Bertha Lutz

Bertha Maria Júlia Lutz was a Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat. Lutz became a leading figure in both the Pan American feminist movement and human rights movement. She was instrumental in gaining women's suffrage in Brazil and represented her country at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, signing her name to the United Nations Charter and championing the inclusion of Article 8 in the Charter. In addition to her political work, she was a naturalist at the National Museum of Brazil, specializing in poison dart frogs. She has four frog species and two lizard species named after her.

2 August 1894

Born on the same birth day (2 August): Arthur Dove • Austin Theory • Billy Cannon • Ernő Nagy • Golden Tate • Hélder Postiga • Ioannis Varvitsiotis • Irving Babbitt • James Street (American football) • Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux • Jim Capaldi • John Tyndall • John W. Snow • Johnny Kemp • Mohammad Zahid (cricketer) • Nehemiah Persoff • President of Israel • Simone Manuel • Takashi Iizuka • Varvara Gracheva • Vidya Charan Shukla

Born in the same month (August 1894): Christian Schad • George Meany • Harry Heilmann • John Auden • Ottavio Bottecchia • William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes