Photo: Mark Boutilier · CC BY 2.0No one from West Paris is on the famous people list yet
Waterville’s 47 names make the longest list in Maine. After Waterville, the next longest list in Maine is Bangor’s, with 41. Famous people are on record for 289 of the towns in Maine. The best known born in Paris is Hannibal Hamlin.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is West Paris), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in West Paris has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near West Paris
Around it, Paris has the most people on record, 9 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Paris 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)
- Hannibal Hamlin: Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.), photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Addison Emery Verrill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Otis Whitman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel F. Hersey: W.H. & O.H. Morrison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons