List of Famous people born in Nantucket, United States of America

Meghan Trainor

Meghan Elizabeth Trainor
First Name Meghan
Born on December 22, 1993 (age 30)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Meghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer-songwriter and talent show judge. She rose to prominence after signing with Epic Records in 2014 and releasing her debut single "All About That Bass", which reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold 11 million copies worldwide, and drew criticism for its lyrical content. Trainor has released three studio albums with the label and has received various awards and nominations, including the 2016 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

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Owen Chase

First Name Owen
Last Name Chase
Born on October 7, 1797
Died on March 7, 1869 (aged 71)

Owen Chase was first mate of the whaler Essex, which a sperm whale rammed and sank on 20 November 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. This book, published in 1821, would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. Chase was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Phebe (Meader) and Judah Chase.

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Lucretia Mott

First Name Lucretia
Born on January 3, 1793
Died on November 11, 1880 (aged 87)

Lucretia Mott was an American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She had formed the idea of reforming the position of women in society when she was amongst the women excluded from the World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London in 1840. In 1848 she was invited by Jane Hunt to a meeting that led to the first public gathering about women's rights, the Seneca Falls Convention, during which Mott co-wrote the Declaration of Sentiments.

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Thomas Nickerson

First Name Thomas
Last Name Nickerson
Born on March 20, 1805
Died on February 7, 1883 (aged 77)

Thomas Gibson Nickerson was an American sailor and author. In 1819, when he was fourteen years old, Nickerson served as cabin boy on the whaleship Essex. On this voyage, the ship was sunk by a whale it was pursuing, and the crew spent three months at sea before the survivors were rescued. In 1876 he wrote The Loss of the Ship "Essex," an account of the ordeal and of his subsequent experiences at sea. The manuscript was lost until 1960, and was first published in 1984.

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Rowland Hussey Macy

First Name Rowland
Last Name Macy
Born on August 30, 1822
Died on March 29, 1877 (aged 54)

Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. was an American businessman who founded the department store chain R. H. Macy and Company.

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J. A. Folger

First Name J.
Last Name Folger
Born on June 17, 1835
Died on June 26, 1889 (aged 54)

James Athearn "J. A." Folger Sr. was an American businessman and the founder of the Folgers Coffee Company.

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Maria Mitchell

First Name Maria
Last Name Mitchell
Born on August 1, 1818
Died on June 28, 1889 (aged 70)

Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI that was later known as “Miss Mitchell’s Comet” in her honor. She won a gold medal prize for her discovery, which was presented to her by King Christian VIII of Denmark in 1848. Mitchell was the first internationally known woman to work as both a professional astronomer and a professor of astronomy after accepting a position at Vassar College in 1865. She was also the first woman elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Charles J. Folger

First Name Charles
Last Name Folger
Born on April 16, 1818
Died on September 4, 1884 (aged 66)

Charles James Folger was an American lawyer and politician. He served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1881 until his death.

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