#1Writing & Arts
Adeline Morrison Swain
1820–1899American writer, politician and suffragist
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Famous people · Bath
6 famous people call Bath their birthplace
Adeline Morrison Swain leads the list, covered in 5 languages. 6 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. The biggest group are leaders: 3. From James Hutchins Johnson to Lilian C. Streeter, the births on the list run from 1802 to 1854.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Adeline Morrison Swain
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1802
James Hutchins Johnson
Youngest
1854
Lilian C. Streeter
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Bath’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bath’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1820s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bath
Leaders take two of the three places.
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#3Politics & Law
John S. Stevens
1838–1912American lawyer and postmaster
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Known for
What Bath is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Bath
A further 3 follow, born between 1822 and 1854.
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Close by, Haverhill counts 9 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bath 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)
- Adeline Morrison Swain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Stevens: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Carleton Sprague: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lilian C. Streeter: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Page: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Rowden: James S. Davis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezra B. French: Brady-Handy studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amasa Lyman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Russell: From 1882's "Public Men of To-Day" by Phineas Camp Headley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons