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Harry Herbert Crosby
1919–2010United States Army Air Forces officer
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Famous people · New England
From 1786 to 1919, New England was the birthplace of 2 famous people
Harry Herbert Crosby, the united States Army Air Forces officer, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the American artist Nathaniel Dearborn. In North Dakota, 134 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in North Dakota is Fargo’s, with 91 names.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Harry Herbert Crosby
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1786
Nathaniel Dearborn
Youngest
1919
Harry Herbert Crosby
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New England 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 (1)
- Harry Herbert Crosby: Harry H. Crosby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons