2 famous people were born in Maynard
Articles in 2 languages make the American football and basketball coach Frank Murray the best known. The list has one more: the baseball umpire Red Flaherty. Of the bordering towns, Sudbury has the longest list: 11, with Scott Evans at the top. Red Flaherty, born in 1917, is the youngest, and Frank Murray, born in 1885, the first on record.

Born in Maynard
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Famous people from the towns next door
Sudbury leads the towns around it, with 11 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Maynard 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 (2)
- Red Flaherty: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Evans: Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
