#1Famous people · Halifax
Halifax is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Alexander Parris, the American architect, with articles in 5 languages. The next two names are Joshua Cushman and Susan Elizabeth Wood Crocker. The first birth on record is Joshua Cushman’s, in 1761, and the last Susan Elizabeth Wood Crocker’s, in 1836. The list comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Massachusetts, at 4.5.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Alexander Parris
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1761
Joshua Cushman
Youngest
1836
Susan Elizabeth Wood Crocker
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Halifax
Alexander Parris, Joshua Cushman and Susan Elizabeth Wood Crocker are written about in 5, 5 and 3 languages.
#1JC#2
#3Science & Medicine
Susan Elizabeth Wood Crocker
1836–1922American physician and professor
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Halifax’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1780s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Halifax is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Halifax
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Bridgewater Town counts 22 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Halifax 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 (7)
- Alexander Parris: W.E. Chickering, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Elizabeth Wood Crocker: Irving Allison Watson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sala Bosworth: Theo C. Marceau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mickey Cochrane: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Everett Scott: Gordon Ho, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Flaim: UweFan, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deborah Sampson: Engraving by George Graham. From a drawing by William Beastall, which was based on a painting by Joseph Stone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons