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Famous people · Danvers
29 famous people were born in Danvers from 1718 to 1987
The best known is the American swimmer Jenny Thompson, with articles in 28 languages. Leo Sexton and Israel Putnam follow. The largest group, 10, was born in the age of mills and railroads. The list comes to 10.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.5 in the typical town in Massachusetts.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Jenny Thompson
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1718
Israel Putnam
Youngest
1987
Meghan Duggan
Most common field
Sports
13 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Danvers
First, Jenny Thompson (28 languages), then Leo Sexton (21) and Israel Putnam (19).
#2
#3Through the years
When Danvers’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsMilitaryPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & StageFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Danvers is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is soldiers and sailors, at 2.9 times.
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 Danvers
The rest number 26, with 12 athletes among them.
A chosen home
Also called Danvers home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Danvers, though born elsewhere.
Mary Warren
1674–1693American colonist, maidservant, and Salem witch trial accuser/accused
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Beverly, at 48.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Danvers 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 (19)
- Leo Sexton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Israel Putnam: Fabronius, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grenville M. Dodge: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Meghan Duggan: _becaro_, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muriel Mussells Seyfert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Holten: Peabody Institute Library (Danvers, MA)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Marsh: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliza Putnam Heaton: The Cosmopolitan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Geer Kelsey: William Bruce Ellis Ranken, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis S. Dodge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally Kerans: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Connie Creeden: AP, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Caskin: J Wood, 208 Bowery, N.Y., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thorny Hawkes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Morse: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Hawthorne: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Smith, Sr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurie Stephens: LauraHale, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John James Ingalls: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons