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Famous people · Andover
4 famous people call Andover their birthplace
The best known is the American editor John Weeks Moore, with articles in 6 languages. Second place goes to the American physician and feminist advocate Frances Emily White, third to Nahum J. Bachelder. From John Weeks Moore in 1807 to Nahum J. Bachelder in 1854, the births cover 47 years. In New Hampshire, 196 towns have someone on the list.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Weeks Moore
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1807
John Weeks Moore
Youngest
1854
Nahum J. Bachelder
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Andover
Languages with an article: 6 for John Weeks Moore, 5 for Frances Emily White, 5 for Nahum J. Bachelder.
#2Science & Medicine
Frances Emily White
1832–1903American physician and feminist advocate
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Andover’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1830s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Writing & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Andover is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 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 Andover
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Andover 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)
- Frances Emily White: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nahum J. Bachelder: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses Harris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Webster: Francis Alexander, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons