Lincoln School · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Next door to Acton, Lebanon lists 6 famous people
The list for Acton is empty for now. No town in Maine lists more than Waterville, with 47. Bangor has the second-longest list in Maine, after Waterville, with 41. In Maine, 285 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Acton), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Acton has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Acton
Close by, the fullest list is Lebanon’s, at 6 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Acton 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 (3)
- Charles E. Littlefield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua G. Hall: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alonzo Nute: From 1891's "History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the War for the Union" by Captain Lyman Jackson, Historian, and Amos Hadley, Ph.D., Editor., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons