#1Famous people · Limington
Limington is the birthplace of 4 famous people
William B. Small, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The American painter Joseph H. Davis ranks second, ahead of Charles Edward Garman. Born in 1811, Joseph H. Davis is the first name on record, and Charles Edward Garman, born in 1850, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents there are 10 on the list, well above the typical Maine town’s 6.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
William B. Small
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
Joseph H. Davis
Youngest
1850
Charles Edward Garman
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Limington
Counted by languages, William B. Small is ahead of Joseph H. Davis and Charles Edward Garman: 5, 3 and 2.
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#3Science & Medicine
Charles Edward Garman
1850–1907American professor of philosophy
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Limington’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1810s, at 2.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Limington is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 1 people.
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 Limington
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Limerick has the longest list next door: 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Limington 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 (7)
- William B. Small: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Edward Garman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alpheus Felch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon M. Hamlin: Simon Moulton Hamlin (1866-1939)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos L. Allen: U.S. Government Printing Office., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Dunn: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Henry Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons