Famous Personalities Born In 1857

Jan 02 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 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 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 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 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 in the year 1857.  

Feb 22 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)  

Feb 26 In the year 1857 birth of emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)  

Feb 28 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 03 Alfred Bruneau, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 22 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history birth of pearson, mathematician  

Mar 30 In the year 1857 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 On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32  

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 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 in the year 1857.  

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 in the year 1857.