#1Famous people · Marlboro
5 famous people were born in Marlboro
Articles in 6 languages make the presiding Bishop of the LDS church Newel K. Whitney the best known. Edson B. Olds, the American politician, comes second, with Chauncey N. Olds third. Most were born in the early republic: 5 of them. Born in 1795, Newel K. Whitney is the first name on record, and Francis Lyman Worden, born in 1830, the most recent.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Newel K. Whitney
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1795
Newel K. Whitney
Youngest
1830
Francis Lyman Worden
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Marlboro’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Marlboro’s famous people were born
The 1790s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Politics & LawBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Marlboro
Two of the three are leaders.
#1#2#3Known for
What Marlboro is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
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Of the towns around it, Brattleboro has the most on record: 33.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marlboro 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 (9)
- Newel K. Whitney: Andrew Jenson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edson B. Olds: Engraved by J.C. Buttre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chauncey N. Olds: unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Halladay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Lyman Worden: Jtweeten at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- JoJo: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Fisher Browne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Aiken: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherman Adams: The original uploader was Icelandic Hurricane at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons