#1Politics & Law
John R. Thayer
1845–1916American politician, Massachusetts
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Famous people · Douglas
Douglas is the birthplace of 5 famous people
John R. Thayer is the best known, with articles in 6 languages. The Canadian politician Bowman Brown Law ranks second, ahead of Leonard White. 5 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
John R. Thayer
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
Warren Whiting
Youngest
1856
Leonard White
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Douglas’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Douglas’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1850s, at 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Douglas
John R. Thayer leads with articles in 6 languages, ahead of Bowman Brown Law (3) and Leonard White (2).
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What Douglas is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.9 times.
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Everyone else born in Douglas
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6 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Douglas 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 (7)
- John R. Thayer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bowman Brown Law: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Warren Whiting: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clara Barton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustine Lonergan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Blanchard: George Iles, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Lapham: Snow & Farnham (Providence, RI), printer and publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons