#1Famous people · Fort Fairfield
Fort Fairfield counts 4 famous people, first among them John H. Reed
At the top of the list is the American politician John H. Reed, covered in 11 languages. Dick Curless is second and Chandler C. Harvey third. For every 10,000 residents there are 12.1 on the list, well above the typical Maine town’s 6. From Chandler C. Harvey to Tim Sample, the births on the list run from 1866 to 1951.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John H. Reed
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Chandler C. Harvey
Youngest
1951
Tim Sample
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Fort Fairfield
John H. Reed, Dick Curless and Chandler C. Harvey are written about in 11, 4 and 3 languages.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Fort Fairfield’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 1.
Politics & LawMusicBusinessFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fort Fairfield is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Fort Fairfield
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Fort Fairfield home
Born elsewhere, Aldric Saucier lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Presque Isle has the most on record: 13.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Fairfield 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 (6)
- John H. Reed: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Curless: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of …, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chandler C. Harvey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Sample: Nina Fuller, photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Crowley: John_Crowley_South_Street_Seaport.jpg: Houari Boumedienne derivative work: Lampak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Buckley: John Skalicky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons