Famous people · Beaver Cove
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Beaver Cove
Hiram Stevens Maxim is the most widely known, written about in 40 languages. Closest of all is Jeremy Cota, from Greenville, 9 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Beaver Cove. 288 of the towns in Maine list at least one person.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
31 mi
Hiram Stevens Maxim
Best known
Hiram Stevens Maxim
in 40 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Beaver Cove’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Beaver Cove
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Benjamin H. Williams
1877–1964American leader of the Industrial Workers of the World
Victor A. McKusick
1921–2008American internist and medical geneticist
George Russell Shaw
1848–1937American botanist and architect, active in Massachusetts
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Beaver Cove and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Hiram Stevens Maxim: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor A. McKusick: National Library of Medicine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Wilson Nye: Who-When-What Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Cota: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Louise Graffam: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Nye: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons