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Famous people · Springfield

Springfield has one famous person on record

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.

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Alvin Orlando Lombard
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1856
Alvin Orlando Lombard
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Born in Springfield

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Science & Medicine

Alvin Orlando Lombard

1856–1937

Engineer and inventor

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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.