#1Famous people · Cambridge
Of the 20 famous people born in Cambridge, an unusual share are leaders
Articles in 43 languages make the American writer John Barth the best known. Stephen Allen Benson is second and George L. P. Radcliffe third. The largest group, 7, was born in the age of mills and railroads. For every 10,000 residents the town has 15.2, while at least half the towns in Maryland list nobody born there.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
John Barth
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1733
Robert Goldsborough
Youngest
1973
Troy Brohawn
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
What stands out about Cambridge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Cambridge is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Cambridge
Counted by languages, John Barth is ahead of Stephen Allen Benson and George L. P. Radcliffe: 43, 29 and 10.
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#2Politics & Law
Stephen Allen Benson
1816–1865Former President of Liberia
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#3Through the years
When Cambridge’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 4.
Politics & LawSportsMilitaryWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineBusiness
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Another 17, 7 of them leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cambridge 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)
- John Barth: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Allen Benson: Rufus Anson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George L. P. Radcliffe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Vans Murray: Mather Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Winder Laird Henry: C. M. Bell Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Goldsborough: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Hooper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Flowers: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James A. Adkins: Paomd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shirley Brannock Jones: United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Nevett Steele: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons