#1Famous people · New Hampton
Adoniram Judson Gordon tops a list of 7 famous people born in New Hampton
The best known is the American hymnwriter Adoniram Judson Gordon, with articles in 10 languages. Orren C. Moore is second and Benjamin Franklin Kelley third. More than half were born in the early republic, 6 in all. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Adoniram Judson Gordon
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1802
Oliver Blake
Youngest
1860
Mary W. Bacheler
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about New Hampton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When New Hampton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1830s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawFaithMilitaryWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in New Hampton
The three are covered in 10, 7 and 6 languages: Adoniram Judson Gordon, Orren C. Moore and Benjamin Franklin Kelley.
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What New Hampton is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2 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.
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Everyone else born in New Hampton
Another 4, the earliest born in 1802.
Mary W. Bacheler
1860–1939American physician and Baptist medical missionary
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Hampton 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)
- Adoniram Judson Gordon: Ernest B. Gordon, Adoniram Judson Gordon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Orren C. Moore: Edward E. Parker, editor-in-chief. Telegraph Publishing Company (Nashua, NH), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Franklin Kelley: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Burpee Farr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Edwin Smith: Daniel P. Toomey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary W. Bacheler: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Blake: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Flanders: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phoebe Foster: Ira Mill, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bradford Anderson: Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Whipple: The Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus C. French: none provided (Encyclopedia article), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons