#1Famous people · Townsend
Townsend’s famous people span 123 years: 3 births from 1750 to 1873
Rolland H. Spaulding, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are Daniel Adams and Samuel Hildreth. The list’s best known name, Rolland H. Spaulding, dates from 1873. Of the towns next door, Lunenburg lists the most: 11, with Earle Brown first.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Rolland H. Spaulding
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1750
Samuel Hildreth
Youngest
1873
Rolland H. Spaulding
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Townsend
Rolland H. Spaulding has articles in 5 languages, Daniel Adams in 2 and Samuel Hildreth in 2.
#1DA#2
Science & Medicine
Daniel Adams
1773–1864American physician, textbook author and state legislator
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
SH#3
Notable
Samuel Hildreth
1750–1823Massachusetts militia, Massachusetts naval privateer, father of Samuel Prescott Hildreth
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What Townsend is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Townsend 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 (4)
- Rolland H. Spaulding: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earle Brown: Johngosselin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wesley Emerson: неизвестен (фото сделано более 150 лет назад), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aldrich Bowker: Cambridge Grant, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons