#1Science & Medicine
Henry Augustus Rowland
1848–1901American physicist
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Famous people · Honesdale
Honesdale counts 13 famous people, first among them Henry Augustus Rowland
The best known is the American physicist Henry Augustus Rowland, with articles in 27 languages. Lyman Lemnitzer is second and Jennie Augusta Brownscombe third. For every 10,000 residents the town has 29.1, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there. 6 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Henry Augustus Rowland
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1848
Henry Augustus Rowland
Youngest
1938
Q. David Bowers
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Honesdale
Counted by languages, Henry Augustus Rowland is ahead of Lyman Lemnitzer and Jennie Augusta Brownscombe: 27, 20 and 13.
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#3Through the years
When Honesdale’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 3 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Honesdale is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Honesdale
10 more names, born between 1858 and 1938.
Mary Dimmick Harrison
1858–1948Second wife of the 23rd United States president Benjamin Harrison
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Honesdale 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 (8)
- Henry Augustus Rowland: Henry Rowland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lyman Lemnitzer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennie Augusta Brownscombe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Dimmick Harrison: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Olver: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Wall, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold S. Tolley: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Q. David Bowers: wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons