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Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Canaan
The American inventor Neil Tillotson is the one famous person from Canaan
The American inventor Neil Tillotson was born in 1898. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. 3 languages have an article about them. Colebrook’s list, next door, has 5 names, Irving W. Drew first among them.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Neil Tillotson
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Neil Tillotson
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Canaan
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Canaan 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 (3)
- Irving W. Drew: The original uploader was Outremer31 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Aldrich: Michael Meehan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Janet C. Long: Mark Foley, Florida House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons