Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person born in Wales is listed yet
Next door, the list for Monmouth holds 6, Samuel Thurston first. Across Maine, 288 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Maine belongs to Waterville, with 47. After Waterville, the next longest list in Maine is Bangor’s, with 41.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Wales), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Wales has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Wales
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wales 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 (4)
- Samuel Thurston: Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron S. Daggett: Daggett died pre-1920, and this picture was published during his lifetime, and therefore in the public domain. I release it., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin Simmons: Benjamin Orange Flower, Charles Zueblin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry I. Emerson: Collection of the U.S. House of Representative, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons