#1Notable
John R. Swanton
1873–1958American anthropologist and linguist
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Famous people · Gardiner
20 famous people from Gardiner, many of them leaders
Articles in 13 languages make the American anthropologist and linguist John R. Swanton the best known. Close behind are Horace Hildreth and Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker. Births span 1802 to 1992, from Robert Benjamin Lewis to Katie Schide. Per head, the list is long: 32.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Maine has 6.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
John R. Swanton
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1802
Robert Benjamin Lewis
Youngest
1992
Katie Schide
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
What stands out about Gardiner’s famous people
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What Gardiner is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.2 times.
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Born in Gardiner
Languages with an article: 13 for John R. Swanton, 11 for Horace Hildreth, 8 for Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker.
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#2Politics & Law
Horace Hildreth
1902–1988American politician, 59th Governor of Maine
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#3Science & Medicine
Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker
1851–1929American botanist
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Through the years
When Gardiner’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1850s come out on top, with 4 births.
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Everyone else born in Gardiner
Of the other 17, 8 are leaders.
Arlene Clay
1912–2016American symphony performer, volunteer plane spotter and Alaskan judge
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Dave Cloutier
1938–2017American football safety in the American Football League (AFL) for the Boston Patriots
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gardiner 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 (17)
- John R. Swanton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Hildreth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Russell Clason: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Heselton: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Schide: Bastou83, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Hunter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Benjamin Lewis: Benjamin Franklin Nutting, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Clarke Wilson: Swampyank at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Clark Noble: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Diamond: Lisa Quintero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Vannah: Florence C. Sutro, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Frank Stevens: Originally uploaded by Mr Curly (Transferred by Orlodrim), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel T. Jewett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Shepherd Nivison: White whirlwind, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry I. Emerson: Collection of the U.S. House of Representative, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Monte Moore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons