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John A. Bagley House · Photo: William R Sterling · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Montpelier
5 famous people come from Montpelier, Willis J. Gertsch the best known
Most widely known is Willis J. Gertsch, the American arachnologist, with articles in 11 languages. Bruce Carver and Lloyd D. George follow. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 4 in all. Born in 1906, Willis J. Gertsch is the first name on record, and Bruce Carver, born in 1948, the most recent.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Willis J. Gertsch
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Willis J. Gertsch
Youngest
1948
Bruce Carver
Most common field
Science & Medicine
3 people
The best known
Born in Montpelier
First, Willis J. Gertsch (11 languages), then Bruce Carver (5) and Lloyd D. George (4).
BC#2
Science & Medicine
Bruce Carver
1948–2005Video game designer and programmer
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
LG#3
Through the years
When Montpelier’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Science & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Montpelier is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 10.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Montpelier
2 more, from 1940 to 1943.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Montpelier 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.