St. Mary's-By-The-Sea · Photo: Suekoehler · CC BY-SA 4.0No one born in Mount Desert has made the famous people list yet
Across the town line, Bar Harbor lists 18, Nelson Rockefeller first. The Maine lists hold names for 288 towns. The longest list in Maine is Waterville’s, with 47 names. Bangor has the second-longest list in Maine, after Waterville, with 41.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Mount Desert), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Mount Desert has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Mount Desert
Of the towns around it, Bar Harbor has the most on record: 18.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Desert 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)
- Nelson Rockefeller: White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Platner: MAINEiac4434, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Ward Nichols: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James G. Blunt: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Parker Fennelly: Radio TV Mirror, Macfadden Publications, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons