#1Famous people · Lanesborough
Josh Billings tops a list of 4 famous people born in Lanesborough
The best known is the American humorist Josh Billings, with articles in 25 languages. Henry Shaw Briggs and Platt D. Babbitt follow. The first birth on record is Josh Billings’, in 1818, and the last Wallace Osgood Fenn’s, in 1893. The biggest group are writers and artists: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Josh Billings
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1818
Josh Billings
Youngest
1893
Wallace Osgood Fenn
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Lanesborough
Two of the three are writers and artists.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Henry Shaw Briggs
1824–1887Lawyer, politician, and military officer of the Union Army
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
PB#3
Through the years
When Lanesborough’s famous people were born
The 1820s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
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What Lanesborough is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Pittsfield’s, at 52 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lanesborough 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 (5)
- Josh Billings: Sarony, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Shaw Briggs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Banks: Empire Movies, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin I. Townsend: George Baker Anderson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons