#1Famous people · Burlington
James Fenimore Cooper and 18 more famous people were born in Burlington
James Fenimore Cooper, the American writer, has articles in 93 languages. Second and third on the list are D'Lo Brown and James Lawrence. 7 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
James Fenimore Cooper
in 93 Wikipedia languages
First
1727
Reuben Haines
Youngest
1990
Kendall Gaskins
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Burlington’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Burlington
Counted by languages, James Fenimore Cooper is ahead of D'Lo Brown and James Lawrence: 93, 15 and 8.
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#3Through the years
When Burlington’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1780s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableWriting & ArtsMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Burlington is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 6 people.
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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Everyone else born in Burlington
The rest number 16, with 5 leaders among them.
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The longest list nearby is Bristol’s, with 29.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Burlington 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)
- James Fenimore Cooper: John Wesley Jarvis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D'Lo Brown: Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Lawrence: J. Herring (1794-1867), after Gilbert Stuart., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Wells: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John L. Burns: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Ann M'Clintock: NPS photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Poul Anderson: Slawomir Burzynski (burz[at]poczta.onet.pl), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons