#1Politics & Law
Emma Willard
1787–1870American educator and women's rights activist, 1787-1870
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Famous people · Berlin
11 famous people were born in Berlin, more of them scientists and doctors than in most towns
Emma Willard is the best known, with articles in 25 languages. The next two names are Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps and Townshend Stith Brandegee. The largest group, 7, was born in the early republic. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Emma Willard
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1787
Emma Willard
Youngest
1990
Ryan Preece
Most common field
Science & Medicine
4 people
What stands out about Berlin’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Berlin is known for
Berlin has 6.1× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Berlin’s famous people were born
The 1790s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Science & MedicinePolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageSportsNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Berlin
Two of the three are scientists and doctors.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps
1793–1884American educator, botanist, author
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TB#3
Science & Medicine
Townshend Stith Brandegee
1843–1925American botanist
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Berlin
The rest number 8, with 2 scientists and doctors among them.
Luann de Lesseps
born 1965American reality television personality, model, socialite, actress, author, singer
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The neighbour with the most names is New Britain, at 65.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Berlin and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Emma Willard: Emma Willard, ca. 1805-1815., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps: Sarah J. Hale (Life time: 1879), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gates Percival: Percival (first name unknown), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard D. Hubbard: Frederick Calvin Norton, author. Reproduction of Connecticut State Library portrait by William Lazarus., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Preece: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Aresimowicz: Dannel Malloy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hooker: Ulysses Dow Tenney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Zipadelli: Raniel Diaz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Eshoo: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck: JH_van_Vleck_and_HBG_Casimir,_1974.jpg: Unknown derivative work: Materialscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Robinson: Conder, C. R. (Claude Reignier), 1848-1910, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melanie Fontana: Michel Schulz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James T. Pratt: J.H. Beers & Co. (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Stowell: Jennifer Robertson, Alcon Entertainment, CC0, Wikimedia Commons