#1Famous people · Windham
From 1766 to 1886, Windham was the birthplace of 6 famous people
Samuel Dinsmoor, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Behind the leader come William Bell Dinsmoor and Mary Bradish Titcomb. The largest group, 3, was born in the early republic. For its size the list is short: 3.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 5.8 in the typical New Hampshire town.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Samuel Dinsmoor
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1766
Samuel Dinsmoor
Youngest
1886
William Bell Dinsmoor
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Windham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Windham’s famous people were born
The 1760s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Windham
Two of the three are writers and artists.
#1WD#2
Writing & Arts
William Bell Dinsmoor
1886–1973American architectural historian and professor
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Known for
What Windham is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Windham
The other 3 span the years 1793 to 1860.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Derry counts 17 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Windham 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 (6)
- Samuel Dinsmoor: Simon Goodell Griffin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Nesmith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wallace Fessenden: Old Judge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Shepard: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stark: Ulysses Dow Tenney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Harvey: SecretName101, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons