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Horatio Nelson Lay
1903–1988Rear Admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy
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Famous people · Skagway
2 famous people call Skagway their birthplace
At the top of the list is the rear Admiral of the Royal Canadian navy Horatio Nelson Lay, covered in 3 languages. The list has one more: the missing Canadian woman Lucy Ann Johnson. Born in 1903, Horatio Nelson Lay is the first name on record, and Lucy Ann Johnson, born in 1935, the most recent. The longest list in Alaska is Fairbanks’, with 49 names.
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Best known
Horatio Nelson Lay
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1903
Horatio Nelson Lay
Youngest
1935
Lucy Ann Johnson
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Skagway 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.
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- Horatio Nelson Lay: RMR Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons