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Brown Covered Bridge · Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Shrewsbury
2 famous people call Shrewsbury their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the American politician Darwin Abel Finney the best known. The other is Ephraim Knight, the Canadian politician. Over 28 years of births, the list goes from Ephraim Knight (1786) to Darwin Abel Finney (1814). Clarendon’s list, next door, has 8 names, George Tisdale Hodges first among them.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Darwin Abel Finney
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1786
Ephraim Knight
Youngest
1814
Darwin Abel Finney
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Shrewsbury
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The neighbour with the most names is Clarendon, at 8.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shrewsbury 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)
- George Tisdale Hodges: Reprinted in "Rutland Historical Society Quarterly". Volume 29, Number 4. October, 2009., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William W. Stickney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Cook: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons