#1Military
Albert Cushing Read
1887–1967United States Navy admiral and aviator
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Famous people · Lyme
Of the 9 famous people born in Lyme, an unusual share are leaders
Articles in 7 languages make the united States Navy admiral and aviator Albert Cushing Read the best known. Most were born in the early republic: 6 of them. From Jonathan Child to Patrick Caldwell, the births on the list run from 1785 to 1994. Fewer than a quarter of the 196 towns in New Hampshire with famous people list more.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Albert Cushing Read
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1785
Jonathan Child
Youngest
1994
Patrick Caldwell
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Lyme’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lyme’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1820s, at 2.
Politics & LawSportsMilitaryScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lyme is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Lyme
The three are covered in 7, 7 and 6 languages: Albert Cushing Read, Patrick Caldwell and David Marston Clough.
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Everyone else born in Lyme
6 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lyme 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 (12)
- Albert Cushing Read: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Marston Clough: Herbert Conner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Latham Perry: George Kendall Warren, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Baxter Edwards Perry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anson S. Marshall: Knowlton, Edgar J., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Child: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Libe Washburn: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amasa Converse: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Bush: George_Bush1796.jpg: Original uploader was Jewbacca at en.wikipedia derivative work: Beao, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherburne Wesley Burnham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilman Marston: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rufus Blodgett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons