Famous people · Swanton
Born near Swanton: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Warren Austin, from Highgate, 4 mi away. Chester A. Arthur is the most widely known, written about in 132 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Swanton yet. Across Vermont, the lists cover 215 towns.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
Chester A. Arthur
Best known
Chester A. Arthur
in 132 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Swanton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Swanton
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Agnes Salm-Salm
1844–1912American wife of Prussian prince and soldier of fortune
Chester A. Arthur
1829–1886President of the United States from 1881 to 1885
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Swanton and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (15)
- Chester A. Arthur: Abraham Bogardus / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Arthur: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael P. Anderson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Curtis: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Warren Austin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Mason Hopper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Fillmore Hayford: Scan from Doug C., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harmon Northrop Morse: Schaefer & Sons, photographer; Louis P. Dieterick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Godfrey Saxe: published by Dodd, Mead and Co, NY, 1898, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Salm-Salm: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Consuelo N. Bailey: "Brattleboro Daily Reformer" (Brattleboro, VT)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene Foss: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heber C. Kimball: Heber_Chase_Kimball.png: Kes47 derivative work: --ARTEST4ECHO talk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke P. Poland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Israel Bush Richardson: Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons