#1Science & Medicine
Walter Lorenzo Marr
1865–1941American automotive engineer and entrepreneur
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Famous people · Lexington
4 famous people call Lexington their birthplace
The best known is the American automotive engineer and entrepreneur Walter Lorenzo Marr, with articles in 4 languages. The American businessman and philatelist Charles Lathrop Pack ranks second, ahead of Harriet G. Eddy. Born in 1857, Charles Lathrop Pack is the first name on record, and Louis H. Fead, born in 1877, the most recent. The longest list of any town in Michigan belongs to Dearborn, with 63.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Walter Lorenzo Marr
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1857
Charles Lathrop Pack
Youngest
1877
Louis H. Fead
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Lexington
Ranked by languages covered: Walter Lorenzo Marr with 4, then Charles Lathrop Pack with 3 and Harriet G. Eddy with 3.
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Charles Lathrop Pack
1857–1937American businessman and philatelist
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#3Notable
Harriet G. Eddy
1876–1966California’s first county library organizer who also helped develop library services in Russia
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Through the years
When Lexington’s famous people were born
3 were born in the age of mills and railroads, and the 1870s alone saw 2.
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Known for
What Lexington is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Everyone else born in Lexington
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lexington 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 (3)
- Walter Lorenzo Marr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet G. Eddy: Chicago : Gibson Art Galleries, 1902., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis H. Fead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons