#1Famous people · Erving
2 famous people call Erving their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the American librarian and archivist Nina Browne the best known. One more name completes the list: Walter Theodore Kostanski. Over the border in Montague, 12 names are on record, led by Raymond Smith Dugan. Nina Browne, born in 1860, is the earliest name and Walter Theodore Kostanski, born in 1923, the latest.
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notable people
Best known
Nina Browne
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
Nina Browne
Youngest
1923
Walter Theodore Kostanski
The best known
Born in Erving
#1#2Politics & Law
Walter Theodore Kostanski
1923–2015Politician in Massachusetts, US
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Erving 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 (5)
- Nina Browne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Theodore Kostanski: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dwight Lyman Moody: Copyright by Barron Fredricks, NYC.D11791 U.S. Copyright Office., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James C. Greenough: Original photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Stevens Henry: Norris Galpin Osborn, editor. Springfield Printing and Binding (Springfield, MA), publisher)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons