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Famous people · North Conway
John Shea tops a list of 8 famous people born in North Conway
At the top of the list is the American actor and director John Shea, covered in 22 languages. The next two names are Gordon Clapp and Leanne Smith. The largest group, 4, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
John Shea
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1836
Martha Pearson Smith
Youngest
1999
Caleb Ness
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about North Conway’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When North Conway’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in North Conway
Ranked by languages covered: John Shea with 22, then Gordon Clapp with 19 and Leanne Smith with 13.
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What North Conway is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North Conway 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 (4)
- Leanne Smith: Christian Jansky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Locke: 316th ESC on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David A. Shirley: Roy Kaltschmidt / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Pearson Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons