NW#1
Faith
Nathaniel Ward
1570–1652Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Haverhill, Suffolk
Haverhill’s famous people span 426 years: 5 births from 1570 to 1996
With articles in 7 languages, Nathaniel Ward is the most widely known. Second and third on the list are Ella Freeman Sharpe and Samuel Ward. 2 of them were born before the Georgians, the first Nathaniel Ward in 1570. The list comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, below the 3.3 of the typical town in Suffolk.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Nathaniel Ward
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1570
Nathaniel Ward
Youngest
1996
Joe Robinson
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Haverhill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Haverhill’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1570s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsFaithScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Haverhill
Nathaniel Ward has articles in 7 languages, Ella Freeman Sharpe in 4 and Samuel Ward in 4.
ES#2
Science & Medicine
Ella Freeman Sharpe
1875–1947British teacher & psycholanalyst
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Known for
What Haverhill is known for
Share of Haverhill’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Haverhill
Of the other 2, 2 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Saffron Walden has the most on record: 24.
Questions about famous people from Haverhill
Who is the most famous person from Haverhill?
Nathaniel Ward (puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Ella Freeman Sharpe and Samuel Ward.
How many famous people were born in Haverhill?
5 people born in Haverhill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Haverhill known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Haverhill?
Nathaniel Ward, born in 1570. The youngest on the list was born in 1996.
Who counts as from Haverhill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Haverhill’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Samuel Ward: Gustavus Ellinthorpe Sintzenich, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Purchas: Unidentified engraver, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam of Balsham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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