#1Famous people · Gorham
Gorham is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Demas Barnes, the American politician, with articles in 7 languages. Behind the leader come Frank Hershey and George G. B. Yeckley. Of the towns next door, Canandaigua lists the most: 24, with Kristen Wiig first. The list comes to 7.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical town in New York.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Demas Barnes
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1827
Demas Barnes
Youngest
1877
Frank Hershey
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Gorham
Two of the three are leaders.
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#3Known for
What Gorham is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gorham 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 (4)
- Demas Barnes: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George G. B. Yeckley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristen Wiig: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Ann Angell: artist unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons