Westfield, Massachusetts
Westfield, Massachusetts ranks 8,687th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Amityville, New York, Hornell, New York, and Ruma. Memorable people born in Westfield, Massachusetts include Frederic Rzewski, and Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden. Westfield, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many composers, and geologists. Westfield, Massachusetts is located in United States.
Westfield is a city in Hampden County, in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, United States. Westfield was first settled by Europeans in 1660. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 40,834 at the 2020 census. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1829 and 1938, Westfield, Massachusetts was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Frederic Rzewski, and Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden.
People Born in Westfield, Massachusetts
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Frederic Rzewski
COMPOSER
1938 - 2021
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 1
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
GEOLOGIST
1829 - 1887
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 2
Newly Added People Born in Westfield, Massachusetts
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Most individuals born in present day Westfield, Massachusetts were composers (1), and geologists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, composers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Westfield, Massachusetts, including Frederic Rzewski. Whereas, throughout history, composers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Westfield, Massachusetts, including Frederic Rzewski.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Westfield, Massachusetts since 1700.
