#1Famous people · Everett
45 famous people were born in Everett, more of them musicians than in most towns
Ellen Pompeo, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 53 languages. Close behind are Vannevar Bush and Paul L. Smith. Between 1920 and 1969, 22 were born, the most of any period. 2 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
45
notable people
Best known
Ellen Pompeo
in 53 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
Youngest
1992
Connor Brickley
Most common field
Sports
25 people
What stands out about Everett’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Everett
By how many languages cover them, Ellen Pompeo comes first (53), then Vannevar Bush (52) and Paul L. Smith (46).
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#2Science & Medicine
Vannevar Bush
1890–1974American electrical engineer and science administrator
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#3Known for
What Everett is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is musicians, 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.
Through the years
When Everett’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1890s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Everett
Another 42, 25 of them athletes.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Malden counts 63 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Everett 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 (12)
- Ellen Pompeo: lukeford.net, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Vannevar Bush: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul L. Smith: Yoni S.Hamenachem, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hermon Atkins MacNeil: George G. Rockwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Kronus: JKernats, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connor Brickley: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Torbert Macdonald: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Dearborn: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erle Stanley Gardner: John Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chick Corea: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Allan Poe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lydia Maria Child: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons