#1Military
John Milton Thayer
1820–1906Union Army general and politician
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Famous people · Bellingham
The 5 famous people born in Bellingham, led by John Milton Thayer
The best known is the union Army general and politician John Milton Thayer, with articles in 13 languages. Close behind are Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu and Levi Cook. 3 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. The list comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 residents, below the 4.5 of the typical town in Massachusetts.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
John Milton Thayer
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1792
Levi Cook
Youngest
1994
Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu
Most common field
Military
1 people
What stands out about Bellingham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bellingham’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1820s than in any other decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bellingham
John Milton Thayer has articles in 13 languages, Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu in 4 and Levi Cook in 4.
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What Bellingham is known for
Military leads the fields, with 1 people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bellingham 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 (9)
- John Milton Thayer: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu: Eric.Jason.Cross, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Cook: Jefferson S. Conover, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Mann: Southworth & Hawes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eli Thayer: Tucker, E. S., Publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garth Snow: TheAHL, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana Gould: Lucha VaVOOM: Inside Amercia's Most Outrageous Show from USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ambrose Kennedy: Thomas Williams Bicknell (1834-1925)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James "Grizzly" Adams: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons