Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, also known as Adélaïde Labille-Guiard des Vertus, was a French miniaturist and portrait painter. She was an advocate for women to receive the same opportunities as men to become great painters. Labille-Guiard was one of the first women to become a member of the Royal Academy, and was the first female artist to receive permission to set up a studio for her students at the Louvre.

11 April 1749

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Attila József • Brian Noble (bishop) • Dustin Rhodes • Edward Everett • Edward Lawson (VC) • Ivonne Teichmann • John Krebs, Baron Krebs • John Levy (musician) • Kotomitsuki Keiji • Norman McLaren • Pierre Lacroix (ice hockey, born 1959) • Sarodj Bertin • Walter Krüger (athlete)