#1Famous people · Becket
Becket counts 7 famous people, first among them Eliza Roxcy Snow
Articles in 11 languages make the American Mormon writer Eliza Roxcy Snow the best known. Joseph Plumb Martin is second and Hannah Tracy Cutler third. More than half were born in the early republic, 6 in all. The earliest on the list is Joseph Plumb Martin, born in 1760, and the youngest Norman Wait Harris, born in 1846.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Eliza Roxcy Snow
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1760
Joseph Plumb Martin
Youngest
1846
Norman Wait Harris
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
What stands out about Becket’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Becket’s famous people were born
The 1800s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Writing & ArtsMilitaryBusinessPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Becket
Eliza Roxcy Snow has articles in 11 languages, Joseph Plumb Martin in 5 and Hannah Tracy Cutler in 4.
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#2Military
Joseph Plumb Martin
1760–1850American revolutionary war soldier; farmer; public official
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What Becket is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 4.2 times the usual share.
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Everyone else born in Becket
Still to come: 4 more, from 1804 to 1846.
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Close by, Lee counts 11 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Becket 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 (8)
- Eliza Roxcy Snow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Plumb Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Wait Harris: Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Birchard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Bell Smith: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas C. Durant: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Viets Griswold Allen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin D. Morgan: The original uploader was The Mystery Man at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons