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John H. Manley
1907–1990American physicist, group leader during the Manhattan Project
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Famous people · Harvard
10 famous people come from Harvard, John H. Manley the best known
John H. Manley leads the list, covered in 13 languages. The American artist Elbridge Ayer Burbank ranks second, ahead of Paul Galvin. The list runs from Jonathan J. Smith, born in 1844, to Stephen A. Boppart, born in 1968. Only 110 of the 746 towns in Illinois with anyone on record list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
John H. Manley
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
Jonathan J. Smith
Youngest
1968
Stephen A. Boppart
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Harvard
John H. Manley leads with articles in 13 languages, ahead of Elbridge Ayer Burbank (8) and Paul Galvin (7).
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Through the years
When Harvard’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 2 births.
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3 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harvard 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 (5)
- John H. Manley: Fastfission at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elbridge Ayer Burbank: Jo Mora, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford: Ford family, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carol Richards: Macfadden Publications, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen A. Boppart: L. Brian Stauffer - Director of Photography - University of Illinois University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons