16th August

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LGBT people born 16th August:

1902 – Wallace Thurman – US Author / Playwright – Died 21^st or 22^nd December 1934

1923 – Pierre Seel – French Author – Died 25^th November 2005

1940 – Alix Dobkin – US Singer / Songwriter

1946 – Robert Amsel – US Activist

1946 – David Mixner – US Activist / Author

1951 – Richard Hunt – US Puppeteer – Died 7^th January 1992

1965 – Jari Sillanpaa – Swedish Singer

1968 – Wolfgang Tillmans – German Photographer

1980 – Vanessa Carlton – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

And those who died:

1959 – Wanda Landowska – Polish / French Harpsichordist – Born 5^th July 1879

1962 – Nancy Cook – US Suffragette – Born 26^th August 1884

1978 – Jean Acker – US Actress – Born 23^rd October 1893

1989 – Donald Friend – Australian Artist / Author – Born 6^th February 1915

2005 – William Corlett – UK Author – Born 8^th October 1938

Events in LGBT History:

2007 – Queer Film & Video Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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