#1Science & Medicine
Deborah L. Birx
born 1956American physician and diplomat
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Famous people · Carlisle
44 famous people were born in Carlisle, more of them scientists and doctors than in most towns
Deborah L. Birx, the American physician and diplomat, is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. Second and third on the list are John Armstrong Jr. and John Bigler. The largest group, 13, was born between 1920 and 1969. The oldest name on the list belongs to James Hall, born in 1744, the newest to Colin Zizzi, born in 1988.
Born here
44
notable people
Best known
Deborah L. Birx
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1744
James Hall
Youngest
1988
Colin Zizzi
Most common field
Politics & Law
18 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Carlisle’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Carlisle is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Carlisle’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 5.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineNotableFilm, TV & StageMusicMilitaryWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Carlisle
First, Deborah L. Birx (26 languages), then John Armstrong Jr. (19) and John Bigler (16).
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Everyone else born in Carlisle
The other 41 span the years 1744 to 1988.
Rachel Wall
1760–1789American pirate; last woman hanged in the state of Massachusetts
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Henry Jonathan Biddle
1862–1928Oregon/Washington engineer, businessman, and philanthropist; bought Columbia Gorge landmark Beacon Rock
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Nora Mohler
1898–1984American physicist, elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1941
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A chosen home
Also called Carlisle home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Carlisle, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, one has a famous name listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carlisle 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 (17)
- Deborah L. Birx: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Armstrong Jr.: By Daniel Huntington (1816–1906) after John Vanderlyn (1775–1852), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bigler: William F. Cogswell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Owens: Amin Eshaiker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Wall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wilkins: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Smith: Rembrandt Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Gregg: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Lerew: RCSmith84, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Lebo: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles J. Albright: unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daughn Gibson: Piotr Drabik, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Geddes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Sterett: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Williams: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold J. Greene: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel S. Sumner: Harper's Weekly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons