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Famous people · Chester
9 famous people were born in Chester, most of them in the early republic
Most widely known is Donald J. Cram, the American chemist, with articles in 51 languages. Close behind are Franklin Edson and Melvin Baldwin. Donald J. Cram, born in 1919, is the youngest, and Harvey L. Clark, born in 1807, the first on record. Per head, the list is long: 30.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Vermont has 14.7.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Donald J. Cram
in 51 Wikipedia languages
First
1807
Harvey L. Clark
Youngest
1919
Donald J. Cram
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Chester’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Chester’s famous people were born
The 1830s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawMilitaryFaithScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Chester
Languages with an article: 51 for Donald J. Cram, 9 for Franklin Edson, 6 for Melvin Baldwin.
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What Chester is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Chester
Still to come: 6 more, from 1807 to 1841.
Hannah Maynard Pickard
1812–1844American school teacher, preceptress, author
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Close by, Springfield counts 12 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chester 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 (10)
- Franklin Edson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melvin Baldwin: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fernando C. Beaman: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles B. Stoughton: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Maynard Pickard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Robinson Graves: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Sargent: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dudley C. Haskell: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Gutterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Barrett: George Grantham Bain Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons