#1Military
Lewis Millett
1920–2009United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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Famous people · Mechanic Falls
5 famous people call Mechanic Falls their birthplace
Lewis Millett, the united States Army Medal of Honor recipient, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. The American politician Chandler Woodcock ranks second, ahead of Flora E. Strout. From Frank Haven Hall in 1841 to Lewis Millett in 1920, the births cover 79 years. Per head, the list is long: 16 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Maine has 6.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Lewis Millett
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1841
Frank Haven Hall
Youngest
1920
Lewis Millett
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Mechanic Falls
Ranked by languages covered: Lewis Millett with 9, then Chandler Woodcock with 3 and Flora E. Strout with 3.
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#3Faith
Flora E. Strout
1867–1962American teacher, social reformer, missionary, temperance worker
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Through the years
When Mechanic Falls’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1920s than in any other decade: 1.
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Known for
What Mechanic Falls is known for
Soldiers and sailors are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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 Mechanic Falls
Here are 2 more, born from 1841 to 1894.
Frank Haven Hall
1841–1911American inventor of the first successful mechanical point writer for Braille
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mechanic Falls 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 (5)
- Lewis Millett: Al Chang, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Flora E. Strout: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Haven Hall: Hall died pre-1920, and this picture was published during his lifetime, and therefore in the public domain. I release it., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Hamlin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. N. Andrews: Crispell Gallery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons