#1Famous people · Melrose
Of the 48 famous people born in Melrose, an unusual share are musicians
The best known is the American lawyer and jurist David Souter, with articles in 33 languages. Geraldine Farrar, the American soprano opera singer and film actress, comes second, with Sewall Wright third. The largest group, 23, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list runs from Benjamin Curtis Porter, born in 1843, to Ochman, born in 1999.
Born here
48
notable people
Best known
David Souter
in 33 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
Benjamin Curtis Porter
Youngest
1999
Ochman
Most common field
Sports
20 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Melrose’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Melrose is known for
Melrose has 2.3× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Melrose’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 7.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Melrose
Ranked by languages covered: David Souter with 33, then Geraldine Farrar with 33 and Sewall Wright with 31.
#1
#2Music
Geraldine Farrar
1882–1967American soprano opera singer and film actress
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Melrose
Of the other 45, 20 are athletes.
Seaver Peters
1932–2020American ice hockey player and college athletics administrator
SportsWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Melrose home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Martin Fowler.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Melrose.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Melrose 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 (11)
- David Souter: "Courtesy of the Supreme Court of the United States, National Geographic Society, Photographer: Joseph Bailey", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Geraldine Farrar: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sewall Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ochman: Serecki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Nash: BillCramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Tkachuk: Jaime4Jesus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Bryant: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Clark: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erle Stanley Gardner: John Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Levine: Chris Sean Smith, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buffy Sainte-Marie: sidrguelph from Guelph, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons