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SALEM

Most Famous People Born in Salem, United States

Notable people
471
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1899
Most distinctive
Librarian 14.5×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 36 notable births.

What Salem Is Known For

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Politician is Salem's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (84).

Salem over-indexes on librarian — 14.5× the global rate.

Salem under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician84
  2. Football33
  3. Lawyer26
  4. Actor21
  5. Baseball20
  6. Writer12
  7. Basket11
  8. Business10
  1. Librarian514.5×
  2. Baseball203.7×
  3. Lawyer263.2×
  4. Judge73.1×
  5. Officer82.6×
  6. Physicist52.5×
  7. Business102.1×
  8. Basket111.9×
  1. Football330.6×
  2. Painter80.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0073 LAWYER

Benjamin H. Brewster

1816 - 1888

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0085 LAWYER

Joseph Hodges Choate

1832 - 1917

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0158 LAWYER

Edith Brown Weiss

Born 1942

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0169 LAWYER

Stephen Henry Phillips

1823 - 1897

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0178 LAWYER

John Rock (abolitionist)

1825 - 1866

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0186 LAWYER

Henry T. Ellett

1812 - 1887

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0195 LAWYER

Robert Gibbon Johnson

1771 - 1850

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0206 LAWYER

Robert Morris (lawyer)

1823 - 1882

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0220 LAWYER

Ann Aiken

Born 1951

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0262 LAWYER

John B. Waldo

1844 - 1907

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0267 LAWYER

William Gardner Choate

1830 - 1920

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0314 LAWYER

Leander J. Shaw Jr.

1930 - 2015

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0349 LAWYER

Walter C. Winslow

1882 - 1962

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0351 LAWYER

Stephen French

1844 - 1929

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0355 LAWYER

Cyrus E. Dietz

1876 - 1929

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0373 LAWYER

James Clinton Turk

1923 - 2014

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0388 LAWYER

Wallace P. Carson Jr.

Born 1934

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0402 LAWYER

Harry H. Belt

1883 - 1950

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0414 LAWYER

John Hugh McNary

1867 - 1936

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0416 LAWYER

William D. Chapple

1868 - 1956

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0434 LAWYER

E. M. Page

1893 - 1959

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0435 LAWYER

William F. Frye

1929 - 1988

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0438 LAWYER

John W. Reynolds (Oregon attorney)

1875 - 1942

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0455 LAWYER

Leroy D. Thoman

1851 - 1909

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0456 LAWYER

Fred Louis Wham

1884 - 1967

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0465 LAWYER

Robert H. Loofbourrow

1873 - 1926

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