#1Famous people · Watertown
22 famous people come from Watertown, Harriet Hosmer the best known
Most widely known is Harriet Hosmer, the American sculptor, with articles in 22 languages. Outram Bangs and Richard Bakalyan follow. In the early republic, 8 were born, the most of any period. Births span 1809 to 1996, from Benjamin Robbins Curtis to Lauren Kelly.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Harriet Hosmer
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1809
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Youngest
1996
Lauren Kelly
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Watertown
The three are covered in 22, 21 and 19 languages: Harriet Hosmer, Outram Bangs and Richard Bakalyan.
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#3Through the years
When Watertown’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1810s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotableFilm, TV & StageMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Watertown is known for
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 2.3 times as common.
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 Watertown
Here are 19 more, born from 1809 to 1996.
Alice Sanger
1864–1941American secretary and the first woman to become part of the White House Staff
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A chosen home
Also called Watertown home
One more notable person made the town home: Lydia Maria Child.
Lydia Maria Child
1802–1880American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist
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The longest list nearby is Waltham’s, with 62.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Watertown 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)
- Harriet Hosmer: Augustus Robin (engraver; NY), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Outram Bangs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Bakalyan: original film trailer screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Sumner Tainter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Robbins Curtis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lydia Maria Child: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth G. Wilson: The Nobel Prize, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Allan Poe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Lemmon: Wire photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Rogers: trailer screenshot (MGM), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Damon: PhilipRomano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons