#1Politics & Law
Elbridge Gerry
1744–1814Vice president of the United States from 1813 to 1814
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Famous people · Marblehead
Elbridge Gerry tops a list of 39 famous people born in Marblehead
With articles in 59 languages, Elbridge Gerry is the most widely known. Second and third on the list are Tyler Hamilton and Joseph Story. Fewer than a quarter of the 335 towns in Massachusetts with famous people list more. 11 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period.
Born here
39
notable people
Best known
Elbridge Gerry
in 59 Wikipedia languages
First
1702
Philip Ashton
Youngest
2000
Amy Siskind
Most common field
Politics & Law
11 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Marblehead’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Marblehead
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2
#3Politics & Law
Joseph Story
1779–1845American jurist (1779–1845); US Supreme Court justice from 1812 to 1845
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Through the years
When Marblehead’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1770s than in any other decade: 3.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsFaithFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitaryNotableMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Marblehead is known for
Compared with the usual town, ministers and preachers are the most over-represented field, at 4.6 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 Marblehead
36 more, best known first.
Keith Ablow
born 1961American psychiatrist, author, and television personality
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Martha Hooper Blackler Kalopothakes
1830–1871American missionary, translator, journalist, editor
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Philip Ashton
1702–1746Castaway on uninhabited Roatan Island in the Bay of Honduras for 16 months in 1723/1724
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A chosen home
Also called Marblehead home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 3 in all, led by Typhoid Mary.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Salem’s, at 46 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marblehead 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 (22)
- Elbridge Gerry: James Bogle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Hamilton: Rob Annis from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Story: Studio of Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Silverman: BDEngler, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Pressler: Pressler~enwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Augustus Holyoke: Charles Osgood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John White Chadwick: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Henderson: LaurenHendersonMusic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Hooper: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Reed: Attributed to Stuart, Gilbert (American painter, 1755-1828) (Artist) Attributed to Frothingham, James (American painter, 1786-1864) (Artist), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimberly Breier: Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ward Chipman: Lawrence Park, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles T. Main: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Curtis: International Soling Association, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James J. H. Gregory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrus F. Knight: Perry, William Stevens, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Ingalls: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Typhoid Mary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lori Ehrlich: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen O'Toole: The United States Department of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Hawthorne: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mabel Wheeler Daniels: Radcliffe College, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons