#1Science & Medicine
Alexander Winchell
1824–1891U.S. geologist and paleontologist
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Famous people · North East
North East counts 3 famous people, first among them Alexander Winchell
Best known of all is Alexander Winchell, written about in 12 languages. James B. Simmons, the American Baptist minister, comes second, with Heman Lowry third. Of the bordering towns, Salisbury has the longest list: 25, with Richmond Landon at the top. The earliest on the list is Heman Lowry, born in 1778, and the youngest James B. Simmons, born in 1825.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Alexander Winchell
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1778
Heman Lowry
Youngest
1825
James B. Simmons
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in North East
Alexander Winchell, James B. Simmons and Heman Lowry are written about in 12, 2 and 1 languages.
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The most names next door are in Salisbury: 25.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North East 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 (7)
- Alexander Winchell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James B. Simmons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richmond Landon: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roswell Rudd: Christian Sahm Aschaffenburg, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Swift: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac R. Sherwood: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Snyder: Bain News Service,, publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons