#1Famous people · Wakefield
4 famous people were born in Wakefield
At the top of the list is the American politician Joshua G. Hall, covered in 5 languages. Harry Libbey and Edward A. Rollins follow. Over 40 years of births, the list goes from Joshua G. Hall (1828) to George Francis Dow (1868). Per 10,000 residents, the town has 7.4, close to the 5.8 of the typical New Hampshire town.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Joshua G. Hall
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
Joshua G. Hall
Youngest
1868
George Francis Dow
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Wakefield
The three best known are all leaders.
#1#2#3Politics & Law
Edward A. Rollins
1828–18854th Commissioner of Internal Revenue of the United States (b. 1828, d. 1885)
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Wakefield’s famous people were born
3 were born in the early republic, and the 1820s alone saw 2.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wakefield is known for
Wakefield has 3.6× the usual share of leaders.
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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The neighbour with the most names is Milton, at 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wakefield 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 (7)
- Joshua G. Hall: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Libbey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward A. Rollins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Francis Dow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alonzo Nute: From 1891's "History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the War for the Union" by Captain Lyman Jackson, Historian, and Amos Hadley, Ph.D., Editor., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Jackson Bryant: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred H. Brown: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons