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Photo: Spongetastic69 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Rye
Rye is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Daniel Leavitt, the American firearms inventor, with articles in 4 languages. The other is Walt Woods, the American baseball player. Across the town line, Portsmouth lists 46, Ronnie James Dio first. Daniel Leavitt (1813) and Walt Woods (1875) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Daniel Leavitt
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1813
Daniel Leavitt
Youngest
1875
Walt Woods
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Rye
WW#2
Known for
What Rye is known for
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rye 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)
- Ronnie James Dio: Photobra|Adam Bielawski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John O'Hurley: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Randall: Image from: "Life and Influence of the Rev. Benjamin Randall: Founder of the Free Baptist Denomination" by Frederick Levi Wiley Published by American Baptist publication society, 1915, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Dearborn: Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons