Birth year 1857 celebrities
Page 1 of 7Birth year 1857
Robert “Bobby” Peel (12 February 1857 – 12 August 1941) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire between 1883 and 1897. Primarily a left-arm spin bowler, Peel was also an effective left-handed batsman who
Paul Dresser (born Johann Paul Dreiser, Jr.; April 22, 1857 – January 30, 1906) was an American singer, songwriter, and comedic actor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In addition to songwriting Dresser performed in traveling mi
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state, California. Her best-seller Black Oxen (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same na
James Evans “Grasshopper Jim” Whitney (November 10, 1857 – May 21, 1891) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons (1881–1890) with the Boston Red Caps/Beaneaters, Kansas City Cowboys, Washington
Barbara Janet Ainsleigh Baynton, Lady Headley (4 June 1857 – 28 May 1929) was an Australian writer, made famous for Bush Studies which was written in retaliation to Henry Lawson’s works.
George Albert Godley (31 October 1857 – 20 July 1941) was a police officer of the Metropolitan Police who was involved in the hunt for Jack the Ripper in 1888. Born at East Grinstead in Sussex in 1857, Godley initially worked as a sawyer. He then j
Emma Josepha (Smith) McCallum, born 28 Jul 1857, Nauvoo IL; died 30 Nov 1937; married Alexander McCallum (1848 – 1928); interred Mound Grove Cemetery
Theodorus “Theo” van Gogh (1 May 1857 – 25 January 1891) was a Dutch art dealer. He was the younger brother of Vincent van Gogh, and Theo’s unfailing financial and emotional support allowed his brother to devote himself entirely to painting. Theo d
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Сергей Александрович) (May 11, 1857 – February 17, 1905) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. He was an influential figure during the reigns of his brother Emperor Alexander III
Émile Cohl (January 4, 1857 – January 20, 1938), born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called “The Father of the Animated Cartoon” and “The Oldest
Samuel Washington Wise (August 18, 1857 in Akron, Ohio – January 22, 1910 in Akron, Ohio) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of twelve seasons in Major League Baseball from 1881 to 1893, most often as either a shortstop or se
William F. Greenwood (1857 – May 2, 1902) was an American Major League Baseball player who played the majority of his career as a second baseman for a total of six seasons from 1882 to 1890. He was a left-handed infielder, not entirely uncommon in