#1Famous people · Saco
Of the 26 famous people born in Saco, an unusual share are leaders
Articles in 19 languages make the American politician Samuel Brannan the best known. In the early republic, 11 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents there are 12.5 on the list, well above the typical Maine town’s 6. 3 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
26
notable people
Best known
Samuel Brannan
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1750
Molly Ockett
Youngest
1990
Ace Romero
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
What stands out about Saco’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Saco’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1810s come out on top, with 5 births.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitarySportsNotableScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Saco is known for
Saco has 3.2× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Saco
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2
#3Military
George Foster Shepley
1819–1878Union Army general, politician
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Saco
Here are 23 more, born from 1750 to 1990.
Molly Ockett
1750–1816Native American woman of the Abenaki nation; cunning woman (d. 1816)
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Dennis Morin
1946–2012NotableWikipedia ↗
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Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Saco 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 (21)
- Samuel Brannan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith Nourse Rogers: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Foster Shepley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Fairfield: Engraving by Thomas Doney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lincoln Goodale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry A. Barrows: Film still, (Fox Film Corporation), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Lawrence Milliken: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emery J. San Souci: Wilfred I. Duphiney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Cutts: Reproduction of Gilbert Stuart portrait. Thurston Print Co. (Portland, ME), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gertrude Battles Lane: Arnold Genthe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Fessenden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zachary Oberzan: Teasle1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ace Romero: ZekeDane, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur P. Fairfield: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Deering Hanscom: Katherine McClellan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Milliken: C. Douglas SternerTransparency added and cropped by User:pd_THOR, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Slugger Labbe: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Dumoulin: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rufus King: AgnosticPreachersKid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alanson M. Kimball: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabel Martin Lewis: The United States Naval Observatory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons