#1Famous people · Andover
Andover counts 4 famous people, first among them Albert Gutterson
Albert Gutterson, the athletics competitor, is the most widely known, written about in 23 languages. Second place goes to the united States businessman Alvin Adams, third to Ira Sherwin Hazeltine. Over 83 years of births, the list goes from Alvin Adams (1804) to Albert Gutterson (1887). More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Albert Gutterson
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1804
Alvin Adams
Youngest
1887
Albert Gutterson
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Andover
Ranked by languages covered: Albert Gutterson with 23, then Alvin Adams with 6 and Ira Sherwin Hazeltine with 4.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Andover’s famous people were born
The 1820s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSportsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Andover is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Andover
1 more, best known first.
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The neighbour with the most names is Chester, at 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Andover 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)
- Albert Gutterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvin Adams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ira Sherwin Hazeltine: From 1882's "Public Men of To-Day" by Phineas Camp Headley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Adams: Published in above-mentioned work, which was by Benjamin F. Gue, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron H. Cragin: "McClees' Gallery of Photographic Portraits of the Senators, Representatives & Delegates of the Thirty-Fifth Congress". McClees & Beck (Washington, DC), publisher. Julian Vannerson (b. 1827), photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons