#1Famous people · New Salem
Leaders stand out among the 9 famous people born in New Salem
Articles in 6 languages make the American politician Elisha Hunt Allen the best known. Behind the leader come Maria Freeman Gray and Shepard Cary. In the early republic, 8 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1804, Elisha Hunt Allen is the first name on record, and Victor M. Place, born in 1876, the most recent.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Elisha Hunt Allen
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1804
Elisha Hunt Allen
Youngest
1876
Victor M. Place
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about New Salem’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When New Salem’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1810s, at 3.
Politics & LawNotableFaithBusinessSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What New Salem is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
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 Salem
Elisha Hunt Allen leads with articles in 6 languages, ahead of Maria Freeman Gray (4) and Shepard Cary (4).
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#2Notable
Maria Freeman Gray
1832–1915American educator, feminist and socialist
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Still to come: 6 more, from 1811 to 1876.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Salem 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)
- Elisha Hunt Allen: credited to Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maria Freeman Gray: The San Francisco Call, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophia B. Packard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alpheus Harding: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peleg Emory Aldrich: Reno, Conrad, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor M. Place: Langill, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lysander Spooner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Flint I: Henry Bryan Hall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert S. Woodworth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abby Kelley Foster: Abby Kelley Foster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Baxter Adams: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James C. Greenough: Original photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons