Hannah Gadsby, John Singer Sargent, Nobuko Yoshiya, Lorraine Hansberry
Born: Hannah Gadsby (1978), John Singer Sargent (1856), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896)
Died: Lorraine Hansberry (1965)
Born on this day
12JanBorn 197848th birthday
Hannah Gadsby
A comedian whose work asks what humour can reveal, and what the punchline can conceal.
12JanBorn 1856170th birthdayJohn Singer Sargent
The most fashionable portrait painter of his age never married – and his private drawings of male nudes have only recently been widely shown.
12JanBorn 1896130th birthdayNobuko Yoshiya
One of Japan’s most popular novelists wrote stories of love between girls – and lived for fifty years with the woman she loved.