#1Famous people · Thompson
11 famous people from Thompson, many of them writers and artists
Articles in 9 languages make the American politician Augustine Lonergan the best known. In the early republic, 5 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 11.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.9 in the typical town in Connecticut. Births span 1753 to 1874, from Simon Larned to Augustine Lonergan.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Augustine Lonergan
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1753
Simon Larned
Youngest
1874
Augustine Lonergan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
4 people
What stands out about Thompson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Thompson is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 3.6 times as common.
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 Thompson’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1840s, with 3 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Thompson
By how many languages cover them, Augustine Lonergan comes first (9), then Ithiel Town (9) and George Whitefield Davis (7).
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George Whitefield Davis
1839–1918United States Army general, military Governor of Puerto Rico, first military Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
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Everyone else born in Thompson
8 more, from 1753 to 1870.
Emma Shaw Colcleugh
1846–1940American journalist, lecturer, traveler, and collector
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Thompson 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 (11)
- Augustine Lonergan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Whitefield Davis: Ernest Hallen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Brown Mason: Francis Alexander, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Shaw Colcleugh: F. E. Willard & M. A. R. Livermore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- General Stafford: Flodin & Thyberg Studio, Worcester, Massachusetts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James M. Munyon: Music published by M.D. Swisher, Philadelphia. Photo credit illegible., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marietta Stanley Case: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Lee Pike: Wycliffe USA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Langdon Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Thayer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Lapham: Snow & Farnham (Providence, RI), printer and publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons