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Famous people · New Bedford
37 famous people were born in New Bedford, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
John Tukey, the American mathematician, is the most widely known, written about in 34 languages. The American financier Hetty Green ranks second, ahead of Albert Pinkham Ryder. Born in 1778, Jabez Delano Hammond is the first name on record, and Peter Uihlein, born in 1989, the most recent. Only 31 of the 338 towns in Massachusetts with anyone on record list more.
Born here
37
notable people
Best known
John Tukey
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1778
Jabez Delano Hammond
Youngest
1989
Peter Uihlein
Most common field
Writing & Arts
11 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about New Bedford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What New Bedford is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists 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 New Bedford
Languages with an article: 34 for John Tukey, 28 for Hetty Green, 21 for Albert Pinkham Ryder.
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#3Through the years
When New Bedford’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1910s, with 9 people born in that decade.
Writing & ArtsSportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMusicFaithNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in New Bedford
The rest number 34, with 10 writers and artists among them.
Irwin M. Jacobs
born 1933American electrical engineer and philanthropist
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Oliver H.P. Garrett
1894–1952American film director, writer, newspaperman, and rifleman
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Francis Millet Rogers
1914–1989Professor at Harvard, specialist in Portuguese Literature and History
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called New Bedford home
Born elsewhere, William Standish Knowles lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Dartmouth: 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Bedford 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 (9)
- Hetty Green: Hollinger & Rockey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Pinkham Ryder: Alice Boughton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Irwin M. Jacobs: Dananderson at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Major: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Maslanka: The United States Army Band, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezra Stone: NBC-NBC Photo. David O. Alber Associates, New York, photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Standish Knowles: Tina Hager, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Tucker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Bennett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons