#1Famous people · Brunswick
4 famous people come from Brunswick, Thomas Farrell the best known
Articles in 13 languages make the American general Thomas Farrell the best known. The next two names are Jane Cazneau and William McManus. The first birth on record is William McManus’, in 1780, and the last Thomas Farrell’s, in 1891. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 3.2, close to the 3.9 of the typical New York town.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Thomas Farrell
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1780
William McManus
Youngest
1891
Thomas Farrell
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Brunswick
Ranked by languages covered: Thomas Farrell with 13, then Jane Cazneau with 4 and William McManus with 4.
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Through the years
When Brunswick’s famous people were born
3 were born in the early republic, and the 1800s alone saw 2.
Politics & LawMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brunswick is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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 Brunswick
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Troy’s, with 35.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brunswick 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 (4)
- Thomas Farrell: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Quackenbush: Library of Congress (Washington, DC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Singer: Edward Harrison May, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Clemente: DZhao42, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons