#1Science & Medicine
Ezra Otis Kendall
1818–1899American astronomer and mathematician
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Famous people · Wilmington
5 famous people call Wilmington their birthplace
The best known is the American astronomer and mathematician Ezra Otis Kendall, with articles in 5 languages. Behind the leader come Harriet Thayer Durgin and Henry Harnden. 5 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. For its size the list is short: 2.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.5 in the typical Massachusetts town.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Ezra Otis Kendall
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1806
Timothy Walker
Youngest
1850
Lyle Durgin
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about Wilmington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Wilmington’s famous people were born
The 1810s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Writing & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Wilmington
By how many languages cover them, Ezra Otis Kendall comes first (5), then Harriet Thayer Durgin (3) and Henry Harnden (3).
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What Wilmington is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Wilmington
A further 2 follow, born between 1806 and 1850.
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The longest list nearby is Andover’s, with 34.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wilmington 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 (9)
- Ezra Otis Kendall: William Curtis Taylor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Thayer Durgin: Frances Elizabeth Willard & Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Harnden: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lyle Durgin: Frances Elizabeth Willard & Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kara Hayward: Raffi Asdourian, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Thompson: Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Cerretani: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roderick MacKinnon: PotassiumChannel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Oberg: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons