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Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Berlin
Ruth Rice Puffer is the only name on the Berlin list
Ruth Rice Puffer, the American biostatistician, was born in 1907. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. The nearest list is next door in Marlborough: 29 names, starting with Crystal Eastman.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Ruth Rice Puffer
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Ruth Rice Puffer
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Berlin
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Berlin 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 (4)
- Agnes Moorehead: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William David Coolidge: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Davis: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilbert Robinson: Bain News Service; restoration by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons