#1Politics & Law
Henry Wilson
1812–1875Vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875
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Famous people · Farmington
8 famous people come from Farmington, Henry Wilson the best known
Best known of all is Henry Wilson, written about in 55 languages. Fewer than a quarter of the 196 towns in New Hampshire with famous people list more. For every 10,000 residents there are 11.8 on the list, well above the typical New Hampshire town’s 5.8. The earliest on the list is Benjamin Nute, born in 1799, and the youngest Shirley Barker, born in 1911.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Henry Wilson
in 55 Wikipedia languages
First
1799
Benjamin Nute
Youngest
1911
Shirley Barker
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Farmington’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Farmington
Languages with an article: 55 for Henry Wilson, 20 for Raymond Pearl, 18 for Austin Clapp.
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#3Sports
Austin Clapp
1910–1971American swimmer, water polo player and coach
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Through the years
When Farmington’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1870s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitary
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Known for
What Farmington is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Farmington
The rest number 5, with 2 writers and artists among them.
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Nearby, Milton has the most on record, with 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Farmington 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 (10)
- Henry Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Pearl: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Clapp: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Winfield Scott Edgerly: C.M. Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clara Augusta Jones Trask: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Bemis: Breisch-Williams Uploaded by PM800 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alonzo Nute: From 1891's "History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the War for the Union" by Captain Lyman Jackson, Historian, and Amos Hadley, Ph.D., Editor., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram A. Tuttle: Granite State Monthly magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred M. Jones: John Moses, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Franklin Drew: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons