Famous Personalities Born In 1857

Jan 02 Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 In the year 1857 birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)  

Jan 06 In the year 1857 birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)  

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 On this day in history birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

Jan 17 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born in the year 1857.  

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 In the year 1857 birth of the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)  

Jan 31 George Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933) was born in the year 1857.  

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 In the year 1857 birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher  

Feb 18 On this day in history birth of max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor  

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907)  

Feb 22 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides) was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 26 On this day in history birth of emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)  

Feb 28 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 07 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936)  

Mar 22 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 22 In the year 1857 birth of paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32)  

Mar 23 On this day in history birth of fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)  

Mar 27 Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician was born on this day in history.  

Mar 27 Pearson, mathematician was born on this day in history.  

Mar 30 Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 10 On this day in history birth of henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker  

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Jan 20 In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32  

Jan 27 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 07 On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

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

Feb 10 In the year 1857 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)  

Feb 14 On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56  

Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 16 In the year 1857 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77