#1Famous people · Charlestown
2 famous people call Charlestown their birthplace
Articles in 8 languages make the united States federal judge Philip Barton Key the best known. The list has one more: the American politician Albert Constable. Over 48 years of births, the list goes from Philip Barton Key (1757) to Albert Constable (1805). The longest list in Maryland is Frederick’s, with 55 names.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Philip Barton Key
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1757
Philip Barton Key
Youngest
1805
Albert Constable
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Charlestown
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Charlestown 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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- Philip Barton Key: The original uploader was Boothy443 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons