#1Famous people · Newcastle
Edward Kavanagh tops a list of 4 famous people born in Newcastle
At the top of the list is the governor of Maine Edward Kavanagh, covered in 10 languages. The American politician E. Wilder Farley ranks second, ahead of Edwin Flye. The oldest name on the list belongs to Edward Kavanagh, born in 1795, the newest to Jotham Bradbury Sewall, born in 1825. The biggest group are leaders: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Edward Kavanagh
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1795
Edward Kavanagh
Youngest
1825
Jotham Bradbury Sewall
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Newcastle
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1EF#2
#3Military
Edwin Flye
1817–1886Union Army officer and American politician
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Newcastle’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1810s, with 2 people born in that decade.
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Close by, Wiscasset counts 10 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Newcastle 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)
- Edward Kavanagh: Henry Chase, editor. Lakeside Press (Portland, ME), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Flye: "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper". Via Photo collection of the U.S. House of Representatives., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William North: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John T. Averill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linwood E. Palmer, Jr.: H.R. Mansur, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons