Helena Modjeska

Helena Modrzejewska, known professionally as Helena Modjeska, was a Polish actress who specialized in Shakespearean and tragic roles.

12 October 1840

Born on the same birth day (12 October): Ashok Mankad • Becky Iverson • Dave Lloyd (cyclist) • Dietrich von Hildebrand • Dorothy Livesay • Elisabeth of Romania • Emperor Go-Ichijō • James "Sugar Boy" Crawford • Jean Nidetch • Jonathan Trumbull • Mads Eriksen (musician) • Magnus Magnusson • Marcel Hossa • Milica Kacin Wohinz • Ole-Johan Dahl • Piero Taruffi • Robert Mangold • Steve Borthwick • William F. Laurance

Born in the same month (October 1840): André Gill • Dmitry Pisarev • Honoré Mercier • Kuroda Kiyotaka • Simeon Solomon