#1Science & Medicine
Dennis M. Ritchie
1941–2011American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
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Famous people · Bronxville
Dennis M. Ritchie leads the 48 famous people born in Bronxville
Articles about Dennis M. Ritchie exist in 93 languages. 37 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Writers and artists are unusually common here: 9, 1.9 times the usual share. Per head, the list is long: 73.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9.
Born here
48
notable people
Best known
Dennis M. Ritchie
in 93 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Henry Billings
Youngest
1995
Steven Santini
Most common field
Sports
11 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Bronxville’s famous people
Known worldwideDennis M. Ritchie has an article in 93 languages, more than anyone else from here.A town of writers and artists9 of the 48 people born here are writers and artists, 1.9× the usual share.Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 23, the most recent in 1995.48 notable peopleBronxville lists 48 notable people, more than most towns.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Bronxville
First, Dennis M. Ritchie (93 languages), then Lawrence Kohlberg (43) and John Hoyt (21).
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#3Film, TV & Stage
John Hoyt
1905–1991American film, stage, and television actor
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Known for
What Bronxville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Bronxville’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 10 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bronxville
45 more names, born between 1901 and 1995.
Kim Linehan
born 1962American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder
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Aline Mare
born 1961American visual and performance artist and independent filmmaker
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Ken Ueno
born 1970American composer, Assistant Professor of Music, University of California at Berkeley
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A chosen home
Also called Bronxville home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Sarah Kendzior the best known.
Sarah Kendzior
born 1978American journalist, author, anthropologist, researcher, scholar
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bronxville 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 (18)
- Dennis M. Ritchie: Denise Panyik-Dale, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hoyt: Joseph H. Lewis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Loeb: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gretchen Peters: NeilEvans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Branca: SantosLHalper2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lili Bordán: Derek Hofmann, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tina Sloan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brice Marden: Kraemer.Chris, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Kottke: GregPanos at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Bertine: Heaton Johnson from Richmond, united states, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Lawler: Hpschaefer - www.reserv-a-rt.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Z. Caracristi: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Santini: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Towell: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harrison Bader: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow: Jose Mercado / Stanford News Service, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Voight: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Moynihan: jjharpsip, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons