#1Famous people · Bristol
Bristol’s famous people span 159 years: 4 births from 1816 to 1975
The best known is the American politician Benjamin Flanders, with articles in 10 languages. Behind the leader come Fred Lewis Pattee and Lenny McNab. Benjamin Flanders, the best known, was born in 1816. Per head, the list is long: 12.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New Hampshire has 5.8.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Benjamin Flanders
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
Benjamin Flanders
Youngest
1975
Lenny McNab
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Bristol
Benjamin Flanders leads with articles in 10 languages, ahead of Fred Lewis Pattee (4) and Lenny McNab (2).
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Through the years
When Bristol’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1810s, at 1.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bristol is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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 Bristol
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, New Hampton counts 7 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bristol 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 (5)
- Benjamin Flanders: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Lewis Pattee: JR0576, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adoniram Judson Gordon: Ernest B. Gordon, Adoniram Judson Gordon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus C. French: none provided (Encyclopedia article), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Blaisdell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons