#1Famous people · Salisbury
Salisbury is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is John Eliakim Weeks, the American politician, with articles in 7 languages. The next two names are Julius W. Atwood and Wilbur F. Storey. Over 38 years of births, the list goes from Wilbur F. Storey (1819) to Julius W. Atwood (1857). Gabriel Mann leads the 33 names listed next door in Middlebury.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
John Eliakim Weeks
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1819
Wilbur F. Storey
Youngest
1857
Julius W. Atwood
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Salisbury
By how many languages cover them, John Eliakim Weeks comes first (7), then Julius W. Atwood (2) and Wilbur F. Storey (2).
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What Salisbury is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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Of the towns around it, Middlebury has the most on record: 33.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Salisbury 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)
- John Eliakim Weeks: Walter J. Bigelow (1865-1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julius W. Atwood: Samuel Hart, The House of Bishops : the latest portraits of the living bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States in the order of consecration : also a composite group of the House of Bishops which met in Richmond in 1859, New Y…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilbur F. Storey: A. C. McClurg & Co., Publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel Mann: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron F. Perry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philetus Sawyer: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons