#1Famous people · Auburn
Jeffrey Lynn tops a list of 9 famous people born in Auburn
At the top of the list is the American actor Jeffrey Lynn, covered in 18 languages. The list comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Massachusetts, at 4.5. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. The biggest group are athletes: 4.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Jeffrey Lynn
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
Jacob Whitman Bailey
Youngest
1984
Javier Mojica
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Auburn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Auburn’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1900s, with 1 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotablePolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Auburn
Jeffrey Lynn leads with articles in 18 languages, ahead of Jacob Whitman Bailey (12) and Gina Marie Rzucidlo (5).
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Known for
What Auburn is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 4 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Auburn
Of the other 6, 4 are athletes.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Worcester’s, at 28 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Auburn 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)
- Jeffrey Lynn: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Whitman Bailey: William H. Stockbridge (d. 1933), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Javier Mojica: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Waterman Warren: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert H. Goddard: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clara Barton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Crane: Photograph not separately attributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons