Henry David Thoreau
1817–1862American essayist, poet, and philosopher
Famous people · West Concord
Born near West Concord: 25 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Henry David Thoreau, from Concord, 2 mi away. No famous person on record lists West Concord as their birthplace yet. Famous people are on record for 338 of the towns in Massachusetts. Lawrence’s 63 names make the longest list in Massachusetts.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
2 mi
Henry David Thoreau
Best known
Henry David Thoreau
in 145 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about West Concord’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near West Concord
The 25 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Cass Sunstein
born 1954American legal scholar, writer, blogger (b. 1954)
Kenneth G. Wilson
1936–2013Nobel prize winning US physicist
Nathaniel P. Banks
1816–1894American politician of Massachusetts and general of the Union Army
Theodore Parker
1810–1860American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Concord and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (22)
- Henry David Thoreau: B. D. Maxham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Carell: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth G. Wilson: The Nobel Prize, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roderick MacKinnon: PotassiumChannel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Weissman: Thorne Media at 0:08 and 0:28, cropped, brightened, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paget Brewster: Thrilling_Adventure_Hour.jpg: Jonathan Reilly derivative work: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Schiff: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Stanford: Thibault, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroll Spinney: Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert W. Wood: The original uploader was Vinograd19 at Russian Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cass Sunstein: Matthew W. Hutchins, Harvard Law Record, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Dratch: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Watson Whitney: Vassar University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel P. Banks: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Parker: BPL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William David Coolidge: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Evans: Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deena Kastor: Sarah, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Carlson: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neera Tanden: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joey Graceffa: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lynch: Marc Nozell from Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons