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 in the year 1857.  

Jan 11 Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17 Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 23 On this day in history birth of andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)  

Jan 26 In the year 1857 birth of the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)  

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 In the year 1857 birth of johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education  

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 in the year 1857.  

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

Feb 21 In the year 1857 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 On this day in history birth of robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)  

Feb 26 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1857 birth of julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)  

Mar 08 In the year 1857 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 In the year 1857 birth of arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1857.  

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 In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56  

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

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