#1Famous people · Whitinsville
8 famous people were born in Whitinsville, most of them between 1920 and 1969
At the top of the list is the American military officer John Kizirian, covered in 7 languages. Births span 1874 to 1943, from John Lawrence Thurston to Phil Vandersea. The list comes to 11.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.5 in the typical town in Massachusetts. The biggest group are athletes: 3.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
John Kizirian
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
John Lawrence Thurston
Youngest
1943
Phil Vandersea
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Whitinsville
By how many languages cover them, John Kizirian comes first (7), then Vernon Ahmadjian (7) and Joan McSheehy (5).
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#3Through the years
When Whitinsville’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1920s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Whitinsville is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 3 people.
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 Whitinsville
5 more, from 1874 to 1943.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Uxbridge lists the most people: 18.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Whitinsville 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 (5)
- John Kizirian: Грыз Грызович, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan McSheehy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Driscoll: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Blanchard: George Iles, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Prentiss Armsby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons