#1Famous people · Westbrook
13 famous people were born in Westbrook, most of them in the early republic
At the top of the list is the American professional wrestler Scotty 2 Hotty, covered in 17 languages. Close behind are Benjamin Paul Akers and Edmund Needham Morrill. The list runs from Benjamin Paul Akers, born in 1825, to Scotty 2 Hotty, born in 1973. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 6.3, close to the 6 of the typical Maine town.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Scotty 2 Hotty
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1825
Benjamin Paul Akers
Youngest
1973
Scotty 2 Hotty
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Westbrook
By how many languages cover them, Scotty 2 Hotty comes first (17), then Benjamin Paul Akers (7) and Edmund Needham Morrill (6).
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#3Through the years
When Westbrook’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1830s, at 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMilitaryFilm, TV & StageMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Westbrook is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Westbrook
Still to come: 10 more, from 1833 to 1953.
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Of the towns nearby, Portland lists the most people: 34.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Westbrook 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 (12)
- Scotty 2 Hotty: Robert Bejil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Paul Akers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Needham Morrill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Gore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Deering Fessenden: Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliza Happy Morton: Frances Elizabeth Willard & Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary King Longfellow: Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward C. Babb: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen G. White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rufus King: AgnosticPreachersKid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Cummings: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Albion Andrew: James Wallace Black, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons