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Born in 1857

416 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

William Howard Taft
prosecutor, university teacher
1857–1930 · aged 72
September 15 · 1857
Source: GeneaStar
Joseph Conrad
screenwriter, science fiction writer
1857–1924 · aged 66
December 3 · 1857
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Edward Elgar
conductor, composer
1857–1934 · aged 76
June 2 · 1857
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
military officer, politician
1857–1941 · aged 83
February 22 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Pius XI
librarian, missionary
Date disputed
May 31 · 1857
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Alfonso XII of Spain
sovereign
1857–1885 · aged 27
November 28 · 1857
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
aristocrat
1857–1944 · aged 87
April 14 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Almanzo Wilder
farmer
1857–1949 · aged 92
February 13 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Clarence Darrow
writer, lawyer
1857–1938 · aged 80
April 18 · 1857
Source: Darrow, Clarence (18 April 1857–13 March 1938), lawyer, orator, and author
Theo Van Gogh
art collector, art dealer
1857–1891 · aged 33
May 1 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Ferdinand de Saussure
pedagogue, phonologist
1857–1913 · aged 55
November 26 · 1857
Source: La France savante
Milton S. Hershey
entrepreneur, confectioner
1857–1945 · aged 88
September 13 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Clara Zetkin
peace activist, suffragette
Date disputed
July 5 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
Heinrich Hertz
physicist, inventor
1857–1894 · aged 36
February 22 · 1857
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
writer, mathematician
1857–1935 · aged 78
September 17 · 1857
No external source identified
Thorstein Veblen
philosopher, professor
1857–1929 · aged 72
July 30 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
military personnel, politician
1857–1905 · aged 47
May 11 · 1857
Source: Q24492045
Ida Tarbell
writer, investigative journalist
1857–1944 · aged 86
November 5 · 1857
Source: GeneaStar
Karl Pearson
psychologist, mathematician
1857–1936 · aged 79
March 27 · 1857
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Ronald Ross
poet, zoologist
1857–1932 · aged 75
May 13 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
C. Sankaran Nair
judge, politician
1857–1934 · aged 76
July 11 · 1857
No external source identified
Le Pétomane
cabaret performer, baker
1857–1945
June 1 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Juan Luna
autobiographer, painter
1857–1899 · aged 42
October 25 · 1857
Source: nhcp.gov.ph
Paul Doumer
statesperson, politician
1857–1932 · aged 75
March 22 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Alexander of Battenberg
military personnel, military officer
1857–1893 · aged 36
April 5 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Juan Vicente Gómez
soldier, military personnel
1857–1935 · aged 78
July 24 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Trinle Gyatso
politician, monk
Date disputed
January 26 · 1857
No external source identified
A. E. Waite
non-fiction writer, occultist
1857–1942 · aged 84
October 2 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Fergus Suter
association football player
1857–1916 · aged 58
November 21 · 1857
No external source identified
Alfred Binet
pedagogue, sociologist
1857–1911 · aged 54
July 8 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Eugen Bleuler
psychiatrist, physician
1857–1939 · aged 82
April 30 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
politician
1857–1922 · aged 64
October 30 · 1857
Source: Genealogics
Émile Coué
psychoanalyst, linguist
1857–1926 · aged 69
February 26 · 1857
Source: Base biographique
Tom Clarke
revolutionary, politician
1857–1916 · aged 59
March 11 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Georg Michaelis
beamter, author
1857–1936 · aged 78
September 8 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ruggero Leoncavallo
composer, librettist
1857–1919 · aged 62
April 23 · 1857
Source: Discogs
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
psychiatrist, physician
1857–1904 · aged 46
October 30 · 1857
Source: Base biographique
George Gissing
teacher, novelist
Date disputed
November 22 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Aleksandr Lyapunov
mathematician, university teacher
1857–1918 · aged 61
June 6 · 1857
Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online
Axel Munthe
writer, psychiatrist
1857–1949 · aged 91
October 31 · 1857
Source: Roglo
Theodor Kittelsen
cartoonist, painter
1857–1914 · aged 56
April 27 · 1857
Source: Kittelsen, Theodor Severin
Cécile Chaminade
composer, flautist
1857–1944
August 8 · 1857
Source: Musicalics
Mikhail Alekseyev
military officer, politician
1857–1918 · aged 60
November 15 · 1857
No external source identified
Julius Popper
explorer, photographer
1857–1893 · aged 35
December 15 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
Henry Fairfield Osborn
zoologist, geologist
1857–1935
August 8 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
Henrik Pontoppidan
writer, prose writer
1857–1943 · aged 86
July 24 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Charles Scott Sherrington
association football player, naturalist
1857–1952 · aged 94
November 27 · 1857
Source: Who Named It?
Pedro Paterno
novelist, autobiographer
Date disputed
February 17 · 1857
No external source identified
Montague Druitt
cricketer, barrister
1857–1888 · aged 31
August 15 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Williamina Fleming
astronomer
1857–1911 · aged 54
May 15 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
businessperson
1857–1923 · aged 65
November 25 · 1857
Source: Canadian Encyclopedia
Zübeyde Hanım
1857–1923
1857
Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Eugène Atget
architectural photographer, photographer
1857–1927 · aged 70
February 12 · 1857
Source: Le Delarge
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
neurologist, university teacher
1857–1940 · aged 83
March 7 · 1857
Source: Base biographique
Muhammad Shibli Nomani
historian, researcher
1857–1914 · aged 57
June 3 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Émile Cohl
cinematographer, film director
1857–1938 · aged 81
January 4 · 1857
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Alexandru C. Cuza
poet, journalist
1857–1947 · aged 89
November 8 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
E. A. Wallis Budge
archaeologist, anthropologist
1857–1934 · aged 77
July 27 · 1857
Source: AlKindi
Alexander Cameron Rutherford
politician, lawyer
1857–1941 · aged 84
February 2 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Max Klinger
medalist, professor
Date disputed
February 18 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
general field marshal, politician
1857–1932 · aged 75
March 13 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Ovonramwen
monarch
1857–1914
1857
No external source identified
Vladimir Bekhterev
psychologist, psychiatrist
1857–1927 · aged 70
February 1 · 1857
Source: Q24346626
Otto von Below
military officer
1857–1944
January 18 · 1857
Source: filmportal.de
Christiaan Snouck
counselor, academic
1857–1936 · aged 79
February 8 · 1857
Source: Onsland.nl
Fannie Farmer
cook, cookbook writer
1857–1915 · aged 57
March 23 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Shyamji Krishna Varma
journalist, lawyer
1857–1930 · aged 72
October 4 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
Martinus Theunis Steyn
politician, barrister
Date disputed
October 2 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Edward Emerson Barnard
university teacher, photographer
1857–1923 · aged 65
December 16 · 1857
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Joseph Larmor
university teacher, politician
1857–1942 · aged 84
July 11 · 1857
Source: SNAC
William Seward Burroughs I
businessperson, inventor
Date disputed
January 28 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Joseph Babinski
physician, neurologist
1857–1932 · aged 74
November 17 · 1857
Source: Léonore database
Gertrude Atherton
non-fiction writer, screenwriter
Date disputed
October 30 · 1857
Source: IMDb
Arthur Arz von Straußenburg
military personnel
1857–1935 · aged 77
June 16 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Ida Craddock
feminist, sex educator
1857–1902 · aged 45
August 1 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Filippo Turati
journalist, criminologist
1857–1932 · aged 74
November 26 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Oskar von Hutier
soldier, military officer
1857–1934 · aged 77
August 27 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Andrija Mohorovičić
meteorologist, university teacher
1857–1936 · aged 79
January 23 · 1857
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Roman Kondratenko
military personnel, engineer
1857–1904 · aged 47
October 12 · 1857
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin
military personnel
1857–1916 · aged 58
October 10 · 1857
No external source identified
Infanta Maria José, Duchess in Bavaria
aristocrat
1857–1943 · aged 85
March 19 · 1857
Source: The Peerage
Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma
politician
1857–1939
1857
No external source identified
Gotō Shinpei
physician, statesperson
1857–1929 · aged 71
July 24 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Christian Michelsen
politician, ship-owner
1857–1925 · aged 68
March 15 · 1857
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Mohammad Ayub Khan
military personnel
1857–1914
1857
No external source identified
Hamad bin Thuwaini Al Busaidi
sultan
1857–1896
1857
Source: BnF authorities
Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont
aristocrat
1857–1882 · aged 24
May 23 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Richard Mansfield
playwright, stage actor
1857–1907 · aged 50
May 24 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
anthropologist, sociologist
1857–1939 · aged 81
April 10 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia
aristocrat
1857–1895 · aged 38
February 8 · 1857
Source: The Peerage
Albert Ballin
entrepreneur
1857–1918 · aged 61
August 15 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
King Kelly
baseball player
1857–1894 · aged 36
December 31 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Napoleon B. Broward
politician, governor
1857–1910 · aged 53
April 19 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
novelist, theologian
1857–1919
June 2 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Alfred Loisy
professor, Catholic priest
1857–1940 · aged 83
February 28 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Arthur Wesley Dow
printmaker, photographer
1857–1922 · aged 65
April 6 · 1857
Source: Dow, Arthur Wesley
Charles Voysey
textile designer, designer
1857–1941 · aged 83
May 28 · 1857
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Uroš Predić
painter
Date disputed
January 7 · 1857
No external source identified
Brigham Henry Roberts
politician, novelist
1857–1933 · aged 76
March 13 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Naiche
traditional leader or chief, painter
1857–1919
1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Katherine Olivia Sessions
botanist, scientific collector
1857–1940 · aged 82
November 8 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Martha Hughes Cannon
physician, suffragette
1857–1932 · aged 75
July 1 · 1857
Source: Latter-day Saint Literature database
Herman Bang
writer, journalist
1857–1912 · aged 54
April 20 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt
aristocrat
1857–1933 · aged 75
September 7 · 1857
Source: The Peerage
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
politician
1857–1943 · aged 85
December 28 · 1857
Source: The Peerage
Junaid-Khan
politician
Date disputed
1857
No external source identified
Anna Kuliscioff
politician, revolutionary
Date disputed
1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
José Celso Barbosa
physician, politician
1857–1921 · aged 64
July 27 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Frank J. Sprague
inventor, businessperson
1857–1934 · aged 77
July 25 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Alice Stone Blackwell
suffragette, feminist
1857–1950 · aged 92
September 14 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Tim Keefe
baseball player
1857–1933 · aged 76
January 1 · 1857
Source: Find a Grave
Alfred Lyttelton
athlete, association football player
1857–1913 · aged 56
February 7 · 1857
Source: The Peerage
Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prince regent, explorer
1857–1920 · aged 62
December 8 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
duke, aristocrat
1857–1936 · aged 79
January 28 · 1857
No external source identified
Léon Charles Thévenin
engineer
1857–1926 · aged 69
March 30 · 1857
Source: Léonore database
Anastasios Papoulas
military personnel
1857–1935 · aged 78
January 13 · 1857
No external source identified
Katharine Coman
economist, writer
1857–1915 · aged 57
November 23 · 1857
Source: SNAC
George Hendrik Breitner
draftsperson, wood engraver
1857–1923 · aged 65
September 12 · 1857
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari
historian, politician
Date disputed
1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Theodor Escherich
physician, biologist
1857–1911 · aged 53
November 29 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Luigi Illica
writer, journalist
1857–1919 · aged 62
May 9 · 1857
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Stanhope Forbes
painter
1857–1947 · aged 89
November 18 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Elwood Haynes
racing automobile driver, inventor
1857–1925 · aged 67
October 14 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Maffeo Pantaleoni
politician, economist
1857–1924 · aged 67
July 2 · 1857
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Roger Connor
baseball player
1857–1931 · aged 73
July 1 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Henry Dudeney
chess composer, author
1857–1930 · aged 73
April 10 · 1857
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Alice Pike Barney
painter, artist
Date disputed
January 14 · 1857
Source: Kindred Britain
Stojan Protić
politician, historian
1857–1923 · aged 66
January 28 · 1857
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Rudolf Carl von Slatin
military officer, explorer
Date disputed
June 7 · 1857
No external source identified
M. Carey Thomas
college head, linguist
1857–1935 · aged 78
January 2 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Abderrashid Ibrahim
journalist, writer
1857–1944 · aged 87
May 5 · 1857
Source: Encyclopedia Tatarica
Martha Matilda Harper
entrepreneur, hairdresser
1857–1950 · aged 92
September 10 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
Zelia Nuttall
anthropologist, archaeologist
1857–1933 · aged 75
September 6 · 1857
Source: La France savante
Hermann Sudermann
journalist, playwright
1857–1928 · aged 71
September 30 · 1857
Source: Babelio
Rudolf Havenstein
jurist, banker
1857–1923 · aged 66
March 10 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen
botanist, university teacher
1857–1927 · aged 70
February 3 · 1857
Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
Nene Hatun
military personnel
1857–1955
1857
No external source identified
Cristóbal Rojas
painter
1857–1890 · aged 32
December 15 · 1857
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Daniel Alcides Carrión
scientist, medical student
1857–1885 · aged 28
August 13 · 1857
Source: Base biographique
Gu Hongming
civil servant, translator
1857–1928 · aged 70
July 18 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
Edward Henry Potthast
illustrator, painter
1857–1927
June 10 · 1857
Source: Artists of the World Online
James Edward Keeler
astronomer, physicist
1857–1900 · aged 42
September 10 · 1857
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Jacques de Morgan
Egyptologist, archaeologist
1857–1924 · aged 67
June 3 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
Karl Koller
ophthalmologist
1857–1944 · aged 86
December 3 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Victor Horsley
neurosurgeon, surgeon
1857–1916 · aged 59
April 14 · 1857
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
António Teixeira de Sousa
writer, politician
1857–1917 · aged 60
May 5 · 1857
No external source identified
Georges Leygues
poet, politician
1857–1933 · aged 75
October 26 · 1857
Source: BnF authorities
Mihail Savov
military officer, military personnel
1857–1928 · aged 70
December 8 · 1857
No external source identified
Jamshedji Framji Madan
film director, film producer
1857–1923 · aged 66
April 27 · 1857
No external source identified
Dmitry Shcherbachev
military officer
1857–1932 · aged 74
February 18 · 1857
No external source identified

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