#1Business
Alfred Horatio Belo
1839–1901American newspaper publisher and Confederate Army soldier
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Famous people · Salem
4 famous people were born in Salem
Alfred Horatio Belo leads the list, covered in 2 languages. Second place goes to the united States chemist Emil Alexander de Schweinitz, third to Francis Henry Fries. More are business people than anything else, 2 in all. The first birth on record is Alfred Horatio Belo’s, in 1839, and the last Emil Alexander de Schweinitz’s, in 1866.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Alfred Horatio Belo
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Alfred Horatio Belo
Youngest
1866
Emil Alexander de Schweinitz
Most common field
Business
2 people
The best known
Born in Salem
Business people take two of the three places.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Emil Alexander de Schweinitz
1866–1904United States chemist
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#3Through the years
When Salem’s famous people were born
The 1830s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
BusinessScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Salem is known for
Business people are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Salem
1 more, best known first.
Sarah Huston
1848–1926American newspaper editor and publisher; temperance and suffrage activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Salem 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 (4)
- Alfred Horatio Belo: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emil Alexander de Schweinitz: George Washington University / Bureau of Animal Industry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Henry Fries: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Ervin: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons