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

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

Jan 02 Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 In the year 1857 birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)  

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 On this day in history birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

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

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)  

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

Jan 26 On this day in history 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 In the year 1857 birth of jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector  

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 in the year 1857.  

Feb 18 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1857.  

Feb 26 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) was born in the year 1857.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 27 On this day in history birth of pearson, mathematician  

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

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 in the year 1857.  

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Jan 20 In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32  

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

Feb 14 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.  

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