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Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Boonsboro
John Wilson is the only name on the Boonsboro list
The American baseball pitcher John Wilson was born in 1890. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Across Maryland, 196 towns list someone born there.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
John Wilson
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
John Wilson
Most common field
Sports
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Boonsboro
A chosen home
Also called Boonsboro home
Born elsewhere, Nora Roberts lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Boonsboro 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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- Nora Roberts: Dev Librarian, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons