#1Famous people · Maine
Maine is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 12 languages make the American Baptist clergyman Frederick Taylor Gates the best known. The only other name is the American geologist and paleontologist Stuart Weller. Over the border in Owego, 8 names are on record, led by Isaac S. Catlin. Born in 1853, Frederick Taylor Gates is the first name on record, and Stuart Weller, born in 1870, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Frederick Taylor Gates
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1853
Frederick Taylor Gates
Youngest
1870
Stuart Weller
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Maine
#1#2Science & Medicine
Stuart Weller
1870–1927American geologist and paleontologist
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What Maine is known for
Ministers and preachers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Maine 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 (6)
- Frederick Taylor Gates: Pach Bros., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Weller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac S. Catlin: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eunice Stebbins: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ira Cook: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Blair Moody: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons