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Famous people · Scituate
19 famous people come from Scituate, Conor Garland the best known
Articles in 18 languages make the American ice hockey player Conor Garland the best known. Second and third on the list are Ryan Whitney and William Cushing. 6 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Conor Garland
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1703
Thomas Clap
Youngest
1996
Ryan Donato
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Scituate’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Scituate’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineBusinessFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Scituate
Counted by languages, Conor Garland is ahead of Ryan Whitney and William Cushing: 18, 18 and 16.
#2
#3Known for
What Scituate is known for
Scituate has 1.6× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Scituate
16 more names, born between 1703 and 1996.
William Penn Brooks
1851–1938American agronomist, botanist and college president
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A chosen home
Also called Scituate home
Born elsewhere, Samuel Montefiore Waxman lived here.
Samuel Montefiore Waxman
1885–1980American author and professor of romance languages
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Hingham leads the towns around it, with 26 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Scituate 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)
- Ryan Whitney: Jshecket at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Cushing: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Donato: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Silk: New York Rangers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom McCall: Oregon Secretary of State, distributed by Marion County, Oregon to voters without a copyright notice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Woodworth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Penn Brooks: The Grand Council of Phi Sigma Kappa (Life time: NA), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Leonard Barnes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Sullivan: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Bowen: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Corwin: Brenden Delzer, brenden on flickr.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons