Notable people Middleborough, Massachusetts

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general tom thumb house in 1914



isaac backus, baptist pastor , founding father during american revolution
joseph barker, minister , congressman
samuel breck, general
ebenezer n. briggs, speaker of vermont house of representatives , president pro tem of vermont senate
wayne maurice caron, sailor, medal of honor recipient kia
corey carrier, child actor
howard a. coffin, congressman
rick fuller, professional wrestler
daniel j. kelleher, banker , businessman
erik lindgren, composer
count primo magri, dwarf celebrity entertainment shows , circuses of p. t. barnum
sean newcomb, professional baseball player atlanta braves, first-round selection (15th overall) in 2014 mlb draft; made mlb debut june 10, 2017
enoch pratt, (1808-1896), businessman, industrialist, banker, founder 1856-1865 of pratt free school in middleborough , enoch pratt free library in baltimore; endowed sheppard-pratt hospital in towson, maryland.
patrick regan, army officer
deborah sampson, female soldier of american revolution dressed man serve in combat
jay allen sanford, co-creator of rock n roll comics, revolutionary comics, carnal comics, , columnist/cartoonist san diego reader
ebenezer sproat, continental army colonel, pioneer, surveyor , first sheriff of northwest territory , ohio
cephas thompson, portrait painter
general tom thumb, stage name of charles sherwood stratton, dwarf celebrity p. t. barnum
glenn tufts, pro baseball player , scout
walt uzdavinis, football player
lavinia warren, dwarf p.t. barnum married gen. tom thumb , later count primo magri
minnie warren, dwarf p.t. barnum
warren allan harper, youtuber




^ middleborough, massachusetts . city-data.com. retrieved june 25, 2014. 
^ carleton, hiram (2003). genealogical , family history of state of vermont: record of achievements of people in making of commonwealth , founding of nation. genealogical publishing com. p. 645. retrieved 26 june 2014. 






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