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Waltham, Massachusetts ranks 2,130th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jammu, Nymphenburg Palace, and Czech Republic. Memorable people born in Waltham, Massachusetts include Kenneth G. Wilson, Caroll Spinney, and Nathaniel P. Banks. Memorable people who died in Waltham, Massachusetts include George Kelly, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Mary Watson Whitney. Waltham, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many politicians, and physicists and the death place of many psychologists, and politicians. Waltham, Massachusetts is located in United States.

Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning, spawning what became known as the Waltham-Lowell system of labor and production. The city is now a center for research and higher education, home to Brandeis University and Bentley University as well as industrial powerhouse Raytheon Technologies. The population was 65,218 at the census in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1816 and 1973, Waltham, Massachusetts was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Kenneth G. Wilson, Caroll Spinney, and Nathaniel P. Banks. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Waltham, Massachusetts including George Kelly, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Mary Watson Whitney.

People Born in Waltham, Massachusetts

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Waltham, Massachusetts were politicians (2), physicists (1), actors (1), astronomers (1), and astronauts (1),  while most who died were psychologists (1), politicians (1), astronomers (1), and basketball players (1).

Over the past 100 years, physicists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Waltham, Massachusetts, including Kenneth G. Wilson. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Waltham, Massachusetts, including Nathaniel P. Banks, and John Lynch.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Waltham, Massachusetts since 1700.