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NEWTON

Most Famous People Born in Newton, United States

Notable people
327
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1927
Most distinctive
Skater 7.6×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Newton during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Newton Is Known For

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Politician is Newton's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (53).

Newton over-indexes on skater7.6× the global rate.

Newton under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician53
  2. Baseball21
  3. Actor18
  4. Football15
  5. Lawyer12
  6. Writer11
  7. Screenwriter9
  8. Singer7
  1. Skater67.6×
  2. Screenwriter96.3×
  3. Baseball215.7×
  4. Novelist53.9×
  5. Officer52.3×
  6. Lawyer122.1×
  7. Hockey61.6×
  8. Academic51.5×
  1. Football150.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Newton's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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327 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Jack Lemmon

1925 - 2001

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0002 SINGER

Tori Amos

Born 1963

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0003 SCREENWRITER

Amy Poehler

Born 1971

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0004 ACTOR

Matt LeBlanc

Born 1967

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0005 SCREENWRITER

John Krasinski

Born 1979

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0006 ARTIST

Burl Ives

1909 - 1995

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0007 ACTOR

Janeane Garofalo

Born 1964

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0008 FILM

Eli Roth

Born 1972

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0009 POET

Anne Sexton

1928 - 1974

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0010 SCREENWRITER

B. J. Novak

Born 1979

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0011 FILM

Julie Taymor

Born 1952

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0012 POLITICIAN

Roger Sherman

1721 - 1793

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0013 ACTOR

Robert Morse

Born 1931

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0014 SCREENWRITER

Brad Falchuk

Born 1971

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0015 ACTOR

Josephine Hull

1877 - 1957

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0016 AUTHOR

Charles Murray (political scientist)

Born 1943

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0017 ACTOR

Kathryn Erbe

Born 1965

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0018 DRUMMER

Mike Mangini

Born 1963

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0019 SCREENWRITER

Russell Banks

Born 1940

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0020 PSYCHOLOGIST

Julian Jaynes

1920 - 1997

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0021 MATHEMATICIAN

James Harris Simons

Born 1938

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0022 SCREENWRITER

D. C. Fontana

1939 - 2019

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0023 WRITER

Thomas Bulfinch

1796 - 1867

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0024 SKATER

Tenley Albright

Born 1935

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0025 SINGER

Mark Sandman

1952 - 1999

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0026 WIFE OF

Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt

1861 - 1884

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0027 CONDUCTOR

Ralph Burns

1922 - 2001

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0028 SINGER

Sharon Needles

Born 1981

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0029 SKATER

Gracie Gold

Born 1995

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0030 POLITICIAN

Leverett Saltonstall

1892 - 1979

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0031 FILM

Alex Karpovsky

Born 1975

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0032 POLITICIAN

Mark Foley

Born 1954

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0033 FILM

Nell Scovell

Born 1960

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0034 ACTOR

Jane Morgan

Born 1924

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0035 SINGER

Paul Overstreet

Born 1955

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0036 POLITICIAN

M. Hoke Smith

1855 - 1931

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0037 COMPOSER

Roger Kellaway

Born 1939

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0038 CRIMINAL

William Poole

1821 - 1855

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0039 POLITICIAN

Paul G. Kirk

Born 1938

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0040 POLITICIAN

Sinclair Weeks

1893 - 1972

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0041 ACTOR

Jessica Chaffin

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0042 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Robert L. Johnson

Born 1946

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0043 REPUBLICAN

John W. Griggs

1849 - 1927

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0044 ACADEMIC

Ann Graybiel

Born 1942

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0045 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Harold Barclay

1924 - 2017

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0046 POLITICIAN

Alexander H. Rice

1818 - 1895

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0047 COMPOSER

Frederick Converse

1871 - 1940

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0048 POLITICIAN

Jesse M. Unruh

1922 - 1987

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0049 POLITICIAN

Emilio Q. Daddario

1918 - 2010

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0050 MATHEMATICIAN

Errett Bishop

1928 - 1983

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0051 SCREENWRITER

Tom Adair

1913 - 1988

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0052 PSYCHIATRIST

Lester Grinspoon

1928 - 2020

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0053 NOVELIST

Emerson Hough

1857 - 1923

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0054 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Jesse Walter Fewkes

1850 - 1930

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0055 BOTANIST

Roland Thaxter

1858 - 1932

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0056 BASEBALL

Tony Clark

Born 1972

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0057 HISTORIAN

Fiske Kimball

1888 - 1955

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0058 POLITICIAN

Ardolph L. Kline

1858 - 1930

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0059 WRITER

Virginia Lee Burton

1909 - 1968

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0060 ACTOR

Karen Kondazian

Born 1950

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0061 HOCKEY

Alphonse Lacroix

1897 - 1973

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0062 FILM

Mary Mazzio

Born 1961

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0063 POLITICIAN

Rodman M. Price

1816 - 1894

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0064 FOOTBALL

Kiko Alonso

Born 1990

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0065 ENGINEER

Guy Ballard

1878 - 1939

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0066 ROWER

Genevra Stone

Born 1985

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0067 WRITER

Linda Gray Sexton

Born 1953

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0068 ZOOLOGIST

Charles Johnson Maynard

1845 - 1929

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0069 MUSIC

Rebecca Parris

1951 - 2018

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0070 WRITER

Nathaniel Benchley

1915 - 1981

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0071 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Tal Rabin

Born 1962

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0072 PLAYER

Frederick Hovey

1868 - 1945

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0073 CHEMIST

Reynold C. Fuson

1895 - 1979

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0074 POLITICIAN

William Jackson (Massachusetts)

1783 - 1855

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0075 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Hallam L. Movius

1907 - 1987

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0076 SINGER

Aoife O'Donovan

Born 1982

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0077 SKATER

Jennifer Kirk

Born 1984

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0078 JOURNALIST

Seth Mnookin

Born 1972

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0079 POLITICIAN

William Tudor Gardiner

1892 - 1953

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0080 ACADEMIC

Gordon D. Kaufman

1925 - 2011

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0081 BOXER

John Daley (boxer)

1909 - 1963

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0082 ATHLETIC

Ephraim Williams

1715 - 1755

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0083 HOCKEY

Willard Rice

1895 - 1967

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0084 BASKET

Laurie Koehn

Born 1982

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0085 BASEBALL

Dustin Richardson

Born 1984

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0086 ATHLETIC

Ivan Riley

1900 - 1943

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0087 MATHEMATICIAN

Lee Segel

1932 - 2005

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0088 PHILOSOPHER

Wilmon Henry Sheldon

1875 - 1980

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0089 POLITICIAN

William Bross

1813 - 1890

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0090 POLITICIAN

John M. Haines

1863 - 1917

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0091 MUSIC

Bob Howard (singer)

1906 - 1986

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0092 BASKET

Harold E. Foster

1906 - 1996

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0093 EDITOR

Henry J. B. Cummings

1831 - 1909

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0094 OFFICER

Elizabeth P. Hoisington

1918 - 2007

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0095 SOCIOLOGIST

Richard Gelles

Died 2020

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0096 AUTHOR

Arthur Walworth

1903 - 2005

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0097 SECRETARY

Louis F. Post

1849 - 1928

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0098 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Waldo Rudolph Wedel

1908 - 1996

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0099 POLITICIAN

Robert T. Anderson

Born 1945

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0100 DRIVER

Pete Hamilton

1942 - 2017

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0101 PRODUCER

Deborah Forte

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0102 PHOTOGRAPHER

Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr.

1917 - 2010

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0103 NOVELIST

Kristin Harmel

Born 1979

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0104 POLITICIAN

Laurence F. Arnold

1891 - 1966

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0105 ACADEMIC

Ernest Hatch Wilkins

1880 - 1966

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0106 POLITICIAN

Errett P. Scrivner

1898 - 1978

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0107 LAWYER

Theodore Cross

1924 - 2010

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0108 POLITICIAN

Joseph Healy

1776 - 1861

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0109 OFFICER

James S. Gracey

1927 - 2020

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0110 SKATER

Gregory Kelley

1944 - 1961

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0111 FOOTBALL

Matt Chatham

Born 1977

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0112 RANCHER

John Palmer Parker (rancher)

1790 - 1868

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0113 BASEBALL

Jim Corsi (baseball)

Born 1961

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0114 JOURNALIST

Ellen Goodman

Born 1941

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0115 SOCIOLOGIST

Shirley Sherrod

Born 1948

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0116 POLITICIAN

Donald S. Harrington

1914 - 2005

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0117 ASTRONAUT

Christopher Loria

Born 1960

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0118 POLITICIAN

William Helms

Died 1813

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0119 JOURNALIST

Dan Harris (journalist)

Born 1971

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0120 PLAYER

James Delaney (tennis)

Born 1953

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0121 SWIMMER

Kendyl Stewart

Born 1994

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0122 MUSIC

Carol Sudhalter

Born 1943

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0123 HOCKEY

Jeff Kealty

Born 1976

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0124 POLITICIAN

Elton Watkins

1881 - 1956

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0125 POLITICIAN

George C. Maxwell

1771 - 1816

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0126 BASEBALL

John Curtis (baseball)

Born 1948

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0127 SCREENWRITER

Barry Levy

Born 1972

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0128 ACTOR

Erica Rhodes

Born 1986

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0129 TRANSLATOR

Norman Thomas di Giovanni

1933 - 2017

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0130 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Emil Haury

1904 - 1992

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0131 SPORT

Jay Clark (sport shooter)

1880 - 1948

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0132 BASEBALL

Travis Hughes

Born 1978

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0133 HOCKEY

C. J. Young

Born 1968

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0134 RACING

Jerry Punch

Born 1953

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0135 LAWYER

James Arnold Lowell

1869 - 1933

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0136 POLITICIAN

Edwin B. Brooks

1868 - 1933

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0137 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Alexandra Illmer Forsythe

1918 - 1980

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0138 PROFESSOR

Bruce Lawrence

Born 1941

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0139 JOURNALIST

Sara Haines

Born 1977

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0140 POLITICIAN

Warren F. Daniell

1826 - 1913

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0141 SURGEON

James Peter Warbasse

1866 - 1957

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0142 BUSINESS

Josh Altman

Born 1979

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0143 PHYSICIST

George K. Burgess

1874 - 1932

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0144 SOLDIER

Glenn Andreotta

1947 - 1968

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0145 PRODUCER

Rob Chiarelli

Born 1963

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0146 ZOOLOGIST

Eleanor Carothers

1882 - 1957

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0147 PLAYER

Chris Delaney

Born 1957

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0148 EDUCATOR

Stanwood Cobb

1881 - 1982

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0149 WRITER

Francis P. Farquhar

1887 - 1974

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0150 MUSIC

Fritz Richmond

1939 - 2005

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0151 VIOLIN

Bobby Hicks

Born 1933

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0152 OFFICER

Sidney Hinds

1900 - 1991

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0153 FOOTBALL

Johnny Budd

1899 - 1963

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0154 WRITER

Ann Warren Griffith

1911 - 1983

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0155 BANK

Ralph Lowell

1890 - 1978

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0156 PAINTER

Barbara Swan

1922 - 2003

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0157 CITY PLANNER

Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch

1867 - 1951

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0158 BASEBALL

Joe Gibbon

1935 - 2019

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0159 SKATER

Carly Gold

Born 1995

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0160 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Andrew Sears

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0161 FOOTBALL

Shorty McWilliams

1926 - 1997

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0162 JOURNALIST

Edward Sheehan

1930 - 2008

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0163 LIBRARIAN

William Coolidge Lane

1859 - 1931

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0164 JUDGE

John Davis (United States Court of Claims judge)

1851 - 1902

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0165 POLITICIAN

John Westbrook (Pennsylvania)

1789 - 1852

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0166 PHYSICIAN

Nancy Caroline

1944 - 2002

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0167 ENGINEER

Richard Muther (industrial engineer)

1913 - 2014

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0168 TEACHER

Nathaniel Fish Moore

1782 - 1872

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0169 LAWYER

Kimberly J. Mueller

Born 1957

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0170 DRIVER

Joe Sostilio

1915 - 2000

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0171 CIVIL SERVICE

Mary E. Switzer

1900 - 1971

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0172 JOURNALIST

Andy Katz

Born 1969

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0173 BOXER

A. Joseph DeNucci

1939 - 2017

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0174 NOVELIST

Clara Louise Burnham

1854 - 1927

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0175 POLITICIAN

William Kennedy (New Jersey)

1775 - 1826

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0176 MINERALOGIST

Herbert E. Merwin

1878 - 1963

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0177 REPUBLICAN

Rita Crocker Clements

1931 - 2018

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0178 NASCAR

Dennis Setzer

Born 1960

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0179 PARLIAMENT

Thomas Curtis Clarke

1827 - 1901

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0180 BLOGGER

Felicity Jones (naturist)

Born 1988

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0181 ACTOR

John O'Leary

1926 - 2019

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0182 NEWSCASTER

J. C. Monahan

-

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0183 SPORT

Suzyn Waldman

Born 1946

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0184 POLITICIAN

Setti Warren

Born 1970

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0185 ARTIST

Peter Mollica

Born 1941

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0186 ACTOR

Virginia Bosler

Died 2020

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0187 MANAGEMENT

Brock Long

Born 1975

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0188 SCIENTIST

Dorothea Jameson

1920 - 1998

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0189 PHYSICIST

Jeffries Wyman (biologist)

1901 - 1995

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0190 MILITAR

Robert F. Foley

Born 1941

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0191 ACTOR

Ilya Welter

Born 1966

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0192 BASEBALL

Red Strader

1902 - 1956

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0193 ENTREPRENEUR

Leslie Dewan

Born 1984

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0194 POLITICIAN

William L. Saltonstall

1927 - 2009

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0195 TEACHER

H. Adams Carter

1914 - 1995

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0196 PAINTER

Carol Schlosberg

1957 - 1998

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0197 LAWYER

Hollis French

Born 1958

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0198 HOCKEY

David Jensen (ice hockey, born 1965)

Born 1965

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0199 POLITICIAN

Peter Koutoujian

Born 1961

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0200 FOOTBALL

Rich Miano

Born 1962

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0201 LAWYER

J. Weston Allen

1872 - 1942

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0202 POLITICIAN

Alison Littell McHose

Born 1965

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0203 RUNNER

Guy Porter

1884 - 1951

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0204 ACTOR

Chris Angel

Born 1972

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0205 POLITICIAN

Josh Zakim

Born 1983

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0206 POLITICIAN

Todd Gilbert

Born 1970

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0207 BASEBALL

Andrew Chin

Born 1992

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0208 POLITICIAN

William Grover Smith

1857 - 1921

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0209 POLITICIAN

A. A. Townsend

1810 - 1879

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0210 POLITICIAN

Cherie Berry

Born 1946

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0211 SINGER

Robin McNamara

Born 1947

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0212 ATHLETIC

Mike Granger

Born 1991

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0213 BASEBALL

Bob Gallagher (baseball)

Born 1948

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0214 SKATER

Suzanne Davis (figure skater)

1912 - 1991

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0215 OFFICER

James Lore Murray

1919 - 2004

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0216 ACTOR

Olga C. Nardone

1921 - 2010

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0217 TEACHER

Bruce Ryburn Payne

1874 - 1937

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0218 FOOTBALL

Alexandra Kavvada

Born 1983

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0219 ACTOR

Kerry Berry Brogan

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0220 INVESTMENT

Harold Grinspoon

Born 1929

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0221 POLITICIAN

John DiMaio

Born 1955

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0222 WRITER

Helen Roney Sattler

1921 - 1992

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0223 WRITER

Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer

1812 - 1894

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0224 WRITER

Lynnie Greene

Born 1954

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0225 ACADEMIC

Caroline D. Gentile

1924 - 2008

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0226 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pete Muller (photographer)

Born 1982

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0227 FOOTBALL

Danny Baugher

Born 1984

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0228 WRITER

Edward Haven Mason

1849 - 1917

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0229 LAW

Hugh Calkins

1924 - 2014

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0230 POLITICIAN

Mitch Holmes

Born 1962

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0231 OBOIST

Alfred Genovese

1931 - 2011

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0232 TELEVISION

Kevin Seal

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0233 SPORT

Amalie Benjamin

Born 1982

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0234 FOOTBALL

Bryan Smith (American football)

Born 1983

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0235 FILM

Alexander Freeman (filmmaker)

Born 1987

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0236 NOVELIST

Richard Parks (author)

Born 1955

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0237 PHYSICIST

Joseph Jacobson

Born 1965

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0238 BUSINESS

Allen Questrom

Born 1941

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0239 BASEBALL

Russ Van Atta

1906 - 1986

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0240 FARMER

Caleb Hopkins (Upper Canada)

1786 - 1880

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0241 PAINTER

Bob Coronato

Born 1970

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0242 OFFICER

Charles Church Roberts

1882 - 1957

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0243 LAWYER

Frank A. Mason

1862 - 1940

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0244 BASEBALL

Normie Roy

1928 - 2011

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0245 HOCKEY

Richard Toomey

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0246 BASEBALL

Sean DePaula

Born 1973

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0247 POET

Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Born 1993

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0248 FOOTBALL

Mike Wellman

Born 1956

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0249 BASEBALL

Bob Barr (1930s pitcher)

1908 - 2002

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0250 DRIVER

Shane Lee (racing driver)

Born 1993

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0251 INVENTOR

Lyle Goodhue

1903 - 1981

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0252 FOOTBALL

Francis Burr

1886 - 1910

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0253 ARMY

Patrick Miller (soldier)

Born 1980

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0254 COACH

Steve Trimper

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0255 JUDGE

John C. Yoder

1951 - 2017

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0256 CERAMIST

Mary Tuthill Lindheim

1912 - 2004

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0257 BISHOP

Oliver Leland Loring

1904 - 1979

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0258 JOURNALIST

Jade McCarthy

Born 1980

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0259 SCREENWRITER

Katherine Strueby

1908 - 1988

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0260 BASEBALL

Bob Trice

1926 - 1988

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0261 BUSINESS

Joe Malone (politician)

Born 1954

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0262 FOOTBALL

Samuel Finley Brown Morse

1885 - 1969

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0263 POLITICIAN

Marc Rhoades

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0264 POLITICIAN

James F. C. Hyde

1825 - 1898

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0265 ACADEMIC

Richard W. Burkhardt

1918 - 2014

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0266 BUSINESS

Fritz Maytag

Born 1937

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0267 MILITAR

Walter Lovell

1884 - 1937

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0268 BASEBALL

Eddie Yount

1915 - 1973

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0269 POLITICIAN

James Evans (Mississippi politician)

Born 1950

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0270 GOVERNOR

Mark Connolly (public official)

1955 - 2019

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0271 POLITICIAN

Platt Rogers

1850 - 1928

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0272 BASEBALL

Nate Teut

Born 1976

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0273 POLITICIAN

Judith Loganbill

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0274 POLITICIAN

Earnest Williams

Born 1949

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0275 GAME

Hafu (video game player)

Born 1991

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0276 BASEBALL

Warren Huston

1913 - 1999

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0277 SAILOR

David George Ouellet

1944 - 1967

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0278 ACTOR

Barry Russo

Born 1925

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0279 WRITER

Lillie Eginton Warren

1859 - 1926

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0280 ARCHITECT

John D. Towle

Died 1887

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0281 FOOTBALL

David Mahoney (soccer)

Born 1981

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0282 HISTORIAN

William Stetson Merrill

1886 - 1969

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0283 ILLUSTRATOR

Louisa Bertman

-

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0284 ARMY

Wallace H. Nutting

Born 1928

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0285 FOOTBALL

Ben Brewster

Born 1948

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0286 PSYCHOLOGIST

Percival Symonds

1893 - 1960

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0287 POLICE

Francis Oliver Haddock

1892 - 1934

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0288 BASEBALL

Hal Deviney

1893 - 1933

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0289 PLAYER

Mike Spegal

Born 1968

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0290 POLITICIAN

John A. Locke (Massachusetts politician)

Born 1962

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0291 ACTOR

Jessica Kate Meyer

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0292 FOOTBALL

Sam Brill

Born 1985

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0293 PAINTER

Winifred E. Lefferts

1903 - 1995

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0294 BASEBALL

Law Daniels

1862 - 1929

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0295 JUDGE

Nathaniel Pettit

1724 - 1803

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0296 ARTIST

Elana Mann

Born 1982

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0297 LAWYER

Edward T. Martin

1910 - 1984

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0298 BASKET

Cedric Isom

Born 1984

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0299 LAWYER

Dal Millington Lemmon

1887 - 1958

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0300 LAWYER

Daniel Symmes

1772 - 1817

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