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Famous people · Montpelier
Montpelier is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the Catholic bishop Victor Joseph Reed, with articles in 5 languages. Emerson Hammer and Annetta R. Chipp follow. The earliest on the list is Emerson Hammer, born in 1856, and the youngest Victor Joseph Reed, born in 1905. The longest list of any town in Indiana belongs to Gary, with 68.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Victor Joseph Reed
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
Emerson Hammer
Youngest
1905
Victor Joseph Reed
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Montpelier
Victor Joseph Reed, Emerson Hammer and Annetta R. Chipp are written about in 5, 2 and 1 languages.
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Notable
Annetta R. Chipp
1866–1961American temperance leader and prison evangelist
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What Montpelier is known for
Ministers and preachers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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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.
Photo credits (1)
- Emerson Hammer: Rogers, A.D. .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);box-…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons