#1Famous people · Thornton
5 famous people come from Thornton, Orison Swett Marden the best known
Orison Swett Marden, the American writer, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. Second and third on the list are Jeremiah Rankin and Beatrice Gilman Proske. The largest group, 4, was born in the early republic. Per head, the list is long: 17.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New Hampshire has 5.8.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Orison Swett Marden
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1795
Moses French Colby
Youngest
1899
Beatrice Gilman Proske
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about Thornton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Thornton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1820s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Thornton
Counted by languages, Orison Swett Marden is ahead of Jeremiah Rankin and Beatrice Gilman Proske: 17, 6 and 2.
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Writing & Arts
Beatrice Gilman Proske
1899–2002American art historian, librarian, curator, academic and hispanist
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What Thornton is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Thornton
The other 2 span the years 1795 to 1828.
Bradley Varnum Sargent
1828–1893State Senator for California's 35th senatorial district
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Close by, Campton counts 3 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Thornton 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 (3)
- Orison Swett Marden: Orison Swett Marden. Photo credit is "copyright by Pach Bros. N.Y.", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremiah Rankin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bradley Varnum Sargent: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons