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Famous people · New Boston
5 famous people call New Boston their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American businesswoman Christine Jennings, covered in 3 languages. Edith Evans Asbury is second and Vernal G. Riffe, Jr. third. The first birth on record is Edith Evans Asbury’s, in 1910, and the last Christine Jennings’, in 1945. More are writers and artists than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Christine Jennings
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1910
Edith Evans Asbury
Youngest
1945
Christine Jennings
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in New Boston
Christine Jennings has articles in 3 languages, Edith Evans Asbury in 3 and Vernal G. Riffe, Jr. in 3.
EA#2
#3Through the years
When New Boston’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Writing & ArtsBusinessPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What New Boston is known for
Share of New Boston’s famous people in each field.
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 New Boston
2 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Boston 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 (3)
- Vernal G. Riffe, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold R. Highfield: ShirleJ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Battle: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons