#1Famous people · Foxborough
Most of the 8 famous people born in Foxborough came into the world in the early republic
The best known is the musical artist Tim Lefebvre, with articles in 7 languages. Calvin R. Johnson is second and Henry Bradford Nason third. The list comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Massachusetts, at 4.5. Born in 1804, Uriah A. Boyden is the first name on record, and Tim Lefebvre, born in 1968, the most recent.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Tim Lefebvre
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1804
Uriah A. Boyden
Youngest
1968
Tim Lefebvre
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Foxborough’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Foxborough’s famous people were born
The 1820s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Foxborough
Tim Lefebvre has articles in 7 languages, Calvin R. Johnson in 3 and Henry Bradford Nason in 3.
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#3Known for
What Foxborough is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.8 times as common.
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 Foxborough
5 more names, born between 1804 and 1880.
A chosen home
Also called Foxborough home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Walpole lists the most people: 18.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Foxborough 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 (10)
- Tim Lefebvre: Takahiro Kyono, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Bradford Nason: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Uriah A. Boyden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erastus Payson Carpenter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nguyễn Văn Thiệu: The Press secretary to the president of the Republic of Vietnam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Hyland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Farrell: Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Palfrey Cooke: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garth Snow: TheAHL, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons