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Famous people · Boylston
Boylston’s famous people span 175 years: 6 births from 1812 to 1987
Articles in 7 languages make the American botanist Charles Noyes Forbes the best known. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. Charles Noyes Forbes was born in 1883. For every 10,000 residents there are 12.1 on the list, well above the typical Massachusetts town’s 4.5.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Charles Noyes Forbes
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1812
Eliakim H. Moore
Youngest
1987
Glenn Zaleski
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Boylston’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Boylston’s famous people were born
The 1880s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Boylston
Ranked by languages covered: Charles Noyes Forbes with 7, then Eliakim H. Moore with 6 and Glenn Zaleski with 4.
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What Boylston is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Boylston 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 (5)
- Eliakim H. Moore: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Nathaniel Davenport: E.P. Richardson, 193 Main St., Marlboro, Mass., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Moorehead: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Birbiglia: Photographer: Brian Friedman. Copyright holder: Mike Lavoie, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Davis: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons