On this day
16
August

Pierre Seel, Wanda Landowska

Born: Pierre Seel (1923)
Died: Wanda Landowska (1959)

Born on this day

16AugBorn 1923103rd birthday

Pierre Seel

The only French survivor to testify publicly about his deportation as a gay man – after forty years of silence.

Died on this day

16AugDied 195967th anniversary of death

Wanda Landowska

She brought the harpsichord back to life – and spent her last 26 years with her student and companion Denise Restout.