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Michael Richard Cote
born 1949Roman-Catholic Bishop from the United States
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Famous people · Sanford
Sanford counts 7 famous people, first among them Michael Richard Cote
At the top of the list is the Roman-Catholic Bishop from the United states Michael Richard Cote, covered in 10 languages. The next two names are Rachel Schneider and Amédée Wilfrid Proulx. 3 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. The biggest group are leaders: 3.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Michael Richard Cote
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Frank Augustus Allen
Youngest
1991
Rachel Schneider
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Sanford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sanford’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sanford
Counted by languages, Michael Richard Cote is ahead of Rachel Schneider and Amédée Wilfrid Proulx: 10, 6 and 4.
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What Sanford is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2 times.
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Everyone else born in Sanford
4 more, 3 of them leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sanford 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 (6)
- Rachel Schneider: Phil Roeder from Des Moines, IA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Lord Hersom: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lambert: Rich Girard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Littlefield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Abbe: Maurice Goldberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ichabod Goodwin: Signed by E. Billings. Most likely Edwin Tryon Billings (1824–1893), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons