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Famous people · Dunstable
6 famous people come from Dunstable, Ellen Swallow Richards the best known
Ellen Swallow Richards, the American chemist, is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. Second and third on the list are Amos Kendall and Colleen Green. The largest group, 4, was born in the early republic. 2 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Ellen Swallow Richards
in 39 Wikipedia languages
First
1740
Prudence Wright
Youngest
1984
Colleen Green
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Dunstable’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dunstable’s famous people were born
The 1780s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawNotableScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dunstable
Counted by languages, Ellen Swallow Richards is ahead of Amos Kendall and Colleen Green: 39, 13 and 6.
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What Dunstable is known for
Share of Dunstable’s famous people in each field.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nashua leads the towns around it, with 47 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dunstable 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 (8)
- Amos Kendall: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colleen Green: Paul Hudson from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Fletcher: Vermont National Guard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George E. Davis: US Department of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mandy Moore: Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Charles Tarbell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Adams Richardson: Matthew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wesley Emerson: неизвестен (фото сделано более 150 лет назад), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons