#1Famous people · Dalton
Dalton’s famous people span 170 years: 9 births from 1800 to 1970
Articles in 12 languages make the American politician Winthrop M. Crane the best known. The next two names are Byron Weston and Dan Duquette. The largest group, 4, was born in the early republic. The list comes to 14.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.5 in the typical town in Massachusetts.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Winthrop M. Crane
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1800
William C. Kittredge
Youngest
1970
Pat Duquette
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Dalton
Two of the three are leaders.
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#3Through the years
When Dalton’s famous people were born
The 1850s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dalton is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.6 times.
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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Another 6, the earliest born in 1800.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Pittsfield, with 52.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dalton 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 (11)
- Winthrop M. Crane: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron Weston: Source: The New England States, their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional, and Industrial History, by William T. Davies (1897), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Duquette: Eric Kilby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Cutler Fairchild: J. T. White & company, 1893-, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William C. Kittredge: Marketing Department, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Burr Chamberlain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Duquette: Bröder Media Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Banks: Empire Movies, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis E. Warren: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin D. Morgan: The original uploader was The Mystery Man at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons