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Gina Raimondo
born 197140th United States Secretary of Commerce
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Famous people · Smithfield
15 famous people from Smithfield, many of them leaders
Gina Raimondo is the best known, with articles in 39 languages. Second and third on the list are Sullivan Ballou and Walter Russell Stiness. The largest group, 7, was born in the early republic. 4 of them were born before independence, the first Adam Comstock in 1740.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Gina Raimondo
in 39 Wikipedia languages
First
1740
Adam Comstock
Youngest
1971
Gina Raimondo
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
What stands out about Smithfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Smithfield is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.6 times.
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Through the years
When Smithfield’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1800s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Smithfield
Gina Raimondo, Sullivan Ballou and Walter Russell Stiness are written about in 39, 8 and 7 languages.
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Everyone else born in Smithfield
12 more, from 1740 to 1968.
David Tikoian
born 1968American politician and police chief from Rhode Island
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Smithfield 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 (16)
- Gina Raimondo: United States Department of Commerce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sullivan Ballou: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Russell Stiness: Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrus Aldrich: Minnesota Territorial Pioneers' Association (Minneapolis, MN), publisher. Harrison & Smith (Minneapolis, MN), printer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Wilkinson: Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisha Bartlett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emeline S. Burlingame: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peleg Arnold: Arnold Steere, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James W. Nuttall: National Guard Bureau, Office of Public Affairs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Warner: William Henry Powell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Tikoian: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Mazzulla: NBC Sports Boston, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James H. Higgins: Creator:Milton Lockwood, 1861-1914, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernie DiGregorio: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Rawlings: Yaffa, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Page: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons