
Born near Errol: 30 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Irving W. Drew, was born in Colebrook, 18 mi away. Edmund Muskie is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. The list for Errol is empty for now. 196 towns across New Hampshire can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Errol’s famous people
Famous people born near Errol
Nobody born in Errol is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.




Frank Crawford
1870–1963American football player and coach, lawyer and law professor

Alma Carrie Cummings
1857–1926American journalist, newspaper editor


Gaston Allaire
1916–2011Canadian musicologist, organist, pianist, composer, and music educator of American birth

Mary R. P. Hatch
1848–1935American poet, novelist, short story writer

Lowell Reed
1886–1966American statistician and university president


Jared W. Daniels
1827–1904American physician, Indian agent




Charles Arthur "Charlie" Akers
1939–2016American cross-country skier and biathlete






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Errol and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (21)
- Edmund Muskie: U.S. National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Durant: (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan Neely), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- La Fayette Grover: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Dumont: Thousandfoot1338, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irving W. Drew: The original uploader was Outremer31 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeb Bradley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Martin: Rebbytunes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester B. Jordan: Chester Bradley Jordan (Life time: 1839-1914), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Stedman: Film World Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Murphy: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace White: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Aldrich: Michael Meehan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary R. P. Hatch: H. H. Metcalf, J. N. McClintock, & O. G. Hammond, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wallace Kimball: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alma Carrie Cummings: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Dow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Raum: Marc LaFoy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mali Obomsawin: Tolepekinape, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Crawford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared W. Daniels: A. F. Burnham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Poor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons