#1Famous people · Lynnfield
6 famous people call Lynnfield their birthplace
Most widely known is Brian Flynn, the American ice hockey player, with articles in 8 languages. The largest group, 3, was born in the early republic. Brian Flynn, born in 1988, is the youngest, and E. Florence Barker, born in 1840, the first on record. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Brian Flynn
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1840
E. Florence Barker
Youngest
1988
Brian Flynn
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Lynnfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lynnfield’s famous people were born
The 1840s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageBusinessWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lynnfield
By how many languages cover them, Brian Flynn comes first (8), then Brian O'Connor (4) and George Robert White (4).
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What Lynnfield is known for
Politics & Law 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 Lynnfield
Still to come: 3 more, from 1840 to 1968.
E. Florence Barker
1840–1897American clubwoman; first president of the National Woman's Relief Corps
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Of the towns around it, Lynn has the most on record: 49.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lynnfield 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)
- Brian Flynn: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Robert White: John Singer Sargent, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Asa Tarbel Newhall: Notman Photographic Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Florence Barker: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Brennan: ABC Television (ABC Photo); Bath & Wiener-photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Levine: Chris Sean Smith, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Cerretani: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Moulton Marston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John James Ingalls: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons