#1Famous people · Bennington
42 famous people from Bennington, many of them leaders
Best known of all is Cynthia Gibb, written about in 21 languages. The largest group, 15, was born between 1920 and 1969. Only one town in Vermont lists more. The list runs from Nathaniel Fillmore, born in 1771, to Andrew Newell, born in 1983.
Born here
42
notable people
Best known
Cynthia Gibb
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1771
Nathaniel Fillmore
Youngest
1983
Andrew Newell
Most common field
Politics & Law
16 people
What stands out about Bennington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bennington is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Bennington
The three are covered in 21, 21 and 16 languages: Cynthia Gibb, Ross Powers and Anne Lynch Botta.
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#3Through the years
When Bennington’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 5.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotableScience & MedicineSportsBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Bennington
39 more, from 1771 to 1983.
Timothy R. Corcoran
1950–2014Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1981-1995
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The most names next door are in Shaftsbury: 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bennington 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 (33)
- Cynthia Gibb: DPNews, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Powers: LG전자, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Lynch Botta: Savinien Edme Dubourjal, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carleton Carpenter: Screenshot of the movie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Newell: Iso76, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pamela Blair: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram Bingham I: Samuel F. B. Morse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Robinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert J. Chassell: Fringwald, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiland Hall: en:Alexander_Hay_Ritchie (1822–1895), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Alton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Olds Norton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Hunt Catlin Park DePew Taufflieb: Julia Hunt Catlin Park Depew Taufflieb (Life time: 1864-1947), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Tuttle: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Archer Butler Hulbert: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David S. Walbridge: Julian Vannerson (1827-1875), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Swift Isham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Miles Hyman: Turb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Fillmore: Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (Buffalo, NY)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Lebbeus Loomis: Valerian Gribayedoff, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betsy Shaw: Yarin Jeremy Kirchen from Gutternberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darcy A. Olsen: Mr. Conservative, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elijah Brush: Rembrandt Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick S. Lovell: Francis H. Lyman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac G. Perry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen James Rallis: Mickykr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Lynch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert E. Healy: Harris & Ewing (Washington, DC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob M. Howard: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Parsons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham B. Gardner: Displayed at Bennington (VT) Museum and as part of other collections., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trenor W. Park: Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Co., Hightstown, N.J., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lydia Baxter: Engraved by Frederick W. Halpin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons