#1Famous people · Mount Holly
4 famous people call Mount Holly their birthplace
Julian Cook, the American Army officer, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Close behind are Horatio Earle and Nathan Turner Sprague. Over 88 years of births, the list goes from Nathan Turner Sprague (1828) to Julian Cook (1916). The biggest group are leaders: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Julian Cook
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
Nathan Turner Sprague
Youngest
1916
Julian Cook
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Mount Holly
Julian Cook leads with articles in 8 languages, ahead of Horatio Earle (2) and Nathan Turner Sprague (1).
#1#2#3Through the years
When Mount Holly’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1910s come out on top, with 1 births.
Politics & LawMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mount Holly is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Mount Holly
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Plymouth has the most on record, with 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Holly 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 (7)
- Julian Cook: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horatio Earle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Turner Sprague: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney R. Crowley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William W. Stickney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron H. Cragin: "McClees' Gallery of Photographic Portraits of the Senators, Representatives & Delegates of the Thirty-Fifth Congress". McClees & Beck (Washington, DC), publisher. Julian Vannerson (b. 1827), photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Mills Alden: Harper & brothers, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons