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 On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)  

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

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

Jan 18 In the year 1857 birth of otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)  

Jan 23 Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 31 George Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 02 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education  

Feb 12 Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 17 In the year 1857 birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher  

Feb 18 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 22 In the year 1857 birth of heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves  

Feb 22 In the year 1857 birth of robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)  

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 in the year 1857.  

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

Mar 22 In the year 1857 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 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 in the year 1857.  

Mar 30 Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926) was born in the year 1857.  

Apr 05 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born in the year 1857.  

Apr 10 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born in the year 1857.  

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

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

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

Feb 09 On this day in history 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 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 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.