Hélène Smith

Hélène Smith was a famous late-19th century French medium. She was known as "the Muse of Automatic Writing" by the Surrealists, who viewed Smith as evidence of the power of the surreal, and a symbol of surrealist knowledge. Late in life, Smith claimed to communicate with Martians, and to be a reincarnation of a Hindu princess and Marie Antoinette.

9 December 1861

Born on the same birth day (9 December): Alan Ridout • Allan Jones (cricketer) • Carl Wilhelm Scheele • Chenghua Emperor • Germain Gagnon • James Rainwater • Jermaine Beckford • Jerome Beatty Jr. • Kirsten Gillibrand • Kwadwo Asamoah • Kyle Connor • Laura Smulders • Max Manus • McKayla Maroney • Michael Corcoran (musician) • Neil Innes • Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores

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