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Famous people · Camillus

4 famous people come from Camillus, Kinsley S. Bingham the best known

Kinsley S. Bingham, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 11 languages. The American politician David S. Bennett ranks second, ahead of Francis Paddock. Born in 1808, Kinsley S. Bingham is the first name on record, and Thomas Vincent Welch, born in 1850, the most recent. No town in New York lists more than New York City, with 99.

#1 best knownKinsley S. BinghamPolitics & Law · 1808–1861
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4
notable people
Best known
Kinsley S. Bingham
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1808
Kinsley S. Bingham
Youngest
1850
Thomas Vincent Welch
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known

Born in Camillus

The three best known are all leaders.

Kinsley S. Bingham#1
Politics & Law

Kinsley S. Bingham

1808–1861

American politician

11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
David S. Bennett#2
Politics & Law

David S. Bennett

1811–1894

American politician

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Francis Paddock#3
Politics & Law

Francis Paddock

1814–1889

19th-century American pioneer

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Camillus’s famous people were born

The 1810s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.

A new nationMills & railroads180018501900David S. Bennett
Politics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Camillus

1 more, best known first.

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Thomas Vincent Welch

1850–1903

New York Assemblyman and Niagara Falls Conservationist

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Camillus 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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