#1Sports
Wilbert Robinson
1863–1934American baseball player and manager
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Bolton
The 9 famous people born in Bolton, led by Wilbert Robinson
At the top of the list is the American baseball player and manager Wilbert Robinson, covered in 11 languages. Second and third on the list are Frederick A. Sawyer and Karen O'Connor. The earliest on the list is Nathan Wilson, born in 1758, and the youngest Heather K. Gerken, born in 1969. For every 10,000 residents there are 15.7 on the list, well above the typical Massachusetts town’s 4.5.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Wilbert Robinson
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1758
Nathan Wilson
Youngest
1969
Heather K. Gerken
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Bolton
Wilbert Robinson, Frederick A. Sawyer and Karen O'Connor are written about in 11, 10 and 10 languages.
#1
#2
#3Through the years
When Bolton’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1860s, with 2 births.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineSportsNotableWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bolton is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.6 times as common.
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 Bolton
Still to come: 6 more, from 1758 to 1969.
No one matches both filters.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Bolton?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Bolton’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Clinton has the most on record: 26.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bolton 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 (10)
- Wilbert Robinson: Bain News Service; restoration by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick A. Sawyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen O'Connor: Henry Bucklow/Lazy Photography (Sffubs), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos Nourse: Maine State Museum?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William C. Sullivan: Federal Bureau of Investigations, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Homer Jay Wheeler: Rhode Island State College (Grist) 1904, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Moorehead: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William David Coolidge: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Hutchins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons