#1Famous people · Rochester
Rochester counts 7 famous people, first among them Nicole Anderson
Nicole Anderson, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 42 languages. The oldest name on the list belongs to Elmo Lincoln, born in 1889, the newest to Nicole Anderson, born in 1990. Fewer than a quarter of the 397 towns in Indiana with famous people list more. For every 10,000 residents the town has 11.3, while at least half the towns in Indiana list nobody born there.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Nicole Anderson
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
Elmo Lincoln
Youngest
1990
Nicole Anderson
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
What stands out about Rochester’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Rochester
Two of the three are performers.
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#2JC#3
Through the years
When Rochester’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 2 births.
Writing & ArtsFilm, TV & StageSportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rochester is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 4.2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rochester
Still to come: 4 more, from 1889 to 1948.
Bernard Clayton Jr.
1916–2011Writer, photographer, baker, author of cookbooks on baking and foods.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rochester 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)
- Nicole Anderson: Josh Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmo Lincoln: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Mowe: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons