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Famous people · Marlborough
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 29 famous people born in Marlborough
Most widely known is Crystal Eastman, the American lawyer and feminist, with articles in 31 languages. Joey Graceffa is second and Mike Burns third. In the age of mills and railroads, 12 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Massachusetts has 4.5.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Crystal Eastman
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1672
Jonas Rice
Youngest
1993
Canaan Severin
Most common field
Politics & Law
10 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Marlborough’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Marlborough is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 2.9 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 Marlborough
Crystal Eastman, Joey Graceffa and Mike Burns are written about in 31, 20 and 20 languages.
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Through the years
When Marlborough’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1890s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageFaithNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Marlborough
The rest number 26, with 9 leaders among them.
Mary Sullivan
US politician, from 2014 member of the Vermont House of Representatives
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A chosen home
Also called Marlborough home
One more notable person made the town home: Danielle Gregoire.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 6 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marlborough 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 (18)
- Joey Graceffa: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Butler: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hudson: Charles Hudson, Continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philo C. Fuller: Project Gutenberg. Peter Flass at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Patrick Treacy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilman Bigelow Howe: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr.: United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin Pierce Rice: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Rice: Gilbert Stuart, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Reynolds: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Buckley: Milwaukee Sentinel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard H. Rice: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danielle Gregoire: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Schiff: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Storm Large: User:R3dw88d, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William David Coolidge: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Evans: Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Davis: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons