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Famous people · Brockport
11 famous people from Brockport, many of them leaders
Articles in 25 languages make the American actor Martin Ferrero the best known. More than half were born in the early republic, 6 in all. The list runs from Henry W. Seymour, born in 1834, to Andy Parrino, born in 1985. For every 10,000 residents there are 15.1 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Martin Ferrero
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1834
Henry W. Seymour
Youngest
1985
Andy Parrino
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Brockport’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Brockport is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
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 Brockport
Counted by languages, Martin Ferrero is ahead of Fannie Barrier Williams and Alice Brown Chittenden: 25, 9 and 7.
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#3Through the years
When Brockport’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1850s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageSportsScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Brockport
A further 8 follow, born between 1834 and 1985.
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2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brockport 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 (10)
- Fannie Barrier Williams: Crogman, W.H., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Brown Chittenden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Parrino: SD Dirk on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Alonzo Howe: Rose & Hopkins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ella D. Barrier: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry W. Seymour: Western Publishing and Engraving (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Carpenter: Comlarry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natasha Marcus: NC General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis A. Swift: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin L. Fairchild: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons