/transgender-monument-stonewall.html

https://www.biography.com/activist/marsha-p-johnson

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141775212/marsha-p-johnson

342) Catterina Vizzani

Courtesy of Wikipedia

342: Catterina Vizzani

Italian Woman Who Disguised Herself as a Man

Born: c.1718, Rome, Italy

Died: 1743, Italy

Alternate Name: Giovanni Bordoni

Catterina was known in her time for seducing and having affairs with multiple women (and remember, most still thought she was a man at the time).

She ended up seducing the daughter of a vicar and tried to take the girl to Rome to be married. They were caught and Catherine (as she’s also been called) was wounded—she eventually died from her wounds.

On her deathbed she told a nun of her true gender and was buried in women’s clothing and celebrated as a woman who died for her virginity (which is confusing seeing as she was known for having affairs with other women, but in any case…)

The surgeon who inspected her body after she died ended up writing a book about her life which was translated to English in 1751—the first known English writing studying female homosexuality. You can purchase the book on Amazon, linked below.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Located In My Personal Library:

History’s Naughty Bits by Karen Dolby

Link To Purchase the Primary Source Book: https://www.amazon.com/dissertat-Catherine-containing-adventures-existence/dp/1170991882/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=catherine+vizzani&qid=1571682097&sr=8-1

Sources:

https://www.alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-34d-true-history-catharina-vizzani-reprise

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199980433/catterina-vizzani

Entries Born in Senegal

These are the People born in the country of Senegal, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map, or a person born in that region before Senegal came to be.

Entries:

  1. Anna Kingsley, From Jolof Princess to Slave to Plantation Overseer
  2. Khoudia Diop, Model and Activist
  3. Phillis Wheatley, The First Published African American Female Poet

341) Phillis Wheatley

Courtesy of Biography

341: Phillis Wheatley

The First Published African American Female Poet

Born: c.1753, Senegal (Or Gambia, The Exact Location is Disputed)

Died: 5 December 1784, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Phillis was a slave and simultaneously one of the best-known poets of her time, writing around 145 poems in her lifetime.

After being purchased to work as a domestic slave, her mistress realized just how bright Phillis was, and while not actually freeing her from all of her duties, had her educated in the classics and taught her to read and write.

She was eventually freed and watched her entire family (the people who had owned her) die in quick succession. With her newfound freedom, Phillis married a free black man with entrepreneurial hopes, despite misgivings from her friends.

Phillis died alone at the young age of around thirty-one; her husband was in debtor’s prison at the time and their three children died before her (with one source claiming she died from complications of childbirth).

Phillis’s works were used by abolitionists as proof that people of African descent could be artistic and intellectual (and therefore should not be held in bondage).

Phillis is also credited with being the first to claim the United States as Columbia; a nickname often used throughout history--whether it be the Columbia expedition or the large masted ship at Disneyland today.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Located In My Personal Library:

Revolutionary Women by Peter Pauper Press

Revolutionary Mothers by Carol Berkin

Women Heroes of the Revolution by Susan M Casey

Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts

Poems of Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots by Bill O'Reilly and David Fisher

America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins

Sources:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/phillis-wheatley

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6643184/phillis-wheatley

Entries Born in Vietnam

These are the People born in the country of Vietnam, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map, or a person born in that region before Vietnam came to be.

Entries:

  1. Ruan An, Eunuch Who Designed China's Forbidden City
  2. Stephanie Murphy, Member of the US House of Representatives
  3. Thích Quảng Đức, Buddhist Monk Who Committed Self Immolation to Protest the Vietnam War
  4. Lady Triệu, Vietnamese Rebel Leader
  5. Trưng Nhị, Vietnamese Rebel Leader and Queen
  6. Trưng Trắc, Vietnamese Rebel Leader and Queen

Entries Born in the United Kingdom

These are the People born in the countries that make up the United Kingdom, whether it be the modern countries as we see them on the map, or a person born in that region before the United Kingdom came to be. For those unaware, the United Kingdom currently encompasses: England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and Northern Ireland. I have separated the entries below under a heading for each country.

The Channel Islands:

  1. Lillie Langtry, The Scandalous State Actress (Jersey Island)

England:

  1. Ada Lovelace, The Computer Programmer Who Lived 100 Years Before the Invention of the Computer
  2. Agnes Howard, Step-Grandmother to Two English Queens
  3. Agnes Waterhouse, Executed Witch
  4. Alan Turing, The Man Who Invented the Modern Computer System
  5. Alice Liddell Hargreaves, The Inspiration Behind Alice in Wonderland
  6. Alice Perrers, Mistress to Edward III
  7. Amanda Foreman, Historian, Author, and Documentarian
  8. Amy Robsart Dudley, Her Unsolved Death Remains a Mystery 450 Years Later
  9. Angela Lansbury, Academy Award Winning Actress
  10. Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue
  11. Anne Askew, Protestant Martyr
  12. Anne Boleyn, English Queen and the Second of Henry VIII's Wives
  13. Anne Bradstreet, Colonial Poet
  14. Anne Brontë, Author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
  15. Anne Hutchinson, Puritan Rule Breaker
  16. Anne Neville, Queen Consort of England
  17. Sir Arthur H Rostron, Captain of the RMS Carpathia the Night Titanic Sank
  18. Barbara Villiers Palmer, Mistress to Charles II
  19. Sir Barnes Wallis, The Inventor of the Bouncing Bomb
  20. Beatrice Shilling, Aeronautical Engineer
  21. Benjamin Lay, The Vegan, Dwarf, Ex-Quaker, Abolitionist
  22. Ben Thompson, Gunslinger
  23. Bessie Blount, Mistress to Henry VIII
  24. Bettany Hughes, Documentarian and Historian
  25. Flight Lieutenant Bill Goldfinch, Attempted to Escape Confinement in a Castle By Building a Glider
  26. Boudica, Queen Who Burned Ancient London to the Ground
  27. Camilla, HRH The Queen Consort
  28. Cartismandua, Queen of the Brigantes
  29. Catherine Howard, English Queen and the Fifth Wife of Henry VIII
  30. Catherine, HRH The Princess of Wales
  31. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Astronomer Who Discovered What Makes the Universe
  32. Charles Joughin, Titanic's Inebriated Chief Baker
  33. Charlotte Badger, Pirate
  34. Charlotte Brontë, Author of Jane Eyre
  35. Charlotte Cooper Sterry, Five-Time Wimbledon Title Holder & Olympic Athlete
  36. Cher Ami, Carrier Pigeon who Saved the Lost Battalion in World War I
  37. Clare Hollingworth, Pioneering Journalist
  38. Clementine Churchill, So Much More Than Winston's Wife
  39. Constance Kent, Murderess
  40. Constance Markievicz, The First Woman Elected to UK Parliament and Irish Nationalist
  41. Daisy Ashford, The Nine-Year-Old Novelist
  42. Daisy Hilton, Conjoined Twin & Vaudeville Performer
  43. Diana Spencer, the People's Princess
  44. Dora DuFran, Successful Madam and Saloon Owner
  45. Dorothy Garrod, First Woman to Hold an Oxford and Cambridge Chair; Archaeologist
  46. Edith Garrud, The Original Teacher of Suffrajitsu
  47. Eileen Nearne, SOE Agent During World War II
  48. Eliza Cook, Poet and Political Reformist
  49. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poet
  50. Elizabeth Blackwell, The First Woman to Earn a Medical Degree From an American School
  51. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, The First Woman to Become a Medical Doctor in Great Britain
  52. Elizabeth I, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
  53. Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
  54. Elizabeth Rawdon, The First Person to Undertake a Scientific Study of a Bog Body
  55. Elizabeth Taylor, Actress and Humanitarian
  56. Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of England
  57. Emily Brontë, Author of Wuthering Heights
  58. Emily Mather, Murder Victim
  59. Eva Hart, Titanic Survivor
  60. Flinders Petrie, Pioneer of Systematic Methodology in Archaeology
  61. Frances Berkeley, Wife of Three Colonial Governors
  62. Frances Burney, Satirical Novelist
  63. Frances Griffiths, Subject of the Cottingley Fairies Photographs
  64. George Eliot, Novelist
  65. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
  66. Gertrude Bell, Helped Found Modern-day Iraq
  67. Godiva, Countess of Mercia, Legendary Defender of the Poor
  68. Hannah Snell, Soldier and Sailor
  69. Harnaam Kaur, The Bearded Lady and Activist
  70. Harry Burton, The Man Who Photographed 1920's Egypt
  71. Hertha Ayrton, Inventor and Electrical Engineer
  72. Hester Stanhope, The Queen of the East
  73. Isabella Bird Bishop, Travel Writer and Naturalist
  74. Jane Austen, Novelist
  75. Jane Dickenson, Indentured Servant and Captive of the Pamunkey Tribe
  76. Jane Franklin, Sponsor of Several Arctic Expeditions in the Hopes of Finding Her Missing Husband
  77. Jane Goodall, Primatologist
  78. Jane Grey, English Queen for All of Nine Days
  79. Jane Seymour, English Queen and the Third Wife of Henry VIII
  80. Jane Sharp, Midwife
  81. Janet Parker, The Last Victim of Smallpox
  82. Jean Paul, Advocate for the Indigenous People of Canada
  83. Joan Beauchamp Procter, Herpetologist and Zoologist
  84. Joan Lee, Model, Author, Actress, and Wife of Stan the Man
  85. John Harington, Inventor of the Flushing Toilet
  86. Joseph Lister, Pioneer in Antiseptic Medical Practices
  87. Julie Andrews, Academy Award Winning Actress
  88. Katherine Parr, English Queen and the Sixth Wife of Henry VIII
  89. Kathleen Kenyon, Archaeologist Remembered for Excavating Jericho
  90. Kathryn Beaumont, Voice Actress and Disney Legend
  91. Maggie Smith, Actress
  92. Margaret Brent, The First Woman in the American Colonies to Appear Before a Court of Common Law
  93. Margaret Pole, Once a Traitor Now a Martyr
  94. Margaret Thatcher, The First Female Prime Minister of Great Britain
  95. Marjorie Collyer Dutton, Titanic Survivor
  96. Mary Anne Talbot, Fought in the French Revolution Dressed as a Man
  97. Mary Bankes, Defended Corfe Castle During the English Civil War
  98. Mary Barrett Dyer, One of America's First Religious Martyrs
  99. Mary Boleyn, Mistress of Henry VIII
  100. Mary I, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Known as "Bloody Mary"
  101. Mary Frith, aka Moll Cutpurse
  102. Mary Leakey, Paleoanthropologist
  103. Mary Pearcey, Murderess
  104. Mary Rowlandson, Kidnapping Victim who Later Wrote About Her Experience
  105. Mary Toft, Convinced the General Public She Gave Birth to Rabbits
  106. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Feminist Author
  107. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Author of Frankenstein
  108. Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of England
  109. Meredith Kercher, College Student Remembered for her Tragic Murder
  110. Millicent Fawcett, Suffragette
  111. Millvina Dean, The Last Living Survivor of Titanic
  112. Nell Gwyn, Mistress to Charles II
  113. Nicholas Winton, The Man Who Organized the Kindertransport
  114. Nick D'Aloisio, At the age of 18 he sold his startup company for $30 Million
  115. Percy Newberry, Egyptologist
  116. Polly Nichols, The First of Five Women Confirmed to Have Been Killed by Jack the Ripper
  117. Rachel Weisz, Academy Award Winning Actress
  118. Rebecca Nurse, Salem Witch
  119. Rhoda Abbott, The Only Female Titanic Survivor to be Pulled From the Water
  120. Rosalind Franklin, The Woman Who Discovered DNA
  121. Theresa May, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  122. Thomasine Cooper White, Stop Calling Her the Butcher!!
  123. Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
  124. Violet Hilton, Conjoined Twin & Vaudeville Performer
  125. Wallace Hartley, Titanic's Band Leader
  126. William Coutts Jr, Titanic Survivor

Northern Ireland:

  1. Bridget Driscoll, First Person to Be Killed by an Automobile in the United Kingdom *Note, Her Place of Birth is Listed as "Ireland" in numerous sources, so I have listed her here and under the Republic of Ireland to Cover My Bases
  2. Catherine O'Leary, Life Ruined by the Implication She had Started the Great Chicago Fire *Note, Her Place of Birth is Listed as "Ireland" in numerous sources, so I have listed her here and under Northern Ireland to Cover My Bases
  3. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Astrophysicist Who Discovered Pulsars
  4. John Collins, Titanic Survivor
  5. Josephine Hensley, Influential Landowner in America's Wild West *Note, Her Place of Birth is Listed as "Ireland" in numerous sources, so I have listed her here and under the Republic of Ireland to Cover My Bases
  6. Margaret Heffernan Borland, One of the First Female Cattle Drivers in the United States *Note, Her Place of Birth is Listed as "Ireland" in numerous sources, so I have listed her here and under the Republic of Ireland to Cover My Bases
  7. Mary Mallon, "Typhoid Mary"
  8. Samuel Scott, Titanic's First Victim

Scotland:

  1. Agnes Randolph, Heroine of Scotland & Defender of Dunbar Castle
  2. Francis Bannerman VI, The Man Who Transformed an Abandoned Island into a Junk Metal Castle
  3. Gillis Duncan, North Berwick Witch
  4. Gruoch ingen Boite, The First Known Queen of Scotland
  5. James Clerk Maxwell, Mathematical Physicist Whose Work Paved the Way for Einstein and Many Others
  6. Jane Haining, Missionary and One of Ten Confirmed Scotsmen to Have Died in a Nazi Concentration Camp
  7. Marie Stopes, Eugenicist and Birth Control Pioneer
  8. Mary Fairfax Somerville, Pioneering Astronomer and Mathematician
  9. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
  10. Robertha Watt Marshall, Titanic Survivor
  11. Susan Boyle, Singer and International Sensation
  12. Timothy O'Sullivan, The Man Who Photographed the War Between the States
  13. Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming, She Literally Helped "Rewrite the Stars"

Wales:

  1. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Actress
  2. Peg Entwistle, Actress Who Committed Suicide Off the Hollywoodland Sign
  3. T.E. Lawrence, The Real Lawrence of Arabia

Entries Born in Ukraine

These are the People born in the country of Ukraine, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map, or a person born in that region before Ukraine came to be. And while tensions in the Crimean Peninsula are...tense...to say the least, at this moment, I have included those born in the Peninsula as a part of Ukraine, but that could change.

Entries:

  1. Fanya Kaplan, Tried to Assassinate Vladimir Lenin
  2. Hürrem Sultan, aka Roxelana, Wife of Süleyman the Magnificent
  3. Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Deadliest Female Sniper in History
  4. SSGT Mariya Oktyabrskaya, The Woman Who Built and Operated Fighting Girlfriend (A Tank)
  5. Nadezhda Popova, Night Witch and Pilot During World War II
  6. Simon Wiesenthal, The Nazi Hunter
  7. Turhan Hatice Sultan, Regent of the Ottoman Empire

Entries Born in Sri Lanka

These are the People born in the country of Sri Lanka, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map, or a person born in that region before Sri Lanka came to be (including when it was formerly called Ceylon).

Entries:

  1. Lieutenant Colonel John Churchill, The World War II Veteran Who Fought With a Broadsword, Bagpipes, and a longbow
  2. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Ceylon's First Female Prime Minister

Entries Born in South Carolina, United States of America

These are the People born in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America.

Entries:

  1. Althea Gibson, The First Person of African American Descent to Win a Grand Slam Title
  2. Charlotta Bass, Newspaper Publisher and Politician
  3. Emily Geiger, Revolutionary War Civilian Volunteer
  4. Henry Laurens, President of the Second Continental Congress
  5. Lavinia Fisher, Possibly the First Female Serial Killer in the United States
  6. Mary McLeod Bethune, Civil Rights Activist
  7. Viola Davis, Actress and Producer
  8. William Ellison, One of the Most Prominent African American Plantation Owners in American History