#1Famous people · Templeton
11 famous people were born in Templeton, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
Articles in 26 languages make the American artist Sarah Goodridge the best known. The American anarchist Stephen Pearl Andrews ranks second, ahead of Charles Knowlton. 10 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. From Sarah Goodridge to Mike Kelley, the births on the list run from 1788 to 1875.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Sarah Goodridge
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1788
Sarah Goodridge
Youngest
1875
Mike Kelley
Most common field
Writing & Arts
5 people
What stands out about Templeton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Templeton is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 4.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Templeton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1830s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
Writing & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitarySports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Templeton
Two of the three are writers and artists.
#1
#2
#3Science & Medicine
Charles Knowlton
1800–1850American physician, atheist, writer and birth control advocate
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Templeton
The rest number 8, with 3 writers and artists among them.
George P. Hawkes
1824–1903Brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War
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The most names next door are in Gardner: 20.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Templeton 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 (11)
- Sarah Goodridge: Sarah Goodridge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Pearl Andrews: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Knowlton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Goodridge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George A. Fuller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George E. Bryant: Engraving by HB Hall & Sons, 62 Fulton St., NY, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Baldwin Turner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Morton Merritt: Notman Photo Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Paine Wolcott: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William B. Washburn: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Bullock: Engraving by Hezekiah Wright Smith (fl.1828-1879), after a painting by J. H. Daniels, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons