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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×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Salem during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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.
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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William Jennings Bryan
1860 - 1925
Timothy Pickering
1745 - 1829
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Born 1969
Seth Moulton
Born 1978
Charles L. McNary
1874 - 1944
Jennings Randolph
1902 - 1998
Chris Sununu
Born 1974
Charles W. Bryan
1867 - 1945
Newton Booth
1825 - 1892
John F. Tierney
Born 1951
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
1772 - 1851
William Crowninshield Endicott
1826 - 1900
George Cabot
1752 - 1823
John Allen Campbell
1835 - 1880
Benjamin Goodhue
1748 - 1814
Nathaniel Silsbee
1773 - 1850
Jacob Crowninshield
1770 - 1808
William H. Bates
1917 - 1969
Alexander G. Cattell
1816 - 1894
Theodore Thurston Geer
1851 - 1924
Stephen C. Phillips
1801 - 1857
Michael J. Harrington
Born 1936
Orchard Cook
1763 - 1819
George J. Bates
1891 - 1949
John Pickler
1844 - 1910
Benjamin Pickman Jr.
1763 - 1843
Frederick M. Davenport
1866 - 1956
Gayton P. Osgood
1797 - 1861
Stephen Palfrey Webb
1804 - 1879
Abraham J. Hostetler
1818 - 1899
Stephen Higginson
1743 - 1828
Charles W. Vursell
1881 - 1974
Clement Hall Sinnickson
1834 - 1919
Thomas Jones Yorke
1801 - 1882
Isaac Ambrose Barber
1852 - 1909
James Yancy Callahan
1852 - 1935
Hedge Thompson
1780 - 1828
Charles H. Upton
1812 - 1877
Thomas Sinnickson (politician)
1786 - 1873
James E. West (politician)
1951 - 2006
George Hires
1835 - 1911
Allen Weh
Born 1942
Francis W. Moore Jr.
1808 - 1864
John C. Martin (politician)
1880 - 1952
Dan Crippen
Born 1952
Monroe Sweetland
1910 - 2006
Stephen Sewall
1702 - 1760
Theodore C. Speliotis
Born 1953
Edgar D. Bush
1873 - 1949
Chuck Morse
Born 1960
Sheila Harrington
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Dan Schmidt
Born 1954
D.J. Bettencourt
Born 1984
Kim Driscoll
Born 1966
Paul Evans (Oregon politician)
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Vicki Berger
Born 1949
Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)
Born 1960
Bob Keenan
Born 1952
Andrew Bowne
1638 - 1708
Joseph S. Cabot
1796 - 1874
Mary Lou Dickerson
Born 1946
Mark Murdock
Born 1952
John Sargent (Loyalist)
1750 - 1824
Dean Andal
Born 1959
Harry Minto
1864 - 1915
Thaddeus M. Buczko
Born 1926
John D. Keenan
Born 1965
Samuel Calley
1821 - 1883
O. A. Cargill
1885 - 1973
John W. Anunsen
Born 1931
Jeff Gilmour
Born 1947
Curtis Wolfer
Born 1949
John A. Waddington
1911 - 1981
Henry S. Trout
1841 - 1918
Benjamin T. Pickman
1790 - 1835
Philo Boyden
1829 - 1922
Thomas E. Sherwood
1835 - 1897
Thomas A. Pankok
Born 1931
Walter H. Creamer
1860 - 1937
Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.
1804 - 1881
Andrew E. Faulkner
1913 - 1951
Daniel G. Marsh
Born 1937
Horace Northcutt
1883 - 1950
Milas K. Young
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