Photo: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from Rochester is on the famous people list yet
Dover, which borders it, has 29 on its list, the best known Conor Casey. 196 towns in New Hampshire have at least one famous person on record. No town in New Hampshire lists more than Exeter, with 62. After Exeter, the next longest list in New Hampshire is Hanover’s, with 56.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Rochester), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Rochester has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Rochester
The most names next door are in Dover: 29.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rochester 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)
- Conor Casey: de:Benutzer:CKA, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Littlefield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Sullivan: Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Jones: Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons