#1Politics & Law
Elihu B. Washburne
1816–1887American politician and diplomat
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Famous people · Livermore
10 famous people from Livermore, many of them leaders
Elihu B. Washburne, the American politician and diplomat, is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. Behind the leader come Timothy O. Howe and Cadwallader C. Washburn. The largest group, 9, was born in the early republic. Over 69 years of births, the list goes from George Boardman (1801) to Henry B. Chase (1870).
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Elihu B. Washburne
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1801
George Boardman
Youngest
1870
Henry B. Chase
Most common field
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8 people
What stands out about Livermore’s famous people
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What Livermore is known for
Livermore has 3.8× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Livermore’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1810s, at 4.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Livermore
Two of the three are leaders.
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Cadwallader C. Washburn
1818–1882General Mills founder and politician
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The rest number 7, with 6 leaders among them.
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Close by, Turner counts 9 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Livermore 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 (13)
- Elihu B. Washburne: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy O. Howe: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cadwallader C. Washburn: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William D. Washburn: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Israel Washburn: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Ames Washburn: Parker, Morristown (New Jersey) (editor) Unknown authorUnknown author (photographer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene L. Norton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Boardman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene Hale: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Otis Howard: Mathew Brady (1823?–1896) or Levin C. Handy (1855?–1932), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert L. Osgood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lewis Childs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George F. Robinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons