Famous Personalities Born In 1857

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)  

Jan 02 Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 06 Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 06 William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)  

Jan 17 Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)  

Jan 18 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 23 In the year 1857 birth of andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)  

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)  

Jan 31 In the year 1857 birth of george Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933)  

Feb 02 In the year 1857 birth of jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector  

Feb 09 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education was born on this day in history.  

Feb 12 On this day in history birth of bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)  

Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 18 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)  

Feb 26 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 28 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 03 In the year 1857 birth of alfred Bruneau, composer  

Mar 07 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 08 On this day in history birth of ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza)  

Mar 16 Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936) was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 22 On this day in history birth of arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)  

Mar 22 Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 23 In the year 1857 birth of fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)  

Mar 27 Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 27 Pearson, mathematician was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 30 In the year 1857 birth of leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926)  

Apr 05 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 10 In the year 1857 birth of henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker  

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Jan 20 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.  

Jan 27 In the year 1857 dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72  

Feb 07 Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Feb 09 In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)  

Feb 10 David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died in the year 1857.  

Feb 14 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 in the year 1857.  

Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.  

Feb 16 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 in the year 1857.