#1Famous people · Kingston
Kingston’s famous people span 188 years: 4 births from 1789 to 1977
With articles in 13 languages, Martha Fierro is the most widely known. Elisha R. Potter is second and Stephen Champlin third. The list’s best known name, Martha Fierro, dates from 1977. For every 10,000 residents there are 5.5 on the list, well above the typical Rhode Island town’s 3.4.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Martha Fierro
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1789
Stephen Champlin
Youngest
1977
Martha Fierro
Most common field
Sports
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Kingston
Martha Fierro leads with articles in 13 languages, ahead of Elisha R. Potter (5) and Stephen Champlin (1).
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#3Through the years
When Kingston’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 1.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kingston is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
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 Kingston
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Kingston home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Kingston, though born elsewhere.
Marie Poland Fish
1902–1989American ichthyologist for the National Museum of Natural History
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kingston 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)
- Martha Fierro: GMBartek, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisha R. Potter: Edward Dalton Marchant, 1806-1887., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Champlin: Calbraith Bourn Perry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons