Famous People Born In 1857
Discover the most famous people born in 1857. The list includes people like William Howard Taft, Joseph Conrad, Edward Elgar, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Heinrich Hertz and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include psychiatrists, journalists, mathematicians and political leaders born in 1857. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France and many more countries.
William Howard Taft15th September, American
President of the U.S.A
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom14th April, British
Youngest Child of Queen Victoria
Joseph Conrad3rd December, Polish, Ukrainian, British
Writer
Milton S. Hershey13th September, American
Confectioner & Philanthropist
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell22nd February, British
Founder of the Scout Movement
Edward Elgar2nd June, British
Composer
Ferdinand de Saussure26th November, Swiss
Linguist
Clarence Darrow18th April, American
Lawyer
Heinrich Hertz22nd February, German
Physicist
Ida Tarbell5th November, American
Journalist
Pope Pius XI31st May, Italian
Religious Leader
Thorstein Veblen30th July, American
Economist
Ronald Ross13th May, British
Medical doctor
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky17th September, Russian
Russian-Soviet Rocket Scientist
Charles Scott Sherrington27th November, British
Neurophysiologist
Ruggero Leoncavallo23rd April, Italian
Composer
Alfred Loisy28th February, French
Priest
Rodolfo Amoedo11th December, Brazilian
History Painter
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia11th May, Russian
Politician, Military personnel
Karl Pearson27th March, British
Mathematician, Historian of mathematics,
Alfonso XII of Spain28th November, Spanish
King
Alfred Binet8th July, French
Psychologist, Educationist
Henrik Pontoppidan24th July, Danish
writer
Clara Zetkin5th July, German
Politician, Journalist, Feminist
Émile Coué26th February, French
Psychologist
Eugen Bleuler30th April, Swiss
Psychiatrist, Physician, University teacher
George Dayton6th March, American
Entrepreneur
Shibli Nomani3rd June, Indian
Philosopher
George Gissing22nd November, British
Novelist
Julius Wagner-Jauregg7th March, Austrian
Physician, Politician, Neurologist, Psychiatrist,
Eugène Atget12th February, French
Photographer, Artist
Aleksandr Lyapunov6th June, Russian
mathematician, physicist
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Pedro Paterno17th February, Spanish
politician, novelist, poet, author, autobiographer
Georges Gilles de la Tourette30th October, French
Physician, Psychiatrist, Neurologist
Williamina Fleming15th May, British, American, Scottish
Astronomer
Paul Doumer22nd March, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Axel Munthe31st October, Swedish
Writer, Psychiatrist, Physician, Screenwriter
Cécile Chaminade8th August, French
Pianist, Composer, Musician
John Benjamin Murphy21st December, American
Physician
Juan Vicente Gómez24th July, Venezuelan
Venezuelan dictator
Henry Fairfield Osborn8th August, American
Geologist, Paleontologist
Georg Michaelis8th September, German, Polish
Chancellor , Politician
Frank J. Sprague25th July, American
Engineer
Sidney Kidman9th May, Australian
Businessperson, Stockman
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje8th February, Dutch
Professor
Joseph Larmor11th July, British
Physicist
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz22nd February, German
German physicist
Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria5th April, Austrian
Prince
Alice Stone Blackwell14th September, American
Journalist, Poet, Biographer, Feminist
Karl Adolph Gjellerup2nd June, Danish
Poet
Edward Emerson Barnard16th December, American
American astronomer
Antoni Grabowski11th June, Polish
Chemical engineer, Activist
Andrija Mohorovičić23rd January, Croatian
Meteorologist