Needham, Massachusetts
Needham, Massachusetts ranks 3,862nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sharqia Governorate, Jacksonville, North Carolina, and Bülach. Memorable people born in Needham, Massachusetts include N. C. Wyeth, Phil Murphy, and Richard Patrick. Memorable people who died in Needham, Massachusetts include Thomas Huckle Weller, Nelson Goodman, and Ananda Coomaraswamy. Needham, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many painters, and politicians and the death place of many philosophers, and biologists. Needham, Massachusetts is located in United States.
Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb of Boston, its population was 32,091 in the 2020 U.S. Census. It is the home of Olin College. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1882 and 1994, Needham, Massachusetts was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including N. C. Wyeth, Phil Murphy, and Richard Patrick. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Needham, Massachusetts including Thomas Huckle Weller, Nelson Goodman, and Ananda Coomaraswamy. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Needham, Massachusetts than were born there.
People Born in Needham, Massachusetts
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N. C. Wyeth
PAINTER
1882 - 1945
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 1
Phil Murphy
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 2
Richard Patrick
MUSICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 3
Aly Raisman
GYMNAST
1994 - Present
HPI: 25.18
Rank: 4
People Deceased in Needham, Massachusetts
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Thomas Huckle Weller
BIOLOGIST
1915 - 2008
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 1
Nelson Goodman
PHILOSOPHER
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 2
Ananda Coomaraswamy
PHILOSOPHER
1877 - 1947
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 3
Harold Russell
WRITER
1914 - 2002
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 4
Gunnar Birkerts
ARCHITECT
1925 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Needham, Massachusetts were painters (1), politicians (1), musicians (1), and gymnasts (1), while most who died were philosophers (2), biologists (1), writers (1), and architects (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Needham, Massachusetts, including Phil Murphy. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Needham, Massachusetts, including N. C. Wyeth.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Needham, Massachusetts since 1700.
