#1Famous people · Auburn
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 22 famous people born in Auburn
Elmer Drew Merrill is the best known, with articles in 24 languages. Second and third on the list are George S. Hammond and George P. Merrill. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 13 of them. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 8.9, close to the 6 of the typical Maine town.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Elmer Drew Merrill
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Stephen B. Packard
Youngest
1985
Luke Robinson
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Auburn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Auburn is known for
Scientists and doctors stand out most, at 3.8 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Auburn
The three best known are all scientists and doctors.
#1
#2
#3Science & Medicine
George P. Merrill
1854–1929American geologist and scientific writer
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Through the years
When Auburn’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1870s, at 5.
SportsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitaryWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Auburn
Another 19, 8 of them athletes.
Chauncey Brewster Tinker
1876–1963American academic and scholar of English
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Famous people from the towns next door
Lewiston has the longest list next door: 41.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Auburn 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 (17)
- Elmer Drew Merrill: CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- George S. Hammond: Susan Perkins, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George P. Merrill: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Luce: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Robinson: John Jewell, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles B. Carter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen B. Packard: Published in above-mentioned work, which was by Benjamin F. Gue, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lawrence Record: Bain, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erwin Dain Canham: City of Boston Archives from West Roxbury, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wallace Philoon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana T. Merrill: Stephen E. Bower, author. Command History Office (Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Ernest Cushman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sara Plummer Lemmon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Hamlin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nelson Dingley: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. N. Andrews: Crispell Gallery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron S. Daggett: Daggett died pre-1920, and this picture was published during his lifetime, and therefore in the public domain. I release it., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons