Famous people · Bowerbank
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Bowerbank
Hiram Stevens Maxim is the most widely known, written about in 40 languages. Closest of all is Corey Beaulieu, from Dover-Foxcroft, 10 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Bowerbank yet. Of the towns next door, Dover-Foxcroft lists the most: 10, with Corey Beaulieu first.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Hiram Stevens Maxim
Best known
Hiram Stevens Maxim
in 40 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Bowerbank’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Bowerbank
They were born in 12 towns 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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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Bowerbank.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bowerbank 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 (13)
- Hiram Stevens Maxim: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor A. McKusick: National Library of Medicine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Owen Brewster: Owen_Brewster_4.jpg: Harris & Ewing, photographer derivative work: Kelly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur R. Gould: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Wilson Nye: Who-When-What Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Louise Graffam: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Branch Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Nye: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patricia Millett: Mark Warner, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Pearl Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Treat: Photo by Pach. Bros., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Otis Pratt: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Mallett: Rabbi Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons