Famous people · Burke
Born near Burke: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Orville Gibson, born in Chateaugay, 5 mi away, is the closest. Next door, Malone lists 7, led by Daniel H. Sumner. The list for Burke is empty for now. Across New York, 1,288 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Orville Gibson
Best known
Orville Gibson
in 17 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Burke’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Burke
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Lucy Hobbs Taylor
1833–191019th-century American school teacher and dentist
William L. Stoughton
1827–1888Union Army general, lawyer, politician
Guy W. Cheney
1886–1939American politician in New York
Follett Johnson
1843–1909Union Army officer during the American Civil War
Joel Rosenbaum
born 1933Professor of cell biology at Yale University
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Burke and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Orville Gibson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucy Hobbs Taylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred D. Shepard: Fred Shepard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel H. Sumner: "The Daily Inter Ocean" (Chicago, IL)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert A. Childs: C. M. Bell Studio Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. King: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashbel P. Fitch: From the article "Records of a Puritan Family" by Ashbel P. Fitch. The National Magazine, December 1893 -- January 1894., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Deshaies: thotfulspot, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Churchill: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Belknap: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Henry Robb: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodorus Bailey: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William L. Stoughton: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Leander Sundstrom: Photo historian, United States House of Representatives (Washington, DC)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons