#1Notable
Salome Sellers
1800–1909American centenarian who resided on Deer Island, Maine
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Famous people · Deer Isle
2 famous people call Deer Isle their birthplace
Salome Sellers is the best known, with articles in 4 languages. The list has one more: the American pioneer Edmund Sylvester. Of the bordering towns, North Haven has the longest list: 2, with Harold Beverage at the top. Born in 1800, Salome Sellers is the first name on record, and Edmund Sylvester, born in 1821, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Salome Sellers
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1800
Salome Sellers
Youngest
1821
Edmund Sylvester
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known
Born in Deer Isle
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Also called Deer Isle home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Emily Lansingh Muir the best known.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Deer Isle 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 (8)
- Salome Sellers: No photograph named in original source., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Sylvester: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Lansingh Muir: U. S. Passport Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. Joseph Hoffmann: R. Joseph Hoffmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Beverage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence M. Condon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Warren C. Philbrook: Maine State Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Irvin Lamson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons