#1Famous people · Newton
43 famous people from Newton, many of them performers
Articles in 80 languages make the American actor Jack Lemmon the best known. The American actor Matt LeBlanc ranks second, ahead of Amy Poehler. From Roger Sherman to Zoe Atkin, the births on the list run from 1721 to 2003. The largest group, 21, was born between 1920 and 1969.
Born here
43
notable people
Best known
Jack Lemmon
in 80 Wikipedia languages
First
1721
Roger Sherman
Youngest
2003
Zoe Atkin
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
12 people
Also called it home
6
notable residents
What stands out about Newton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Newton is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 3 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 Newton
Jack Lemmon leads with articles in 80 languages, ahead of Matt LeBlanc (77) and Amy Poehler (67).
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#3Through the years
When Newton’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 7 of the births charted here.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSportsMusicPolitics & LawScience & MedicineBusinessNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Newton
40 more, best known first.
Roger Sherman
1721–1793Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Newton home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 6 in all, led by Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
Bernard Lown
1921–2021American cardiologist, developer of the DC defibrillator and the cardioverter
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Waltham leads the towns around it, with 62 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Newton 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 (22)
- Jack Lemmon: Wire photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Poehler: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Sexton: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eli Roth: Bev Moser at https://www.flickr.com/photos/momentsbymoser/, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Mangini: Sehsuan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Sherman: Ralph Earl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Taymor: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Morse: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Falchuk: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Erbe: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gracie Gold: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alphonse Lacroix: The Boston Globe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Foley: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nguyễn Văn Thiệu: The Press secretary to the president of the Republic of Vietnam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Lown: Fredric Lown, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth G. Wilson: The Nobel Prize, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert F. Kennedy: Harry Warnecke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Allan Poe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aly Raisman: Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Hosmer: Augustus Robin (engraver; NY), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Harrington: FOX8, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Fuller: James Wallace Black, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons