#1Famous people · Lunenburg
From 1729 to 1963, Lunenburg was the birthplace of 11 famous people
Articles in 15 languages make the American composer Earle Brown the best known. The next two names are William Austin and Jonathan Grout. The list reaches back to Susannah Willard Johnson, born in 1729, one of 3 born before independence. More are writers and artists than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Earle Brown
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1729
Susannah Willard Johnson
Youngest
1963
Bob White
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Lunenburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lunenburg’s famous people were born
The 1770s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawMilitarySportsMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lunenburg
Earle Brown leads with articles in 15 languages, ahead of William Austin (9) and Jonathan Grout (7).
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What Lunenburg is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 2.7 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 Lunenburg
A further 8 follow, born between 1729 and 1963.
Susannah Willard Johnson
1729–1810Captive of Native Americans and author of a captivity narrative
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Lunenburg home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Jennifer Benson.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Fitchburg has the most people on record, 49 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lunenburg 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 (9)
- Earle Brown: Johngosselin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Austin: Walter Austin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Grout: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Asahel Stearns: Harvard Law School Association., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Lincoln Emory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. A. Salvatore: William Wesen Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry White: Mike_Winters,_Joe_Mauer,_Jerry_White.jpg: Keith Allison derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rolland H. Spaulding: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aldrich Bowker: Cambridge Grant, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons