#1Famous people · Falmouth
17 famous people were born in Falmouth, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 69 languages make the American actor Casey Affleck the best known. Second and third on the list are Katharine Lee Bates and Jessica Dubroff. Since 1970, 7 were born, the most of any period. Only 82 of the 338 towns in Massachusetts with anyone on record list more.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Casey Affleck
in 69 Wikipedia languages
First
1770
George Bradbury
Youngest
1991
Tom Norris
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Falmouth’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Falmouth
Languages with an article: 69 for Casey Affleck, 23 for Katharine Lee Bates, 12 for Jessica Dubroff.
#1KB#2
Writing & Arts
Katharine Lee Bates
1859–1929American poet and songwriter
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JD#3
Through the years
When Falmouth’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 4.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotableSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Falmouth is known for
Falmouth has 1.7× the usual share of writers and artists.
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 Falmouth
Another 14, the earliest born in 1770.
Tom Norris
born 1991American mixing engineer, sound designer, record producer, mastering engineer, and songwriter born 1991
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A chosen home
Also called Falmouth home
Born elsewhere, Susan Moran lived here.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Bourne has the most on record: 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Falmouth 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 (11)
- Casey Affleck: Bex Walton from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Cishek: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Bennett Ray: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles F. Swift: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Dean Schmitz: BookhouseBoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Maldonado: Virginia Office of the Governor, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Lewis: Middleton, Wallace, & Co., Engravers & Printers, Cincinnati, Ohio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Hopkins Jenkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Moran: Massachusetts General Court, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Crystal Taliefero: Mike Kurman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy Kanwisher: Simons Center for the Social Brain, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons