Famous people · Benton
Born near Benton: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Bode Miller, born in Easton, 5 mi away, is the closest. Of the bordering towns, Haverhill has the longest list: 9, with John Page at the top. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Benton. 194 towns in New Hampshire have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Bode Miller
Best known
Bode Miller
in 46 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Benton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Benton
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Gilman Marston
1811–1890Union United States Army general, politician
Ursula B. Marvin
1921–2018American geologist, mineralogist and historian of science
Clara Eaton Cummings
1855–1906American cryptogamic botanist and university teacher
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Famous people from the towns next door
Haverhill has the longest list next door: 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Benton and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (17)
- Bode Miller: Christian Jansky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliza Coupe: Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Solon Irving Bailey: National Academy of Sciences – Annie J. Cannon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clement Calhoun Young: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Clifford: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clara Eaton Cummings: photographer not listed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ursula B. Marvin: Charles Hanson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norris Cotton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilman Marston: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Page: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Putnam Chapin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Cushing Read: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noah Davis: Paul A Chadbourne; Walter Burritt Moore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Edson Sleeper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Marston Clough: Herbert Conner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezra B. French: Brady-Handy studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ira Hobart Evans: Collated and edited by A. Howard Clark, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons