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Alvin Orlando Lombard
1856–1937Engineer and inventor
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In 1856, the engineer and inventor Alvin Orlando Lombard was born. That places their birth in the early republic. Readers can find them written up in one language. 285 towns in Maine have at least one famous person on record.
Engineer and inventor
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Springfield’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Springfield 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.