#1Famous people · Highgate
Highgate counts 5 famous people, first among them Warren Austin
Most widely known is Warren Austin, the American politician, with articles in 15 languages. Second place goes to the American poet John Godfrey Saxe, third to Alexander Christie. Over 61 years of births, the list goes from John Godfrey Saxe (1816) to Warren Austin (1877). Per 10,000 residents, the town has 14.2, close to the 14.7 of the typical Vermont town.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Warren Austin
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
John Godfrey Saxe
Youngest
1877
Warren Austin
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Highgate
Counted by languages, Warren Austin is ahead of John Godfrey Saxe and Alexander Christie: 15, 13 and 4.
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#3Through the years
When Highgate’s famous people were born
3 were born in the early republic, and the 1870s alone saw 1.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsFaithMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Highgate is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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Close by, the fullest list is Franklin’s, at 5 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Highgate 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 (6)
- Warren Austin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Godfrey Saxe: published by Dodd, Mead and Co, NY, 1898, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Christie: William Charles Martineau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin Johndro: Compiled by Walter F. Beyer and Oscar F. Keydel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Salm-Salm: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heber C. Kimball: Heber_Chase_Kimball.png: Kes47 derivative work: --ARTEST4ECHO talk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons