Famous people · Caratunk
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Caratunk
Closest of all is Edgar Wilson Nye, from Shirley, 17 mi away. Victor A. McKusick is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Caratunk yet. 288 towns across Maine can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
25 mi
Victor A. McKusick
Best known
Victor A. McKusick
in 14 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Caratunk’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Caratunk
The 24 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
Ernest W. Roberts
1858–1924American politician, Massachusetts
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Caratunk 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 (16)
- Victor A. McKusick: National Library of Medicine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abram Williams: Wellington Wolfe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Wilson Nye: Who-When-What Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Freeman Knowles: The Neale Publishing Company (Washington, D.C.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis J. Brann: Associated Press photo. "Cincinnati Enquirer" newspaper., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Louise Graffam: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Aitken Rushworth: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest W. Roberts: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Edgar Stanley: Francis Edgar Stanley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Nye: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Pearl Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Marr Hurd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen A. Cobb: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bartlett Tripp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chet Chadbourne: Obak (Red Back), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi William Humphrey: Neil William Humphrey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons