Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0No one born in Peru has made the famous people list yet
Across the town line, Cummington lists 7, William Cullen Bryant first. The longest list of any town in Massachusetts belongs to Lawrence, with 63. Malden has the second-longest list in Massachusetts, after Lawrence, with 63. 335 towns in Massachusetts have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Peru), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Peru has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Peru
Around it, Cummington has the most people on record, 7 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Peru 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)
- William Cullen Bryant: J.E. Baker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Clark: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis E. Warren: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin D. Morgan: The original uploader was The Mystery Man at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons