#1Famous people · Wayne
A single famous person was born in Wayne: Thomas Brigham Bishop
In 1835, the American musician Thomas Brigham Bishop was born. That places their birth in the early republic. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Samuel P. Benson leads the 6 names listed next door in Winthrop.
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notable people
Best known
Thomas Brigham Bishop
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Thomas Brigham Bishop
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Wayne
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wayne 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 (5)
- Thomas Brigham Bishop: John J. MacIntyre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel P. Benson: Nehemiah Cleaveland (1796-1877), Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. (1798-1884), authors. John Chester Buttre (1821-1893), engraver. James Ripley Osgood & Company (Boston, MA). publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Thurston: Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Otis Howard: Mathew Brady (1823?–1896) or Levin C. Handy (1855?–1932), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hubbard: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons