Famous Personalities Born In 1857

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

Jan 02 Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 11 Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 17 On this day in history birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

Jan 17 In the year 1857 birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)  

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

Jan 31 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)  

Feb 17 On this day in history 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 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 22 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Mar 22 Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 23 Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 27 On this day in history birth of karl Pearson, London England, mathematician  

Mar 27 In the year 1857 birth of pearson, mathematician  

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

Apr 05 In the year 1857 birth of alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)  

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 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 in the year 1857.  

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

Feb 09 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies  

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