#1Film, TV & Stage
Charles Farrell
1900–1990American actor (1900/1901–1990)
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Famous people · Walpole
18 famous people come from Walpole, Charles Farrell the best known
At the top of the list is the American actor Charles Farrell, covered in 24 languages. For every 10,000 residents there are 6.8 on the list, well above the typical Massachusetts town’s 4.5. The biggest group are athletes: 7. Births span 1736 to 1971, from Samuel Phillips Payson to Todd Collins.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Charles Farrell
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1736
Samuel Phillips Payson
Youngest
1971
Todd Collins
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Walpole
Charles Farrell leads with articles in 24 languages, ahead of Ruth Graves Wakefield (12) and Len Ceglarski (9).
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Through the years
When Walpole’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Walpole is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 1.6 times.
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 Walpole
Another 15, the earliest born in 1736.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Walpole home
Born elsewhere, Jo Ann Sprague lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Walpole.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Walpole 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 (13)
- Charles Farrell: Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Arthur Plimpton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Collins: Rufwork at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Morgan: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles O. Gill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Sumner Bird: The Witney Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Hawkins: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jo Ann Sprague: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Palfrey Cooke: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Adams: Francis Alexander, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Lefebvre: Takahiro Kyono, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Florian: Ahodges7, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Kyle Sullivan: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons