Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person from Hanover yet, but Bethel next door has 11
Across Maine, 286 towns list someone born there. Waterville has the most of any town in Maine: 47. After Waterville, the next longest list in Maine is Bangor’s, with 41. The best known born in Bethel is La Fayette Grover.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Hanover), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Hanover has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Hanover
Bethel has the longest list next door: 11.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hanover 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 (1)
- La Fayette Grover: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons