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
Milton S. Hershey13th September, American
Confectioner & Philanthropist
Joseph Conrad3rd December, Polish, Ukrainian, British
Writer
Ferdinand de Saussure26th November, Swiss
Linguist
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell22nd February, British
Founder of the Scout Movement
Edward Elgar2nd June, British
Composer
Heinrich Hertz22nd February, German
Physicist
Clarence Darrow18th April, American
Lawyer
Ronald Ross13th May, British
Medical doctor
Ida Tarbell5th November, American
Journalist
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
Thorstein Veblen30th July, Norwegian, American
Economist, Sociologist, Writer, University teacher
Pope Pius XI31st May, Italian
Catholic priest, Librarian, Diplomat, Mountaineer
Alfonso XII of Spain28th November, Spanish
King
Karl Pearson27th March, British
Mathematician, Historian of mathematics,
Alfred Binet8th July, French
Psychologist, Educationist
Henrik Pontoppidan24th July, Danish
writer
Julius Wagner-Jauregg7th March, Austrian
Physician, Politician, Neurologist, Psychiatrist,
Clara Zetkin5th July, German
Politician, Journalist, Feminist
Eugen Bleuler30th April, Swiss
Psychiatrist, Physician, University teacher
Pedro Paterno17th February, Spanish
politician, novelist, poet, author, autobiographer
Shibli Nomani3rd June, Indian
Philosopher
George Dayton6th March, American
Entrepreneur
Henry Fairfield Osborn8th August, American
Geologist, Paleontologist
Georges Gilles de la Tourette30th October, French
Physician, Psychiatrist, Neurologist
Aleksandr Lyapunov6th June, Russian
mathematician, physicist
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Paul Doumer22nd March, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Axel Munthe31st October, Swedish
Writer, Psychiatrist, Physician, Screenwriter
Eugène Atget12th February, French
Photographer, Artist
Cécile Chaminade8th August, French
Pianist, Composer, Musician
Georg Michaelis8th September, German, Polish
Chancellor , Politician
Frank J. Sprague25th July, American
Engineer
Sidney Kidman9th May, Australian
Businessperson, Stockman
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz22nd February, German
German physicist
Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria5th April, Austrian
Prince
Karl Adolph Gjellerup2nd June, Danish
Poet
Alice Stone Blackwell14th September, American
Journalist, Poet, Biographer, Feminist
Edward Emerson Barnard16th December, American
American astronomer
John Benjamin Murphy21st December, American
Physician
Antoni Grabowski11th June, Polish
Chemical engineer, Activist
Andrija Mohorovičić23rd January, Croatian
Meteorologist