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Science & Medicine
Anastasia van Burkalow
1911–2004American professor of geography, hymnologist
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Buchanan has just one famous person to its name: Anastasia van Burkalow
Anastasia van Burkalow was born in 1911. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. Of the bordering towns, Peekskill has the longest list: 33, with Mel Gibson at the top.
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Anastasia van Burkalow
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1911
Anastasia van Burkalow
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Buchanan 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.
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- Melissa Gonzalez: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Farrow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons