Famous Personalities Born In 1857

Jan 02 Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born in the year 1857.  

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 in the year 1857.  

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

Jan 11 In the year 1857 birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)  

Jan 17 Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born in the year 1857.  

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

Jan 18 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) was born in the year 1857.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 12 Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96) was born in the year 1857.  

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

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 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 28 On this day in history 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 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 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 On this day in history 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 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 in the year 1857.  

Feb 07 Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 in the year 1857.  

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

Feb 10 On this day in history 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 in the year 1857.  

Feb 16 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.