#1Famous people · Amherst
Of the 10 famous people born in Amherst, an unusual share are leaders
Guy Carlton, the American weightlifter, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Close behind are Frank Harris Hitchcock and John Stowe. The earliest on the list is Thomas Jefferson Boynton, born in 1838, and the youngest Ryan Rua, born in 1990. Between 1920 and 1969, 5 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Guy Carlton
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1838
Thomas Jefferson Boynton
Youngest
1990
Ryan Rua
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Amherst’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Amherst’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 2 births.
Politics & LawSportsNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Amherst is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Amherst
The three are covered in 12, 9 and 9 languages: Guy Carlton, Frank Harris Hitchcock and John Stowe.
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Faith
John Stowe
born 1966American Conventual Franciscan friar and bishop
9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Amherst
The rest number 7, with 3 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Lorain has the most people on record, 50 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Amherst 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)
- Guy Carlton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Harris Hitchcock: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Rua: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pamela Hannley: Hadley333, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Jefferson Boynton: Judge_Thomas_Jefferson_Boynton_larger_case.jpg: Scanned by Tom Gull from original photograph, photographer unknown derivative work: Sisyphos23, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Shiplett: Spc. Tanner Dibble, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Toni Morrison: John Mathew Smith (celebrity-photos.com), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons