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Famous people · Manchester

No famous person yet from Manchester

Next door, the list for Winhall holds 3, Rachel Brooks Gleason first. Burlington has the most of any town in Vermont: 55. After Burlington, the next longest list in Vermont is Bennington’s, with 42. Across Vermont, the lists cover 220 towns.

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Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Manchester), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Manchester has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Manchester

The best known from each town bordering Manchester.

Rachel Brooks GleasonWinhallRachel Brooks Gleason & 2 moreTruman Howe BartlettDorsetTruman Howe Bartlett & 2 moreFASunderlandFrances Margaret Allen & 2 moreOrmsby B. ThomasSandgateOrmsby B. Thomas & 1 more

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Manchester 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 (3)
  • Rachel Brooks Gleason: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Truman Howe Bartlett: Olin Levi Warner, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
  • Ormsby B. Thomas: “The U.S. House of Representatives - Portraits of Congressmen” (detail), Once a Week newspaper, 1891, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons