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Photo: Jerry Dougherty · CC BY 2.5Famous people · Baltic
2 famous people call Baltic their birthplace
Pete Gilbert, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the American baseball player John Hiland. Over the border in Norwich, 45 names are on record, led by Annie Proulx. The earliest on the list is John Hiland, born in 1860, and the youngest Pete Gilbert, born in 1867.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Pete Gilbert
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
John Hiland
Youngest
1867
Pete Gilbert
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Baltic
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Of the towns nearby, Norwich lists the most people: 45.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Baltic and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (1)
- Annie Proulx: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons