Photo: redjar · CC BY-SA 2.0Next door to Ripton, Middlebury lists 33 famous people
So far, no famous person on record was born in Ripton. The longest list in Vermont is Burlington’s, with 55 names. Bennington has the second-longest list in Vermont, after Burlington, with 42. Across Vermont, 215 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Ripton), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Ripton has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Ripton
5 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ripton 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 (5)
- Gabriel Mann: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Eliakim Weeks: Walter J. Bigelow (1865-1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abram Hatch: Joseph Wood photographer, 18a Norton Street, Liverpool, England, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham X. Parker: Phineas Camp Headley, editor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Thaddeus Austin: "The Field Artillery Journal". United States Field Artillery Association (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons