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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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- Writing
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- Military
- Other
Benjamin Shreve
1908 - 1985
Barbara Blackburn
Died 2008
David G. Swaim
1834 - 1897
Phillip Leckrone
1912 - 1941
Paul Dudley Sargent
1745 - 1828
William Cassady Cattell
1827 - 1898
Louisa Lander
1826 - 1923
Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor
1868 - 1960
Marilyn Kaytor
1929 - 2007
Matt Frahm
Born 1990
Joel Fisher
Born 1947
Lydia Louisa Anna Very
1823 - 1901
Ruth Randall
1892 - 1971
Leander J. Shaw Jr.
1930 - 2015
Cliff Bentz
Born 1952
Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges
1852 - 1927
Ray Dorr
1941 - 2001
Melvin Mayfield
1919 - 1990
Paul Evans (Oregon politician)
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James Lee (defensive tackle)
1980 - 2016
Pete Clifford
Born 1984
Vicki Berger
Born 1949
Arthur Bruce Evans
Born 1948
Jonathan Taylor (American football)
Born 1999
Philip P. Mason
Born 1927
Joseph T. Murray
1834 - 1907
Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)
Born 1960
Peter V. Neffenger
Born 1955
Bob Keenan
Born 1952
Robert Ellis Cahill
1934 - 2005
Howard Harpster
1907 - 1980
Peter Giunta
Born 1956
Konrad Juengling
Born 1987
Howard Harris (wrestler)
Born 1958
Laura Morett
Born 1969
Hetty Reckless
1776 - 1881
Phyllis T. Johnson
Born 1926
Andrew Bowne
1638 - 1708
Phil Ouellette
Born 1961
Washington C. DePauw
1822 - 1887
Mark Byington
Born 1976
John Everett (rower)
Born 1954
Joseph S. Cabot
1796 - 1874
Mary Lou Dickerson
Born 1946
Mark Murdock
Born 1952
Charles Colin (Musiker, 1913)
1913 - 2000
John Sargent (Loyalist)
1750 - 1824
Jack Carney (baseball)
1866 - 1925
Walter C. Winslow
1882 - 1962
Sean P. Stellato
Born 1977
Stephen French
1844 - 1929
Webster Street
1846 - 1908
Dean Andal
Born 1959
Joe Work
1905 - 1960
Cyrus E. Dietz
1876 - 1929
Dick Hart (golfer)
1935 - 2013
Edward Augustus Holyoke Hemenway
1805 - 1876
Don Johnson (gambler)
Born 1962
Jill Hazelbaker
Born 1981
Leo A. Walton
1890 - 1961
Ralph K. Hofer
1921 - 1944
Sally Bush
1860 - 1946
Douglas Girod
Born 1958
Charles H. Tenney
1842 - 1919
Harry Minto
1864 - 1915
Thomas Leigh Gatch
1891 - 1953
Joe Douglass
Born 1974
John Clough Holmes
1809 - 1887
Bill Richardson (baseball)
1878 - 1949
Craig Hanneman
Born 1949
Thaddeus M. Buczko
Born 1926
Orien Crow
1912 - 1994
James Clinton Turk
1923 - 2014
Arthur F. Devereux
1838 - 1906
Ozi William Whitaker
1830 - 1911
Arthur Bowler
Born 1950
Henry Lefavour
1862 - 1946
Fred Drains
Born 1971
Rich Karlis
Born 1959
Neil Elshire
Born 1958
Robert Winsor
1858 - 1930
Steve Reese
Born 1980
Thomas Carpenter (glassmaker)
1752 - 1847
John D. Keenan
Born 1965
Andy Feichtinger
1897 - 1962
Scott Eaton
Born 1944
Rob Potylo
Born 1976
Wallace P. Carson Jr.
Born 1934
Samuel Calley
1821 - 1883
Thomas Ryan (soccer)
Born 1987
Jeffrey Grayson
1942 - 2009
Carlos Anguiano
Born 2000
Aaron Richmond
1895 - 1965
Louis Trudel
1912 - 1971
Benjamin Peirce (librarian)
1778 - 1831
Eugene Lacritz
1929 - 2012
Bob Horn (American football)
Born 1954
Ovid Nicholson
1888 - 1968
C. Henry Glovsky
1918 - 2002
Wallace Stickney
1934 - 2019
O. A. Cargill
1885 - 1973
Harry H. Belt
1883 - 1950
Kay Schallenkamp
Born 1949
Richard Saltonstall Rogers
1790 - 1873
Patrick Downey
Born 1974
Harold Benjamin Fiske
1871 - 1960
Kevin Flaherty
Born 1939
Cy Wentworth (American football)
1904 - 1986
Peter Sharis
Born 1969
Jenelle Riley
Born 1972
Ernest R. Redmond
1883 - 1966
Walker M. Curtiss
1852 - 1917
Robert Buffum
1828 - 1871
John Hugh McNary
1867 - 1936
Benjamin Lynde Sr.
1666 - 1749
William D. Chapple
1868 - 1956
André Ouellette
1913 - 2001
John W. Anunsen
Born 1931
Ray Steineder
1894 - 1982
Edward P. Tivnan
1882 - 1937
Jeff Gilmour
Born 1947
Michael Mullins
Born 1951
John Hunt Painter
1819 - 1891
Curtis Wolfer
Born 1949
Lloyd Yoder
1903 - 1967
Alice L. Kibbe
1881 - 1969
Thomas E. Atkinson
1824 - 1868
John A. Waddington
1911 - 1981
Anthony A. Less
Born 1937
Mary Jane Spurlin
1883 - 1970
Thomas R. Morris
Born 1944
Emily Lucas Blackall
1832 - 1892
Tom O'Brien (second baseman)
1860 - 1921
E. M. Page
1893 - 1959
William F. Frye
1929 - 1988
Jim Goddard (basketball)
Born 1930
Thomas Lyons (Medal of Honor)
1838 - 1904
John W. Reynolds (Oregon attorney)
1875 - 1942
Elizabeth Terry
Born 1942
Henry S. Trout
1841 - 1918
Jonathan Lambert
1743 - 1812
Robert B. Wood
1836 - 1878
Flora Harrod Hawes
1863 - 1929
Benjamin T. Pickman
1790 - 1835
George Phineas Gordon
1821 - 1878
John Carnes
1756 - 1796
Philo Boyden
1829 - 1922
Walter H. Trumbull
Born 1893
Annie Stevens Perkins
Born 1868
Curt Coleman
1887 - 1980
Winifred Byrd
1884 - 1970
Thomas E. Sherwood
1835 - 1897
William Raymond Lee
1807 - 1891
Thomas A. Pankok
Born 1931
Leroy D. Thoman
1851 - 1909
Fred Louis Wham
1884 - 1967
Mary Pickering Nichols
1829 - 1915
David Nevins Sr.
1809 - 1881
Edwin Coppoc
1835 - 1859
Walter H. Creamer
1860 - 1937
Madison Farrell
Born 1996
Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.
1804 - 1881
Horace Jacobs Rice
1882 - 1964
Andrew E. Faulkner
1913 - 1951
Robert H. Loofbourrow
1873 - 1926
Daniel G. Marsh
Born 1937
Mary Hamilton Frye
1890 - 1951
Kenneth Neigh
1908 - 1996
Horace Northcutt
1883 - 1950
Dwight W. Berreman
Born 1928
Milas K. Young
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