#1Famous people · Porter
Mary Stebbins Savage, born in 1850, is Porter’s famous person on record
Mary Stebbins Savage was born in 1850. Their birth falls in the early republic. Readers can find them written up in one language. Of the towns next door, Fulton lists the most: 2, with Charles R. Van Hise first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Mary Stebbins Savage
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
Mary Stebbins Savage
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Porter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Porter 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 (4)
- Mary Stebbins Savage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles R. Van Hise: Original owned by the University of Wisconsin Archives: Meuer I:54. William J. Meuer Photoart Collection, Image number M293 in University of Wisconsin photographic history, vol I (1889-1910), [Portraits of U. W. faculty, p. 55, marked "Curtis 1958"(…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ella Giles Ruddy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant U. Fisher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons