Famous Personalities Born In 1857

Jan 02 In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)  

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

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

Jan 09 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17 In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

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 in the year 1857.  

Jan 23 Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 26 the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 02 On this day in history birth of jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector  

Feb 09 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 12 In the year 1857 birth of bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)  

Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.  

Feb 18 In the year 1857 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 In the year 1857 birth of gustave Adolph Kerker, composer  

Mar 03 Alfred Bruneau, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 08 Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) was born in the year 1857.  

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 in the year 1857.  

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

Mar 23 Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company) was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 27 In the year 1857 birth of karl Pearson, London England, mathematician  

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

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

Apr 05 On this day in history birth of alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)  

Apr 10 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died in the year 1857.  

Feb 10 David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 16 On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77