#1Famous people · Amherst
Athletes stand out among the 13 famous people born in Amherst
Articles in 26 languages make the American football player Rob Gronkowski the best known. Behind the leader come Anita Alvarez and Jaylen Morris. 9 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,265 towns in New York with famous people list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Rob Gronkowski
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1949
Hugh B. Scott
Youngest
2001
Katy Knoll
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Amherst’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Amherst’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Amherst is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Amherst
Three names lead: Rob Gronkowski (26 languages), Anita Alvarez (15) and Jaylen Morris (7).
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Everyone else born in Amherst
10 more names, born between 1949 and 2001.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Amherst home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 4 in all, led by Jamey Rodemeyer.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Buffalo’s, at 28 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Amherst 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 (15)
- Rob Gronkowski: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita Alvarez: Marcelo Alves Lima, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaylen Morris: Tom Hagerty, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Gronkowski: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh B. Scott: United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Roche: JiggypuzzleKM, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katy Knoll: johnmac612, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Rath III: New York Senate Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Langworthy: Langworthy.House.Gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Davis: Fabien Levy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Hollerith: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Hurtubise: Dick Ralstin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Shuttleworth: andywitchger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dewitt C. Leach: Julian Vannerson (1827-1875), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Crowley: Pioneer Association of Niagara County (Lockport, NY), authors. "Lockport Journal" newspaper (Lockport, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons