#1Famous people · Hopkinton
Edward Lee Greene tops a list of 5 famous people born in Hopkinton
Articles in 19 languages make the American botanist Edward Lee Greene the best known. Second place goes to the American politician Benjamin Babock Thurston, third to Pieter Willem Leenhouts. Most were born in the early republic: 4 of them. Per head, the list is long: 5.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Rhode Island has 3.4.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Edward Lee Greene
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1804
Benjamin Babock Thurston
Youngest
1926
Pieter Willem Leenhouts
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
What stands out about Hopkinton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hopkinton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1840s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Science & MedicinePolitics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Hopkinton
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
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Known for
What Hopkinton is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Hopkinton
Still to come: 2 more, from 1841 to 1859.
Dorcas James Spencer
1841–1933American temperance activist, Native American rights advocate, author
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The neighbour with the most names is Westerly, at 34.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hopkinton 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 (5)
- Edward Lee Greene: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorcas James Spencer: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Buzzi: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James M. Pendleton: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Job Kenyon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons