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Famous people · Montague
Of the 12 famous people born in Montague, an unusual share are leaders
Articles in 23 languages make the American astronomer Raymond Smith Dugan the best known. Cornelia Clapp is second and Luther Severance third. The largest group, 4, was born in the early republic. The list comes to 14.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.5 in the typical town in Massachusetts.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Raymond Smith Dugan
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1792
Amán Rawson
Youngest
1973
Christopher Baldwin
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Montague’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Montague is known for
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 4.2 times as common.
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 Montague
Raymond Smith Dugan, Cornelia Clapp and Luther Severance are written about in 23, 13 and 4 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Montague’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1840s, at 2.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFaithBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Montague
Still to come: 9 more, from 1792 to 1973.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Greenfield’s, at 29 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Montague 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 (12)
- Luther Severance: not given, credited to the Hawaiian Historical Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amán Rawson: Benjamin Franklin Rawson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Griswold Merrill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Baldwin: Joshin Yamada from Portland, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Haigis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Field Jones: Works Progress Administration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Lacy: Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Hitchcock: William S. Tyler., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nina Browne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James C. Greenough: Original photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Stevens Henry: Norris Galpin Osborn, editor. Springfield Printing and Binding (Springfield, MA), publisher)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles B. Andrews: Frederick Calvin Norton, author. Reproduction of Connecticut State Library portrait by George F. Wright., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons