Famous people · Highland plantation
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Highland plantation
Closest of all is Francis Edgar Stanley, from Kingfield, 9 mi away. Elizabeth Akers Allen is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Highland plantation. Across Maine, 291 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Elizabeth Akers Allen
Best known
Elizabeth Akers Allen
in 15 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Highland plantation’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Highland plantation
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Elizabeth Akers Allen
1832–1911American author, journalist, poet
James Porter
1847–1876American cavalry officer killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Ernest W. Roberts
1858–1924American politician, Massachusetts
Rebecca Sophia Clarke
1833–1906American author of children's books
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Highland plantation 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)
- Elizabeth Akers Allen: Artist unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abram Williams: Wellington Wolfe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin F. Ladd: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Sophia Clarke: 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
- Robert Aitken Rushworth: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carroll L. Beedy: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest W. Roberts: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zebulon York: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben C. Eastman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Edgar Stanley: Francis Edgar Stanley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Lindsey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Volney Howard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Porter: David Francis Barry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen A. Cobb: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons