#1Writing & Arts
Francis Fisher Browne
1843–1913American journalist and literary critic
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Famous people · Halifax
4 famous people call Halifax their birthplace
The best known is the American journalist and literary critic Francis Fisher Browne, with articles in 6 languages. The American politician Norton Prentiss Otis ranks second, ahead of Russell J. Waters. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field. Augustus Wade Dwight (1827) and Russell J. Waters (1843) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Francis Fisher Browne
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1827
Augustus Wade Dwight
Youngest
1843
Russell J. Waters
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Halifax
Two of the three are leaders.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Halifax’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1840s than in any other decade: 3.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Halifax is known for
Halifax has 3.6× the usual share of leaders.
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 Halifax
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Guilford counts 9 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Halifax 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 (8)
- Francis Fisher Browne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norton Prentiss Otis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell J. Waters: Wellington C. Wolfe, editor. Pacific Art Company (San Francisco, CA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Wade Dwight: unreadable: inscribed on lower left, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Phelps: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brigham Young: Charles William Carter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Newel K. Whitney: Andrew Jenson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisabeth Bardwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons