Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station · Photo: Fran Schwanck · CC BY-SA 4.0Swans Island has yet to put a famous person on the list
Next door, Deer Isle lists 2, led by Salome Sellers. The longest list of any town in Maine belongs to Waterville, with 47. Bangor has the second-longest list in Maine, after Waterville, with 41. In Maine, 291 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Swans Island), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Swans Island has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Swans Island
Close by, Deer Isle counts 2 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Swans Island 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 (1)
- Salome Sellers: No photograph named in original source., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons