#1Famous people · Dover
Dover has just one famous person to its name: Robert Jacob Lewis
Robert Jacob Lewis, the American politician, was born in 1864. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. 934 of the towns in Pennsylvania list at least one person.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Robert Jacob Lewis
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1864
Robert Jacob Lewis
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Dover
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dover 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)
- Robert Jacob Lewis: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons