Famous people · Orange
28 famous people were born within 35 miles of Orange
The nearest, Rufus Blodgett, was born in Dorchester, 6 mi away. The best known of them is Victor Ambros, with articles in 54 languages. Across the town line, Canaan lists 4, Frank Dunklee Currier first. So far, no famous person on record was born in Orange.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Victor Ambros
Best known
Victor Ambros
in 54 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Orange’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Orange
They were born in 14 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Clara Eaton Cummings
1855–1906American cryptogamic botanist and university teacher
George Whipple
1878–1976American physician and biomedical researcher
Gilman Marston
1811–1890Union United States Army general, politician
Tara Geraghty-Moats
born 1993American nordic combined skier and ski jumper, biathlete
Dean Conant Worcester
1866–1924U.S. zoologist and ornithologist
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The longest list nearby is Canaan’s, with 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Orange 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 (28)
- George Whipple: The Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Perkins: Justin Hoch photographing for Hudson Union Society, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherburne Wesley Burnham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Clouser: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Kearney: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Augustus Young: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliza Coupe: Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cassin Kinkaid: Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Conant Worcester: Frank N. Tomlinson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Storrs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Clifford: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Ogden: Stein Langørgen, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clara Eaton Cummings: photographer not listed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Wells: Henry Steinegger / Britton & Rey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus C. French: none provided (Encyclopedia article), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phineas Quimby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Baddeley: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adoniram Judson Gordon: Ernest B. Gordon, Adoniram Judson Gordon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Flanders: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Person Colby Cheney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rufus Blodgett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin F. Pike: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilman Marston: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Fairall: Alexander Nilssen from Tromsø, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Dunklee Currier: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Monroe Heath: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus P. Hunton: Fred G. Cox, compiler and arranger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Blaisdell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons