#1Science & Medicine
James Curtis Hepburn
1815–1911American physician, educator, and phonologist of Japanese
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Famous people · Milton
15 famous people were born in Milton, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
James Curtis Hepburn is the best known, with articles in 34 languages. Close behind are James Pollock and Fay Kellogg. Only 93 of the 968 towns in Pennsylvania with anyone on record list more. The biggest group are athletes: 6.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
James Curtis Hepburn
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1791
Robert Hanna Hammond
Youngest
1969
Lester Erb
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Milton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Milton’s famous people were born
The 1810s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Milton
James Curtis Hepburn leads with articles in 34 languages, ahead of James Pollock (12) and Fay Kellogg (7).
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What Milton is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Milton
12 more, from 1791 to 1969.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, West Chillisquaque Township counts 3 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Milton 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 (11)
- James Curtis Hepburn: 明治学院, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Pollock: William Henry Egle (1830-1901), author., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fay Kellogg: Underwood & Underwood, photographers, for The New York Times, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Junkin Preston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin Bound: "Franklin Bound" (biography). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Senate (photographed c. 1890s; in the public domain due to its age and publication in books of the early 20th century prior to use on the senate website: https://www.legis.st…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George A. Grant: The original uploader was Tillman at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Voris Follmer: The Times Tribune (Scranton, PA), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lew McCarty: The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Wesley Cummings: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi A. Mackey: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin Lewis Dershem: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons