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Famous people · Charlemont
4 famous people call Charlemont their birthplace
Articles in 6 languages make the American politician Orlando B. Potter the best known. Close behind are Celeste M. A. Winslow and S. Anna Gordon. The list runs from Orlando B. Potter, born in 1823, to Celeste M. A. Winslow, born in 1837. The biggest group are writers and artists: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Orlando B. Potter
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1823
Orlando B. Potter
Youngest
1837
Celeste M. A. Winslow
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Charlemont
Ranked by languages covered: Orlando B. Potter with 6, then Celeste M. A. Winslow with 3 and S. Anna Gordon with 3.
#2
#3Science & Medicine
S. Anna Gordon
born 1832American physician and author
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Charlemont’s famous people were born
Most were born in the early republic (4); the busiest decade is the 1820s (2).
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Charlemont is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Shelburne Falls has the most on record, with 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Charlemont 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)
- Celeste M. A. Winslow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- S. Anna Gordon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine Webb Barber: Catharine Webb Barber Towles, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Lively: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Wright Kellogg: Richard Herndon, editor in chief. Richard Burton, editor and compiler. New England Magazine (Boston, MA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Lyon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Henry Haynes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisabeth Bardwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Homer Franklin Bassett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons