#1Famous people · Rockland
11 famous people were born in Rockland, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
The best known is the American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, with articles in 61 languages. Fewer than a quarter of the 285 towns in Maine with famous people list more. Per head, the list is long: 15.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Maine has 6. The list runs from Adelbert Ames, born in 1835, to David F. Emery, born in 1948.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Edna St. Vincent Millay
in 61 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Adelbert Ames
Youngest
1948
David F. Emery
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Rockland’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Rockland
The three are covered in 61, 17 and 15 languages: Edna St. Vincent Millay, Edward Lawry Norton and Adelbert Ames.
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#3Military
Adelbert Ames
1835–1933Union Army general and Medal of Honor recipient
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Through the years
When Rockland’s famous people were born
The 1890s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageSportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitaryMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rockland is known for
Rockland has 1.3× the usual share of leaders.
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 Rockland
Here are 8 more, born from 1857 to 1948.
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A chosen home
Also called Rockland home
Born elsewhere, Todd Field lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 3 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rockland 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 (9)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay: en:Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adelbert Ames: Forms part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxine Elliott: William McKenzie Morrison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William T. Cobb: "The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health", Volume 119., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David F. Emery: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gertrude Elliott: No photographer named in original source., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Field: Francophile17, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Ranlett Flint: Bain News Service - Gessford and Van Brunt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Beverage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons