#1Politics & Law
Barnabas Bidwell
1763–1833Politician and lawyer of Massachusetts and Upper Canada
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Famous people · Monterey
Monterey has one famous person on record
Barnabas Bidwell was born in 1763. Their birth falls before independence. 6 languages have an article about them. Of the towns next door, Great Barrington lists the most: 26, with W. E. B. Du Bois first.
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Barnabas Bidwell
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1763
Barnabas Bidwell
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1 people
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monterey 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)
- Barnabas Bidwell: John Brewster, Jr., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. E. B. Du Bois: James E. Purdy / Adam Cuerden, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorrin A. Cooke: William Harrison Taylor, Putnam, Connecticut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Viets Griswold Allen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons