Famous Personalities Born In 1857

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

Jan 02 In the year 1857 birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)  

Jan 06 Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 09 In the year 1857 birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

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

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

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

Jan 18 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26 In the year 1857 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1857.  

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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1857 birth of emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)  

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 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32  

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 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 On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies  

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