#1Famous people · Ashland
5 famous people come from Ashland, Frank Nelson Cole the best known
Frank Nelson Cole, the American mathematician, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. Second place goes to the American writer and novelist Josephine Angelini, third to Michael Blaiklock. The list comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 residents, below the 4.5 of the typical town in Massachusetts. 2 of them are performers, more than in any other field.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Frank Nelson Cole
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
Frank Nelson Cole
Youngest
1975
Josephine Angelini
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Ashland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ashland’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Film, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ashland
Frank Nelson Cole has articles in 15 languages, Josephine Angelini in 8 and Michael Blaiklock in 7.
#1JA#2
Writing & Arts
Josephine Angelini
born 1975American writer and novelist
8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
MB#3
Known for
What Ashland is known for
Film, TV & Stage leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Ashland
2 more, from 1882 to 1968.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Ashland home
One more notable person made the town home: Karen Spilka.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Framingham has the most people on record, 53 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ashland 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 (7)
- Frank Nelson Cole: no coneguts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Blass: John Manard for Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Spilka: Massachusetts Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Schiff: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Merrill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Storm Large: User:R3dw88d, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice D. Weeks: Data Owner : U.S. Geological Survey Photographer : Patterson, E.F., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons