#1Famous people · Topsham
Topsham is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Articles in 9 languages make the American politician James Hamilton Peabody the best known. F. J. Mills, the American politician, comes second, with William Nutt third. The earliest on the list is William Nutt, born in 1836, and the youngest F. J. Mills, born in 1865. The biggest group are leaders: 4.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
James Hamilton Peabody
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1836
William Nutt
Youngest
1865
F. J. Mills
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Topsham
The three best known are all leaders.
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#3Through the years
When Topsham’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1850s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Topsham is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Topsham
2 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Corinth, at 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Topsham 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)
- James Hamilton Peabody: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Nutt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Augustus Gates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reuben Robie: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley C. Wilson: Washington (Vermont) Historical Society, http://washingtonhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Ann Frost Stearns Pratt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons