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Famous people · Wareham
12 famous people come from Wareham, Geena Davis the best known
Geena Davis, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 76 languages. The next two names are Skipp Sudduth and Zephaniah Swift. The largest group, 5, was born between 1920 and 1969. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Geena Davis
in 76 Wikipedia languages
First
1759
Zephaniah Swift
Youngest
1998
Joshua Onujiogu
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Wareham’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Wareham
Performers take two of the three places.
#2ZS#3
Through the years
When Wareham’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wareham is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 5 of them.
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 Wareham
9 more, 5 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Wareham home
One more notable person made the town home: Susan Williams Gifford.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Plymouth has the most on record, with 40.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wareham 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)
- Skipp Sudduth: Chgo77 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald William Nicholson: U.S. Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Cooper: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel T. Wellman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Toffey: Minda Haas Kuhlmann, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Williams Gifford: NA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Farrell: Warner Records, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Ruggles: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Crystal Taliefero: Mike Kurman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Bennett: Anton from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons