#1Famous people · Craftsbury
4 famous people were born in Craftsbury from 1816 to 1921
Roger L. Easton, the American scientist, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are Burleigh F. Spalding and Jay Webber Seaver. The list’s best known name, Roger L. Easton, dates from 1921. No town in Vermont lists more than Burlington, with 55.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Roger L. Easton
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
William A. Conant
Youngest
1921
Roger L. Easton
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Craftsbury
Languages with an article: 10 for Roger L. Easton, 8 for Burleigh F. Spalding, 3 for Jay Webber Seaver.
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Through the years
When Craftsbury’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1850s, at 2.
Science & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Craftsbury is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 2 people.
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 Craftsbury
1 more, best known first.
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Of the towns around it, Eden has the most on record: 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Craftsbury 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 (4)
- Roger L. Easton: National Inventors Hall of Fame, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Burleigh F. Spalding: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Plumley: Frederick T. Birchall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Comings: Richard Sawyer Currier, compiler. Capital City Press (Montpelier, Vermont), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons