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Famous people · Marathon
Marathon is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Francis G. Brink, the united States Army officer, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The other is Dulcina Mason Jordan. Born in 1833, Dulcina Mason Jordan is the first name on record, and Francis G. Brink, born in 1893, the most recent. The longest list of any town in New York belongs to New York City, with 99.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Francis G. Brink
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1833
Dulcina Mason Jordan
Youngest
1893
Francis G. Brink
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Marathon
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marathon 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)
- Dulcina Mason Jordan: D. M. (Dulcina Mason) Jordan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons