The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people born in 1857

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930)

American politician
Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI (1857 - 1939)

Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
Milton S. Hershey

Milton S. Hershey (1857 - 1945)

American businessman, founded The Hershey Company
Clarence Darrow

Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

American attorney
Ida Tarbell

Ida Tarbell (1857 - 1944)

American journalist
Heinrich Hertz

Heinrich Hertz (1857 - 1894)

Physicist and Electronic Engineer
Thorstein Veblen

Thorstein Veblen (1857 - 1929)

American economist and sociologist
Juan Luna

Juan Luna (1857 - 1899)

Filipino painter
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857 - 1944)

Member of the British Royal Family and daughter of Queen Victoria
Almanzo Wilder

Almanzo Wilder (1857 - 1949)

Member of the Wilder family
Alfred Binet

Alfred Binet (1857 - 1911)

French psychologist
Clara Zetkin

Clara Zetkin (1857 - 1933)

German theorist and activist
Karl Pearson

Karl Pearson (1857 - 1936)

English statistician and mathematician
Eugène Atget

Eugène Atget (1857 - 1927)

French photographer
Lord Baden Powell

Lord Baden Powell (1857 - 1941)

Founder of Scouting, British Army Lt. General
George Ohr

George Ohr (1857 - 1918)

American potter
Jack Glasscock

Jack Glasscock (1857 - 1947)

American baseball player
James E. Keeler

James E. Keeler (1857 - 1900)

American astronomer
Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

English composer
Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

Polish-English author