Famous people born in 1857
The best-known people born in 1857, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
William Howard Taft27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913 (1857–1930)
September 15 · d. 1930
Photo: Pach Brothers, restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain
Joseph ConradPolish-British writer (1857–1924)
December 3 · d. 1924
Photo: George Charles Beresford, Public domain
Pius XIpope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
May 31 · d. 1939
Photo: Nicola Perscheid, Public domain
Heinrich HertzGerman physicist (1857–1894)
February 22 · d. 1894
Photo: Robert Krewaldt, Kaiserplatz 16, Bonn, Public domain
Clara ZetkinCommunist activist, and advocate for women's rights (1857–1933)
July 5 · d. 1933
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ferdinand de SaussureSwiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
November 26 · d. 1913
Photo: "F. Jullien Genève", maybe Frank-Henri Jullien (1882–1938), CC BY-SA 4.0- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)
February 22 · d. 1941
Konstantin TsiolkovskyRussian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
September 17 · d. 1935
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ronald RossBritish doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist (1857–1932)
May 13 · d. 1932
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Karl Adolph GjellerupDanish writer (1857–1919)
June 2 · d. 1919
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Henrik PontoppidanDanish writer, Nobel Laureate
July 24 · d. 1943
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Charles Scott SherringtonEnglish footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)
November 27 · d. 1952
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. Creator(s): Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain
Ruggero LeoncavalloItalian composer (1857–1919)
April 23 · d. 1919
Photo: Schaarwächter, J.C. (1847-1904), CC BY 4.0
Alfonso XII of Spainking of Spain from 1874 to 1885
November 28 · d. 1885
Photo: Fernando Debás, Public domain
Paul DoumerFrench statesman (1857–1932)
March 22 · d. 1932
Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
Thorstein VeblenAmerican economist and sociologist (1857–1929)
July 30 · d. 1929
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Julius Wagner-JaureggAustrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist (1857–1940)
March 7 · d. 1940
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Alfred BinetFrench psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test (1857–1911)
July 8 · d. 1911
Photo: Unidentified photographer, Public domain
Edward Emerson BarnardAmerican astronomer and astronomical photographer (1857-1923)
December 16 · d. 1923
Photo: The original uploader was SITCK at Luxembourgish Wikipedia ., Public domain
Karl PearsonEnglish mathematician, biometrician, and eugenicist (1857–1936)
March 27 · d. 1936
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Christian Michelsen9th Prime Minister of Norway
March 15 · d. 1925
Photo: Frederik Hilfling-Rasmussen, Public domain
Axel MuntheSwedish physician (1857-1949)
October 31 · d. 1949
Photo: Photographer not credited, Public domain
Eugen BleulerSwiss psychiatrist (1857–1939)
April 30 · d. 1939
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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January
- January 4 · Émile Cohl, French caricaturist (1857-1938)
- January 14 · Alice Pike Barney, American painter (1857-1931)
- January 17 · Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (1857–1941)
- January 18 · Otto von Below, Prussian general (1857–1944)
- January 23 · Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist (1857–1936)
- January 26 · Trinle Gyatso, 12th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1857-1875)
February
- February 2 · Simon Hollósy, Hungarian painter (1857–1918)
- February 3 · Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen, Danish botanist (1857-1927)
- February 8 · Christiaan Snouck, Dutch orientalist (1857–1936)
- February 12 · Eugène Atget, French photographer (1857-1927)
- February 26 · Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (1857-1926)
- February 28 · Alfred Loisy, French theologian (1857-1940)
March
- March 11 · Tom Clarke, Irish revolutionary leader (1857-1916)
- March 19 · Infanta Maria José, Duchess in Bavaria, Portuguese and Bavarian Royal (1857–1943)
- March 23 · Otto Stapf, Austrian botanist (1857-1933)
- March 25 · Auguste Serrurier, French archer (1857–1924)
- March 30 · Gabriela Zapolska, Polish novelist, prose writer, publicist, feuilletonist, theatre critic, stage actress (1857–1921)
- March 30 · Léon Charles Thévenin, French telegraph engineer (1857–1926)
April
- April 5 · Alexander of Battenberg, Bulgarian ruler (1857–1893)
- April 10 · Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, French philosopher (1857-1939)
- April 10 · Henry Dudeney, puzzlist and mathematical games designer (1857–1930)
- April 14 · Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (1857–1944)
- April 20 · Herman Bang, Danish writer (1857-1912)
- April 27 · Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (1857–1914)
May
- May 1 · Theo Van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (1857-1891), brother of painter Vincent van Gogh
- May 9 · Luigi Illica, Italian librettist (1857–1919)
- May 11 · Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Russian grand duke (1857–1905); seventh child and fifth son of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
- May 19 · John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist (1857–1938)
- May 23 · Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, German princess (1857–1882)
- May 27 · Theodor Curtius, German chemist (1857–1928)
June
- June 1 · Le Pétomane, French entertainer (1857-1945)
- June 3 · Jacques de Morgan, French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist (1857–1924)
- June 3 · Muhammad Shibli Nomani, Indian Islamic Scholar (1857–1914)
- June 10 · Edward Henry Potthast, American artist (1857–1927)
- June 16 · Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austro-Hungarian general
- June 30 · Friedrich von Ingenohl, German admiral (1857–1933)
July
- July 9 · Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928)
- July 11 · Joseph Larmor, Irish physicist and mathematician (1857-1942)
- July 24 · Gotō Shinpei, Japanese statesman (1857-1929)
- July 25 · Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and railroad pioneer (1857-1934)
- July 27 · E. A. Wallis Budge, British academic (1857–1934)
- July 30 · Lucy Bacon, American artist (1857-1932)
August
- August 5 · Gustave Lanson, French historian and literary critic (1857-1934)
- August 6 · Christian Wilhelm Allers, German painter and illustrator (1857-1915)
- August 8 · Henry Fairfield Osborn, American geologist (1857–1935)
- August 8 · Cécile Chaminade, French composer and pianist (1857-1944)
- August 27 · Oskar von Hutier, German general (1857–1934)
- August 27 · Giacomo Luigi Ciamician, Italian chemist and politician (1857-1922)
September
- September 10 · James Edward Keeler, American astronomer (1857–1900)
- September 12 · George Hendrik Breitner, Dutch painter (1857–1923)
- September 13 · Milton S. Hershey, American businessman (1857-1945)
- September 14 · Alice Stone Blackwell, American feminist, journalist and human rights advocate (1857-1950)
- September 22 · Anita Augspurg, German jurist, actress, writer, editor, and activist (1857–1943)
- September 30 · Hermann Sudermann, German dramatist and novelist (1857–1928)
October
- October 2 · A. E. Waite, British occultist mystic, poet and writer (1857–1942)
- October 25 · Juan Luna, Filipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899)
- October 26 · Georges Leygues, Prime Minister of France (1857-1933)
- October 27 · Ernst Trygger, Swedish 20th century prime minister (1857-1943)
- October 30 · Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician (1857-1904)
- October 30 · Gertrude Atherton, American author (1857–1948)
November
- November 5 · Ida Tarbell, American journalist (1857-1944)
- November 15 · Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general of infantry (1857–1918)
- November 17 · Joseph Babinski, French neurologist (1857-1932)
- November 22 · George Gissing, English novelist (1857–1903)
- November 26 · Filippo Turati, Italian politician and journalist (1857-1932)
- November 29 · Theodor Escherich, Austrian doctor (1857–1911)
December
- December 4 · Ida Aalberg, Finnish actress (1857–1915)
- December 7 · Louis Dollo, Belgian paleontologist and engineer (1857–1931)
- December 8 · Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German monarch and explorer (1857–1920)
- December 8 · Mihail Savov, Bulgarian general (1857–1928)
- December 14 · Sergei Navashin, Russian biologist (1857-1930)
- December 31 · Wojciech Kossak, Polish painter (1856–1942)
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