#1Famous people · Waitsfield
5 famous people come from Waitsfield, Grace Potter the best known
Grace Potter, the American singer-songwriter, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Second and third on the list are Henry Mower Rice and Charles W. Waterman. 3 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. Over 167 years of births, the list goes from Henry Mower Rice (1816) to Grace Potter (1983).
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Grace Potter
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
Henry Mower Rice
Youngest
1983
Grace Potter
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Waitsfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Waitsfield’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1810s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Waitsfield
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1#2Politics & Law
Henry Mower Rice
1816–1894American politician, Minnesota
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#3Known for
What Waitsfield is known for
Waitsfield has 3.8× the usual share of leaders.
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The best known from each town bordering Waitsfield.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Waitsfield 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)
- Grace Potter: Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Mower Rice: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles W. Waterman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Rice: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roswell G. Horr: From 1882's "Public Men of To-Day" by Phineas Camp Headley., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew H. Carpenter: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons