#1Famous people · Hadley
8 famous people were born in Hadley, most of them in the early republic
Joseph Hooker, the American Union Army general, is the most widely known, written about in 30 languages. Behind the leader come Frederic Dan Huntington and Irving Johnson. Per head, the list is long: 15.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Massachusetts has 4.5. From Elizabeth Porter Phelps to Irving Johnson, the births on the list run from 1747 to 1905.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Joseph Hooker
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1747
Elizabeth Porter Phelps
Youngest
1905
Irving Johnson
Most common field
Faith
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Hadley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hadley’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1810s, at 3.
FaithPolitics & LawMilitarySportsWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Hadley
Three names lead: Joseph Hooker (30 languages), Frederic Dan Huntington (5) and Irving Johnson (5).
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Known for
What Hadley is known for
Faith leads the fields, with 2 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 Hadley
Another 5, 2 of them leaders.
Harriette Merrick Plunkett
1826–1906American sanitation and public health advocate; writer
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Jay E. Nash
1843–1915Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Hadley home
One more notable person made the town home: Thomas Hannum.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Northampton leads the towns around it, with 48 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hadley 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)
- Joseph Hooker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederic Dan Huntington: Stoddard, Dwight J., pub, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriette Merrick Plunkett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Merritt Kellogg: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hannum: Ktr101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lydia Davis: kellywritershouse, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Dickinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Herbert Mead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodolphus Dickinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horatio G. Knight: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons