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Famous people · Goshen

Next door to Goshen, Conway lists 17 famous people

No famous person on record lists Goshen as their birthplace yet. Across Massachusetts, 335 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Massachusetts is Lawrence’s, with 63 names. Malden has the second-longest list in Massachusetts, after Lawrence, with 63.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Goshen), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Goshen has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Goshen

Close by, Conway counts 17 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Goshen 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.

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