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Famous people · Wellington

No one born in Wellington has made the famous people list yet

Over the border in Harmony, 4 names are on record, led by Freeman Knowles. 288 of the towns in Maine list at least one person. 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.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Wellington), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Wellington has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Wellington

Close by, the fullest list is Harmony’s, at 4 names.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wellington 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 (2)
  • Freeman Knowles: The Neale Publishing Company (Washington, D.C.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Charles Cassius Rogers: Halford Erickson (Life time: 1973), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons