In 1857 – 58, Douglas broke with President James Buchanan, leading to a fight for control of the Democratic Party.

In 1857, the Austrian scholar Anton Boller suggested adding Japanese to Altaic or more precisely to Ural – Altaic.

* 1770 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer ( d. 1857 )

* 1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist ( d. 1940 )

* 1857 – Manuel de Escandón, Mexican polo player ( d. 1940 )

* 1857 – Eugène Sue, French novelist ( b. 1804 )

* 1924 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-English writer ( b. 1857 )

* 1929 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist ( b. 1857 )

* 1857 – Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer ( d. 1944 )

* 1857 – Max Wagenknecht, German composer ( d. 1922 )

* 1857 – Albert Ballin, German businessman ( d. 1918 )

* 1789 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician ( d. 1857 )

* Alexander of Bulgaria ( 1857 – 1893 ), first prince of Bulgaria

* Alexander of Bulgaria ( 1857 – 1893 ), Prince of Bulgaria

* 1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.

Alfonso XII ( born Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo ) ( Madrid, 28 November 1857 – El Pardo, 25 November 1885 ) was King of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d ' état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic.

* Alfonso XII of Spain-( 1857 – 1885 ) ( ordinal numbering continues from the kings of Castile )

* 1857 – Sandford Schultz, English cricketer ( d. 1937 )

* 1857 – " The Spirits Book " by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.

* 1857 – Clarence Darrow, American attorney ( d. 1938 )

* 1857 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom ( d. 1944 )

* 1936 – Karl Pearson, English mathematician ( b. 1857 )

* 1776 – Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh ( d. 1857 )

* Alexander Lyapunov ( 1857 – 1918 ) in the 1890s marks the beginning of stability theory.

Count Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy ( 1770 – 1857 )

Alexander Ivanovich Tolstoy ( 1770 – 1857 ), stemming from a collateral branch of the family, inherited the committal title and estates of his childless uncle, the last of the Ostermanns.

* October 23 – Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria, first prince of Bulgaria ( b. 1857 )

Alexander Joseph, Prince of Bulgaria GCB ( 5 April 1857 – 23 October 1893 ), known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince ( knyaz ) of modern Bulgaria, reigning from 29 April 1879 to 7 September 1886.

It was created in 1857 and is named in honor of Alexander von Humboldt.

Scottish engineer Alexander Wilson founded the company in Dusian Road, Vauxhall, London in 1857.

1857 – Marine engineer Alexander Wilson founded the Vauxhall Ironworks in Lambeth, London, and named after the Vauxhall district of Lambeth.

In 1856, he was sent as special envoy to the coronation of Alexander II of Russia and brought home a wife, whom he married at St. Petersburg on 7 January 1857, Princess Sofia Sergeyevna Trubetskaya ( Moscow, 25 March 1836 – 8 August 1896 ), the only daughter of Prince Sergey Vasilyevich Trubetskoy ( 1814-12 May ( 30 April Old Style ), 1859 ) and his wife Ekaterina Petrovna Mussina-Pushkina ( 1 February 1816-c. 1897 ).

* Alexander Campbell ( American politician ) ( 1779 – 1857 ), Ohio

Modest Mussorgsky joined them in 1857, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1861, and Alexander Borodin in 1862.

Alexander Cameron Rutherford ( February 2, 1857 – June 11, 1941 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the first Premier of Alberta from 1905 to 1910.

* Alexander Pell ( 1857 – 1921 ) ( known in Russia as Sergey Degayev ), the first Dean ( 1905 ) of the School of Engineering and a researcher in mathematics

* Challen, James ( editor ), " Biographical Sketch of Alexander Campbell ", Ladies ' Christian Annual, March, 1857 ( Volume VI, No. 3 ), Philadelphia: James Challen, Publisher.

* Alexander ( 1857 – 1893 ), created Reigning Prince of Bulgaria in 1879, abdicated in Bulgaria and created Count of Hartenau, married morganatically in 1889 Johanna Loisinger ( 1865 – 1951 ), with issue.

Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife KG, KT, GCVO, PC, VD ( 10 November 1849 – 29 January 1912 ), styled Viscount Macduff between 1857 and 1879 and known as The Earl Fife between 1879 and 1889, was a British Peer who married Princess Louise of Wales, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark.

The brand became popular, but after Walker's death in 1857 it was his son Alexander Walker and grandson Alexander Walker II who were largely responsible for establishing the scotch as a popular brand.

Alexander Macleay started collecting the exhibits of Australia's oldest museum-Sydney's Australian Museum-in 1826 and the current building opened to the public in 1857.

* Rear Admiral Sir Alexander Milne 1857 – 1859

** Alexander Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie ( 1831 – 1857 )