Winthrop, Massachusetts
Winthrop, Massachusetts ranks 14,000th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Burlington, Massachusetts, Reading, Massachusetts, and Hull, Massachusetts. Memorable people born in Winthrop, Massachusetts include Benjamin Lee Whorf. Memorable people who died in Winthrop, Massachusetts include Lawrence Kohlberg, Sophia Hayden, and Frank Greer. Winthrop, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many linguists and the death place of many psychologists, and architects. Winthrop, Massachusetts is located in United States.
Winthrop is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban town in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to the Boston Harbor, geographically nearby to the Logan International Airport. It is located on a peninsula, 1.6 square miles (4.2 km2) in area, connected to the city of Revere, Massachusetts by a narrow isthmus and to multiple portions of Boston by a bridge over the harbor inlet to the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in the neighborhood of East Boston, a shared line at the Boston Logan International Airport, and at Deer Island. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1897, Winthrop, Massachusetts was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Benjamin Lee Whorf. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Winthrop, Massachusetts including Lawrence Kohlberg, Sophia Hayden, and Frank Greer. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Winthrop, Massachusetts than were born there.
People Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts
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People Deceased in Winthrop, Massachusetts
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Lawrence Kohlberg
PSYCHOLOGIST
1927 - 1987
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 1
Sophia Hayden
ARCHITECT
1868 - 1953
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 2
Frank Greer
ATHLETE
1879 - 1943
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Winthrop, Massachusetts were linguists (1), while most who died were psychologists (1), architects (1), and athletes (1).
Occupational Trends
Throughout history linguists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Winthrop, Massachusetts, including Benjamin Lee Whorf.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Winthrop, Massachusetts since 1700.
