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Gerrit Smith Estate · Photo: Lvklock · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Smithfield
2 famous people call Smithfield their birthplace
Horace C. Young, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The other is William Bruce Dickey, the American politician. Of the bordering towns, Stockbridge has a list, with Herman Ossian Armour. From Horace C. Young to William Bruce Dickey, the births on the list run from 1806 to 1842.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Horace C. Young
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1806
Horace C. Young
Youngest
1842
William Bruce Dickey
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Smithfield
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Smithfield 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)
- Herman Ossian Armour: A.kirkwood.spence, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons