#1Famous people · Easton
15 famous people were born in Easton, most of them in the early republic
Jim Craig, the American ice hockey goaltender, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. Second and third on the list are Mace and John Marino. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 5.9, close to the 4.5 of the typical Massachusetts town. 3 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Jim Craig
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1763
Anselm Tupper
Youngest
1997
John Marino
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Easton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Easton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsBusinessPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Easton
All three are athletes.
#1
#2Sports
Mace
born 1991Professional wrestler and American football player
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#3Known for
What Easton is known for
Easton has 7.8× the usual share of business people.
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 Easton
Still to come: 12 more, from 1763 to 1994.
Oliver Ames
1831–1895American businessman, financier and politician from Massachusetts
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Oakes Ames
1804–1873American manufacturer, capitalist, and member of the United States House of Representatives
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Also called Easton home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Easton, though born elsewhere.
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Close by, the fullest list is Brockton’s, at 41 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Easton 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 (17)
- Jim Craig: Boston Bruins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mace: Hector Alejandro, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Marino: Pens Through My Lens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Ames: Source: The New England States, their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional, and Industrial History, by William T. Davies (1897), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lewis Bates: William Worcester Churchill (1858-1926), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oakes Ames: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Winthrop Ames: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry James Clark: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Lothrop Ames: Source: The New England States, their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional, and Industrial History, by William T. Davies (1897), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oakes Angier Ames: Source: The New England States, their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional, and Industrial History, by William T. Davies (1897), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anselm Tupper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David MacKinnon: Orixbaseballclub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George V. N. Lothrop: The court of Alexander III: letters of Mrs. Lothrop (1910), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Hayward: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire D. Cronin: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rocky Marciano: Stanley Weston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. O'Connor: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons