Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Great Barrington, Massachusetts ranks 6,394th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Puerto Cortés, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, and Lelystad. Memorable people born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts include W. E. B. Du Bois, Laura Secord, and Hamish Linklater. Memorable people who died in Great Barrington, Massachusetts include André Frédéric Cournand, Pauline Kael, and William Stanley Jr.. Great Barrington, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many social activists, and celebrities and the death place of many physicians, and writers. Great Barrington, Massachusetts is located in United States.
Great Barrington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,172 at the 2020 census. Both a summer resort and home to Ski Butternut, a ski resort, Great Barrington includes the villages of Van Deusenville and Housatonic. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1775 and 1976, Great Barrington, Massachusetts was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Laura Secord, and Hamish Linklater. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Great Barrington, Massachusetts including André Frédéric Cournand, Pauline Kael, and William Stanley Jr.. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Great Barrington, Massachusetts than were born there.
People Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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W. E. B. Du Bois
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1868 - 1963
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 1
Laura Secord
CELEBRITY
1775 - 1868
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2
Hamish Linklater
ACTOR
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 3
People Deceased in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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André Frédéric Cournand
PHYSICIAN
1895 - 1988
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 1
Pauline Kael
WRITER
1919 - 2001
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 2
William Stanley Jr.
PHYSICIST
1858 - 1916
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 3
Jackson C. Frank
SINGER
1943 - 1999
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Great Barrington, Massachusetts were social activists (1), celebrities (1), and actors (1), while most who died were physicians (1), writers (1), physicists (1), and singers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, including Hamish Linklater. Whereas, throughout history, social activists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Great Barrington, Massachusetts, including W. E. B. Du Bois.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts since 1700.
