#1Famous people · Nantucket
Of the 26 famous people born in Nantucket, an unusual share are writers and artists
Articles in 58 languages make the American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor the best known. Most were born in the early republic: 16 of them. Births span 1756 to 1993, from Peleg Coffin, Jr. to Meghan Trainor. Only 54 of the 335 towns in Massachusetts with anyone on record list more.
Born here
26
notable people
Best known
Meghan Trainor
in 58 Wikipedia languages
First
1756
Peleg Coffin, Jr.
Youngest
1993
Meghan Trainor
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Nantucket’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Nantucket’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1790s come out on top, with 5 births.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsMusicFaithScience & MedicineNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Nantucket
Meghan Trainor has articles in 58 languages, Lucretia Mott in 45 and Bill Dixon in 17.
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Known for
What Nantucket is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2.1 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Nantucket
Still to come: 23 more, from 1756 to 1975.
Mary E. Black
1895–1989Canadian artist, Director of Nova Scotia Handcrafts and Home Industries
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
John Toner
1923–2014American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
SportsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Nantucket 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 (7)
- Meghan Trainor: Drew de F Fawkes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucretia Mott: Frederick Gutekunst, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles J. Folger: Charles_j_folger.jpg: Eastman Johnson (1824–1906) derivative work: Freaktheclown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lydia Folger Fowler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Frederick Briggs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dunning Whitney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Chase: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons