#1Famous people · Franklin Town
16 famous people come from Franklin Town, Horace Mann the best known
The best known is the American politician Horace Mann, with articles in 43 languages. The oldest name on the list belongs to Asa Aldis, born in 1770, the newest to Jermaine Samuels, born in 1998. The list comes to 4.8 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Massachusetts, at 4.5. 3 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Horace Mann
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1770
Asa Aldis
Youngest
1998
Jermaine Samuels
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Franklin Town’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Franklin Town
Three names lead: Horace Mann (43 languages), Peter Laviolette (15) and Jermaine Samuels (8).
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#2Sports
Peter Laviolette
born 1964American ice hockey player and coach
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#3Through the years
When Franklin Town’s famous people were born
The 1880s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Franklin Town is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.5 times.
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 Franklin Town
The rest number 13, with 4 leaders among them.
Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
1888–1971American scholar of Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon literature, translator, fiction writer
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The most names next door are in Wrentham: 11.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Franklin Town 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)
- Horace Mann: Southworth & Hawes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Laviolette: Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Jermaine Samuels: Steve Cheng, Bruin Report Online, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Kuhl Hornbeck: United States. Office of War Information., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert D. Richardson: Albert D. Richardson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Mondo: Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Grant: Charles M. Conlon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theron Metcalf: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garth Snow: TheAHL, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James "Grizzly" Adams: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Milton Thayer: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Kyle Sullivan: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons