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 TaftWilliam Howard Taft
15th September, American
President of the U.S.A
Princess Beatrice of the United KingdomPrincess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
14th April, British
Youngest Child of Queen Victoria

Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad
3rd December, Polish, Ukrainian, British
Writer

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-PowellRobert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
22nd February, British
Founder of the Scout Movement

Milton S. HersheyMilton S. Hershey
13th September, American
Confectioner & Philanthropist

Edward ElgarEdward Elgar
2nd June, British
Composer
Ferdinand de SaussureFerdinand de Saussure
26th November, Swiss
Linguist

Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow
18th April, American
Lawyer

Heinrich HertzHeinrich Hertz
22nd February, German
Physicist
Pope Pius XIPope Pius XI
31st May, Italian
Religious Leader

Ida TarbellIda Tarbell
5th November, American
Journalist
Thorstein VeblenThorstein Veblen
30th July, American
Economist

Konstantin TsiolkovskyKonstantin Tsiolkovsky
17th September, Russian
Russian-Soviet Rocket Scientist

Ronald RossRonald Ross
13th May, British
Medical doctor

Charles Scott SherringtonCharles Scott Sherrington
27th November, British
Neurophysiologist

Ruggero LeoncavalloRuggero Leoncavallo
23rd April, Italian
Composer
Alfred LoisyAlfred Loisy
28th February, French
Priest

Rodolfo AmoedoRodolfo Amoedo
11th December, Brazilian
History Painter

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of RussiaGrand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
11th May, Russian
Politician, Military personnel

Alfonso XII of SpainAlfonso XII of Spain
28th November, Spanish
King
Karl PearsonKarl Pearson
27th March, British
Mathematician, Historian of mathematics,

Alfred BinetAlfred Binet
8th July, French
Psychologist, Educationist
Clara ZetkinClara Zetkin
5th July, German
Politician, Journalist, Feminist

Henrik PontoppidanHenrik Pontoppidan
24th July, Danish
writer

George GissingGeorge Gissing
22nd November, British
Novelist
Émile CouéÉmile Coué
26th February, French
Psychologist

Eugen BleulerEugen Bleuler
30th April, Swiss
Psychiatrist, Physician, University teacher
Eugène AtgetEugène Atget
12th February, French
Photographer, Artist

Williamina FlemingWilliamina Fleming
15th May, British, American, Scottish
Astronomer

Shibli NomaniShibli Nomani
3rd June, Indian
Philosopher
George DaytonGeorge Dayton
6th March, American
Entrepreneur

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Pedro PaternoPedro Paterno
17th February, Spanish
politician, novelist, poet, author, autobiographer
Paul DoumerPaul Doumer
22nd March, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist

Frank J. SpragueFrank J. Sprague
25th July, American
Engineer

Aleksandr LyapunovAleksandr Lyapunov
6th June, Russian
mathematician, physicist

Georges Gilles de la TouretteGeorges Gilles de la Tourette
30th October, French
Physician, Psychiatrist, Neurologist
Axel MuntheAxel Munthe
31st October, Swedish
Writer, Psychiatrist, Physician, Screenwriter
Fannie FarmerFannie Farmer
23rd March, Canadian, American
Cook

OvonramwenOvonramwen
30th November, Nigerian
King of Benin

Cécile ChaminadeCécile Chaminade
8th August, French
Pianist, Composer, Musician

Juan Vicente GómezJuan Vicente Gómez
24th July, Venezuelan
Venezuelan dictator
Henry Fairfield OsbornHenry Fairfield Osborn
8th August, American
Geologist, Paleontologist

Julius Wagner-JaureggJulius Wagner-Jauregg
7th March, Austrian
Physician, Politician, Neurologist, Psychiatrist,

Georg MichaelisGeorg Michaelis
8th September, German, Polish
Chancellor , Politician

Sidney KidmanSidney Kidman
9th May, Australian
Businessperson, Stockman

Christiaan Snouck HurgronjeChristiaan Snouck Hurgronje
8th February, Dutch
Professor
Max KlingerMax Klinger
18th February, German
Painter

Richard MansfieldRichard Mansfield
24th May, German, British
Actor
C. F. A. VoyseyC. F. A. Voysey
28th May, British
Architect

Vladimir BekhterevVladimir Bekhterev
1st February, Russian
Neurologist

Joseph LarmorJoseph Larmor
11th July, British
Physicist
Elwood HaynesElwood Haynes
14th October, American
Inventor

Manuel Estrada CabreraManuel Estrada Cabrera
21st November, Guatemalan
Lawyer
Mikhail AlekseyevMikhail Alekseyev
15th November, Russian
General

Arthur Wesley DowArthur Wesley Dow
6th April, American
Artist

Alice Stone BlackwellAlice Stone Blackwell
14th September, American
Journalist, Poet, Biographer, Feminist

Heinrich Rudolf HertzHeinrich Rudolf Hertz
22nd February, German
German physicist

Alexander, Prince of BulgariaAlexander, Prince of Bulgaria
5th April, Austrian
Prince
Gertrude AthertonGertrude Atherton
30th October, American
Author

Lucien Lévy-BruhlLucien Lévy-Bruhl
10th April, French
Scholar

John Hessin ClarkeJohn Hessin Clarke
18th September, American
Jurist

Hunter LiggettHunter Liggett
21st March, American
Army officer
Karl Adolph GjellerupKarl Adolph Gjellerup
2nd June, Danish
Poet

Edward Emerson BarnardEdward Emerson Barnard
16th December, American
American astronomer
Frank Hamilton CushingFrank Hamilton Cushing
22nd July, American
Anthropologist

John Benjamin MurphyJohn Benjamin Murphy
21st December, American
Physician

Antoni GrabowskiAntoni Grabowski
11th June, Polish
Chemical engineer, Activist
Marthinus Theunis SteynMarthinus Theunis Steyn
2nd October, South African
President of Orange Free State

Wilhelm Ludvig JohannsenWilhelm Ludvig Johannsen
3rd February, Danish
Botanist
Andrija MohorovičićAndrija Mohorovičić
23rd January, Croatian
Meteorologist