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Famous people · Holyoke
Of the 53 famous people born in Holyoke, an unusual share are performers
The best known is the American linguist Morris Swadesh, with articles in 38 languages. The American actress Ann Dowd ranks second, ahead of Hal Blaine. The largest group, 27, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list comes to 14 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.5 in the typical town in Massachusetts.
Born here
53
notable people
Best known
Morris Swadesh
in 38 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Dick Burns
Youngest
1982
William Eubank
Most common field
Sports
23 people
What stands out about Holyoke’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Holyoke is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Holyoke
Morris Swadesh leads with articles in 38 languages, ahead of Ann Dowd (32) and Hal Blaine (23).
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#3Through the years
When Holyoke’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 8.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotableMusicPolitics & LawFaithMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Holyoke
50 more, 23 of them athletes.
Pauline Curley
1903–2000Vaudeville and silent film actress from Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
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Lenny Jacobson
born 1974American actor best known for the Comedy Central series "Big Time in Hollywood, FL" and Showtime's "Nurse Jackie"
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Nearby, Westfield has the most on record, with 31.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Holyoke 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 (13)
- Hal Blaine: Howard Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Eubank: Brattle Theatre from Cambridge, MA, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Curley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerry Geran: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Azinger: Ed Balaun (supergolfdude) from Richfield, OH, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Mitchell: Datagod, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Goodlatte: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Adams: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Bellamy: Philpott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Herbert Mead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horatio G. Knight: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvan Wentworth Chapman: Florida Photographic Collection, photographer not listed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons