#1Famous people · Alburgh
5 famous people were born in Alburgh
Willis Sweet, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. The next two names are Barbour Lewis and Henry Thomas Reed. Most were born in the early republic: 5 of them. The biggest group are leaders: 4.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Willis Sweet
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1818
Barbour Lewis
Youngest
1856
Willis Sweet
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Alburgh’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Alburgh’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1850s than in any other decade: 3.
Politics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Alburgh
The three best known are all leaders.
#1#2#3Known for
What Alburgh is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 3.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Alburgh
2 more, from 1851 to 1855.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alburgh 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)
- Willis Sweet: ”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
- Barbour Lewis: From 1874's "The American Government: Volume III, Biographies of Members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Third Congress", by William Horatio Barnes., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Thomas Reed: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Albert Mott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abel Mix Phelps: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons