#1Famous people · Swampscott
Most of the 13 famous people born in Swampscott came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
Most widely known is Mabel Wheeler Daniels, the American composer, with articles in 7 languages. Births span 1857 to 1955, from Francis Newton Thorpe to Barry Goralnick. Per head, the list is long: 8.5 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Massachusetts has 4.5.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Mabel Wheeler Daniels
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1857
Francis Newton Thorpe
Youngest
1955
Barry Goralnick
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Swampscott
Two of the three are musicians.
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#3Through the years
When Swampscott’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 3.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawMusicBusinessFilm, TV & StageNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Swampscott is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 times.
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 Swampscott
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Lynn, with 49.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Swampscott 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)
- Mabel Wheeler Daniels: Radcliffe College, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Newton Thorpe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Choate Foster: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Claflin, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Goralnick: Barry Goralnick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Brimblecom: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Brennan: ABC Television (ABC Photo); Bath & Wiener-photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Hawthorne: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elbridge Gerry: James Bogle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons