{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1857

Jan 02 In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)  

Jan 02 Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 06 In the year 1857 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 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born on this day in history.  

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 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1857.  

Feb 09 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education was born in the year 1857.  

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 in the year 1857.  

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

Mar 03 On this day in history birth of alfred Bruneau, composer  

Mar 07 In the year 1857 birth of julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1857.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 27 In the year 1857 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 in the year 1857.  

Apr 10 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born on this day in history.  

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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 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 On this day in history death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)  

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 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 in the year 1857.