Famous Personalities Born In 1857

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

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)  

Jan 06 In the year 1857 birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)  

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 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 On this day in history birth of otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)  

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

Jan 26 On this day in history 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 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1857 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 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 On this day in history birth of alfred Bruneau, composer  

Mar 07 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 08 On this day in history 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 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 22 In the year 1857 birth of paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32)  

Mar 23 In the year 1857 birth of fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)  

Mar 27 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 05 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 10 On this day in history birth of henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker  

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Jan 20 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Jan 27 On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 14 In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56  

Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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